CE40129: Law, environmental legislation & waste management
 Academic Year: | 2019/0 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary:
| EX 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: To advance student understanding of the principles and practices of the UK legal system and its impact on the operation of companies with a particular focus on environmental law and waste management in an industrial context. Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing this unit the student should be able to: * Apply basic legal principles and environmental legislation to real world scenarios; * Describe and analyse the legal framework in which companies are required to operate; * Describe and evaluate the effectiveness of the UK and EU environmental legislation; * Interpret and apply the legislation which applies directly to waste management; * Formulate schemes of waste minimization and management for an industrial process. Skills: Analysis [T,F,A] Problem solving [T,F,A] Content: * Common law/statute law with examples in Health & Safety at Work Act; Employment Law; structure of the courts and ADR; criminal and civil liability overview * Law of contract: terms and exemption clauses under U.C.T.A. 1977. * Law of tort: negligence and defences * Contract of service vs contract for service: duties of employer and employee. * Legislative concepts including regulations, directives & decisions, precedent, delegated legislation and the roll of treaties, conventions and protocols. Important definitions including BPEO, IPPC and BAT. * Legal concepts in the enforcement of environmental law including polluter pays, precautionary, proximity and future liability. * The role of the Environment Agency and Local Authorities in enforcing environmental law. This includes administrative action, criminal proceedings, civil proceedings, sentencing and fines. * Practices for management of waste to include hierarchies of good waste management. * Outline treatment and technologies for solid, liquid and gaseous wastes and application of BAT. * Overview of nuclear and hazardous waste management. |
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CE40129 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes in Natural Sciences
CE40129 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemical Engineering
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