Università Roma Tre

Part I. Introduction to European environmental law
- The legal concept of “environment”
- Environment and plurality of legal systems
- Environmental law and European constitutional law
- The institutional framework of the European Union (brief outline)
- The sources of European environmental law

Part II. The fundamental principles of European environmental law
- Environmental law and European integration
- Environmental protection in the European Treaties in force. The Treaty of Lisbon
- The principle of sustainable development
- Environmental protection in the light of subsidiarity and solidarity
- Principle of integration, fundamental principles and criteria of the Union's environmental policies
- European decision-making processes concerning environmental law

Part III. The relationship between European environmental law and national law
- Environmental protection and division of powers between the European Union and the Member States
- Environmental protection under the Italian Constitutional System
- The transposition of EU environmental legislation into domestic law

In addition to the materials provided by the lecturer, students are required to attend to the relevant parts of the recommended textbooks.
Students should also be in full possession of the fundamental texts of European law, such as, for example, P. Scarlatti (ed.), Codice essenziale di diritto costituzionale dell'Unione europea, Roma, Aracne, 2011