Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis Environmental issues have also come to dominate debate over the proper scope and rationale of public policies in areas as diverse as housing, transportation and economic development. Environmental concerns are now rivalling the traditional equity and efficiency rationales for public policy, thus challenging the mainstream political processes to recognise this new democratic movement. If the green movement is a challenge to the party-political process, it is also a challenge to the institutions of policy making and legal adjudication. The subject begins from this assessment and asks two related questions: first, what is the relationship between the actions and political strategies of the green movement in relation to the formal channels of democracy? And, second, what role does (or could) the legal process play in environmental disputes given the political interests of the green movement?
Assessment Essay (5000 words): 45% + Seminar paper (1000 words): 20% + Examination (3hours): 35%