Definition and Scope of Environmental Law. An
Analysis of the Legal, Political, Social and Economic dimensions of
Environmental problems and the influence on the selection of Environmental
Control legislation on salient issues, e.g. Pollution, Sanitation and Public
and Public Health and Conservation. The National Policy on Environment for
Nigeria and concept of Sustainable Development. The sources and types of
Environmental Pollution and the various control and management techniques. The
statutory/regulatory framework of laws of pollution. The Constitutional right
to Environmental quality; the scope of Environmental legislation; the
development and
problems of citizens initiated
environmental litigation. Federal, state and Local responses to the problems of
maintain environmental standards. Institutions responsible for environmental
protection and management, Local and International.
Level of Study: 400 Level