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Dr Manuel P. S. Solis
Rm 418 Ligertwood Building
Adelaide Law School
E: manuelpeter.solis@adelaide.edu.au
PH: 8313 9167

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the development of climate change law and policy from an international and Australian context.
2. Identify an original topic of research and demonstrate knowledge in both oral and written form.
3. Conduct legal research and generate a medium length research essay.
4. Demonstrate oral communication skills and collaboration by discussing and debating theoretical propositions, methodologies and legal problems related to climate change.
5. Apply climate change law to complex issues, and critique the law from a practical perspective, either individually or as part of a team.

There are no required texts in this course. Students will, however, need to be able to access a number of international agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto-Protocol, the 2015 Paris Agreement and other pieces of Commonwealth and state legislation used during part of the course, in particular, on a range of areas such as emission reductions and trading schemes, renewable energy targets, carbon pricing mechanisms, energy conservation, and energy efficiency. These can be found online through the various United Nations and government websites.

TEXT BOOK(S)

There are no recent general textbooks on climate change law specific to the laws in Australia and South Australia, although Alexander Zahar, Jacqueline Peel and Lee Godden's 2012 book  provides excellent general introduction to the range of issues that are commonly addressed in the Australian context. 芒聳陋 Alexander Zahar, Jacqueline Peel and Lee Godden, Australian Climate Law in Global Context (Cambridge University Press, 2012).

OTHER REFERENCES

Other reference that students may find useful: Daniel Farber, International Climate Change Law (OUP, 2016); Daniel Farber, Climate Change Law (Edward Elgar, 2016); Chris Wold, Climate Change and the Law (LexisNexis, 2nd ed, 2013; Nicola Swayne, Legal Responses to Climate Change (Federation Press, 2010); and David Hodgkinson and Renee Garner, Global Climate Change: Australian Law and Policy (LexisNexis, 2002).  

The Law Library’s website contains links for conducting legal research, both primary sources (legislation and case law) and secondary sources (articles and books), at For journal articles, the Law Library’s link is: For legislation, the Law Library’s link is: Recommended internet sites for legislation, which can also be accessed through the Law Library’s website are: 芒聳陋 Commonwealth of Australia Law (ComLaw) -  芒聳陋 South Australian Legislation –

MyUni will be used for communication and as a discussion board. Specifically, it will be utilised to post announcements, post additional lecture materials (including slides, and where available, audio recordings of lectures) and announce assignment tasks. It will also contain electronic copies of the Course Profile, Lecture and Seminar Guides, and Course Materials. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly to keep up to date with these materials and additional learning resources throughout the course.

The Climate Change Law course has a value of 3 units and will involve three-hour block of lectures each week. Lectures commence in the first week of semester one. Also, lectures will take place in the same venue with a break at each hour or as required. The lectures will provide an introduction to the topics and issues dealt with that week. Sometimes the lecture will consist of a close reading of the materials for the week. At others, it will range more broadly and may include extracts from a documentary. Although it is a lecture, it will be run, in part, in seminar mode: i.e. the lecturer will be asking questions and inviting comments along the way. It is also considered useful to demonstrate how some of the issues dealt with in the lectures may then be applied in a practical sense and accordingly a number will examine problem scenarios and require students to address those problems given the legal and policy tools available. The problem exercises, which may include simulation exercises, will also illustrate some of the inherent complexities of applying a mixture of law and policy measures in this area as well as the very political nature of so many of the government decisions and actions on climate change issues. Guest speakers, if available, are expected to be drawn from academics and practitioners to provide lectures on highly specialized topics of climate change law.

The course requires a combined weekly commitment of 3 hours attending lectures or a total of 36 hours of formal class time across the semester. In addition to the time spent attending the lectures, there is a requirement that students prepare for the lectures. To actively and productively participate, students will have to do reading and preparation. Students should expect to spend 6-7 hours per week doing this. Approximately 10-15 hours should be spent on the research proposal and 30-50 hours should be spent on the research essay.

Week	Topic	Readings (TBA)	Learning Activities (TBA)
1	Introduction: Science & Ethics of Climate Change
2	International Politics and Negotiation
3	History of the International Climate Change Regime
4	Structure and content of UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and Post-Paris regime
5	Climate change and human rights
6	Energy security/energy access
7	Disaster risk management
8	Climate justice/Loss and damage
9	Climate litigation
10	Emissions trading
11	Renewable energy
12	Climate change and agriculture

** This is a draft timetable and is subject to change. The guest lectures and final order of topics will be confirmed in 2018**

Assessment Task	Due Date/ Week	Weighting	Length(Word,Time)	Task Details (Group or Individual)	Redeemable (yes/no)	Learning Outcomes
Class Participation (compulsory/non-redeemable)		10%		Individual	NO	CLO 1, 4, 5
Research Presentation (redeemable; see below)	Various dates beginning week 3	10%	3-5 minutes	Individual	YES	CLO 1, 2, 4, 5
Research Proposal (compulsory/non-redeemable)	2PM, 30 March 2018	20%	1500 words	Individual	NO	CLO 1, 2, 4, 5
Research Essay (compulsory/non-redeemable)	2PM, 8 June 2018	60-70%	4000 words	Individual	NO	CLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Total		100%

• Class Participation (10%) The class participation mark is comprised of attendance, level of preparation and contribution to small and large group discussions. There is no minimum attendance requirement but a significant lapse in attendance will adversely impact this grade.

• Research Presentation (10%, 3-5 minutes, redeemable) Beginning in week 3, students will be scheduled to give a 3 to 5-minute presentation on their research topic. This presentation should provide an overview of the specific research question, the issue which is being addressed and why the topic is important for investigation. Where possible, the presentation should be interactive and perhaps make use of the AV equipment and handouts. At the conclusion of the presentation, there will be a brief Q/A session where classmates will have the opportunity to ask questions about the research topic and offer suggestions for the project.

The research presentation mark is redeemable, for those who get at least a mark of 45%. If a student gets at least that mark for the research presentation, but does better on the research paper, only their research paper will count towards the overall result i.e. the research paper counts for 70% instead of 60%. Otherwise, the research presentation counts for 10% of the overall mark.

• Research Proposal (20%, 1500 words) This is a proposal for the research paper. It should be no more than 1500 words and should include a specific research question; discussion of the research topic; a preliminary list of research resources, including a description (annotated bibliography) of at least 8 relevant articles, cases or books. The essay proposal submitted will be marked for a total of 20% of the student’s grade. Essay proposals will also be separately considered by the course coordinator for approval as the topic which will form the basis of the major research essay component of the assessment. It is each student’s responsibility to develop an acceptable research topic. This may require reworking of the submitted essay proposal. Students are encouraged to consider potential research topics and to discuss these topics with the course coordinator (in person, by telephone discussion or via email communication) early in the course, so as to avoid problems. The research proposal is due on 30 March 2018, 2PM.

• Research Paper (60-70%, 4000 words) For the major essay, students will undertake a substantial amount of independent research that follows on from their research proposal and presentation. The research essay will be no more than 4000 words long (excluding title page information and bibliography). Words are calculated including all footnotes or other references and all headings within the text. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count. Because research topics will usually have been discussed with individual students before approval, in practice this will not be an anonymous assessment. The skills that are of central importance for this essay include: ability to provide argument and critical thinking skills; ability to fairly reconstruct a position and argument in regard to a particular issue; and the ability to express your own thoughts and reason and argue about the material that you are addressing (this is your argument). The research proposal and essay must be submitted electronically to Turnitin, a software program that checks for plagiarism. Instructions on submission to Turnitin will be distributed on MyUni. The essay is due on 8 June 2018, 2PM.

The research proposal and essay must be submitted electronically to Turnitin on My Uni on the due date. Students must retain a copy of the research proposal and essay submitted. 

Penalty for Late Submission

When an assessment is submitted after the due date, without an extension, 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend and public holidays. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc.

Penalty for Exceeding Stipulated Word Length

5% of the total mark possible for a written assessment will be deducted for every 100 words (or part thereof) by which it exceeds a stipulated word limit. For example, a 3000 word essay graded at 63% will have 5% deducted if it is between 3001 and 3100 words long for a final mark of 58%. If the essay is between 3101 and 3200 words long, 10% will be deducted for a final mark of 53%, etc. Word limits include all words in the text, in headings, in quotations, but exclude citations in footnotes. Any separate cover page, table of contents, bibliography or list of sources is excluded from the word limit. If the word limit is misstated, this may be regarded as academic dishonesty.

Courses for which a result of conceded pass has been obtained may not be presented towards the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Laws or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws programs, or any postgraduate law program, nor to satisfy prerequisite requirements within any law course.

Finality of Assessment Grades

Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

Moderation

In accordance with the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, course coordinators ‘ensure that appropriate marking guidelines and cross-marking moderation processes across markers are in place’ in each course. Procedures adopted by Adelaide Law School to ensure consistency of marking in courses with multiple markers include:

• assurance of the qualifications of markers, and their knowledge of the content covered in each course;
• detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking of items of assessment;
• sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
• reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the course coordinator;
• comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
• automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, and of final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
• the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide Law School’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment results at the University are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Access Adelaide at the end of each semester.

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Academic Honesty

Academic dishonesty is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the University’s Academic Honesty Policy.

Academic dishonesty is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Academic dishonesty (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South Australia to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South Australia.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.