Environmental justice

The distance learning course comprises 15 ECTS credits. The course is full-time (100% study pace) and runs for 10 weeks during the summer.

The course is conducted remotely with professionally recorded video lectures with accompanying self-correcting tests and reflective assignments. The course concludes with a written assignment. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email us, and we will be happy to help you.

Environmental Justice is an advanced-level law course for those who want to participate in a critical and multifaceted discussion on environmental justice. The course provides an understanding of the historical development of environmental justice. You will gain insight into the relevant policies and conventions that characterise this area of law, as well as perspectives from various actors. In addition, you will gain an understanding of why, when and where the development of environmental justice began.

What does justice mean in a world where power often trumps principles? This course addresses issues of justice in different societies and contexts, as well as how environmental degradation and climate crises are affected by our view of justice. It also deals with issues concerning the rights of both current and future generations to natural resources. Take this course to understand the legal and political tools available to enable environmental justice.

Information about registration

If admitted, you will receive an email shortly before the course starts with all the information you need to register for the course at the email address you provided on Antagning.se.

If you have not received an email by the day before the course starts, check your spam folder. If you cannot find the email there, please contact us.

It is important that you register for the course as soon as possible to secure your place. Registration is done via student.ladok.se. All information can be found in the welcome letter.

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

The course is delivered entirely online via the Canvas learning platform and is designed to be flexible and easily accessible. You will watch professionally recorded video lectures on environmental justice, which you can view at your convenience. At the same time, you will read course literature and legal texts, which will give you a solid foundation to build on.

To support your learning, there are self-correcting tests with multiple-choice questions that you can take several times. These are not part of the examination, but they help you to review and understand the content.

Examinations

Your performance will be assessed through four reflective assignments, each worth one (1) ECTS credit, and a final assignment worth eleven (11) ECTS credits. The final grade is based on a combination of your results on the four reflective assignments and your results on the final written assignment.

Early termination

If you do not wish to complete the course, you have the option of withdrawing early within three weeks of the course starts. Early withdrawal allows you to reapply for the course. Later withdrawals are final, and you cannot reapply for the course. You can either withdraw early via student.ladok.se or by sending an email to environmentaljustice [at] jur [dot] lu [dot] se.

Re-registration

You must re-register if you wish to retake a course that you were previously registered for and did not complete.

You can only be re-registered if there is space available and during a term when the course is being offered. In other cases, re-registration is not possible.

However, if you only want to be examined on remaining tests, final exams or other compulsory components, you do not need to re-register. 

Prerequisites

At least 150 ECTS credits awarded within the Professional Law Degree Programme.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 35,000
First payment: SEK 35,000

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.