-      To stimulate teaching and research in the field of environmental law and policy.
-      To enhance knowledge and understanding of transposition and implementation on environmental acquis.
-      To stimulate discussion on important issues of environmental protection and analytical thinking.
-      To develop knowledge and understanding of case law
-      To develop skills that could be applied in legal practice.

Understanding of environmental law and capability of its application in practice.

Theoretical lectures

1. The notion of environmental law and the relationship between environmental law, public law and private law

2. Principles of environmental law

3. The sources of environmental law: Constitution and legal framework

4. Ratified international treaties and by-laws as formal sources of environmental law

5. Case law as a source of environmental law

6. The most important international agreements dedicated to preserving and protecting the environment

7. Environmental policy and environmental law in the European Union

8. Nature conservation and legal framework in Serbia

9. Environmental protection in civil law - the legal framework in Serbia

10. Environmental protection in criminal law - the legal framework in Serbia

14. The public participation in environmental decision-making

15. Open book exam

Stevan Lilić, EKOLOŠKO PRAVO, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Beograd, 2014.

Optional literature:

• Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, Sreten Đorđević, Praktikum o pravu na pravnu zaštitu u pitanjima životne sredine u upravnom postupku i upravnom sporu, Beograd 2014.
• Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, Sreten Đorđević, Siniša Važić, Pravni instrumenti ekološke zaštite – građanskopravna i krivičnopravna zaštita, Beograd 2016.
• Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, Pristup pravdi u ekološkim upravnim stvarima, Beograd, 2014.
• Dejan Milenković, Zbirka propisa iz oblasti zaštite životne sredine, Službeni glasnik, Beograd, 2006.
• D. Kavran, G. Petković (urednici), Zbornik radova Pravo i životna sredina, Beograd, 1997.
• Miloš Stopić, Nevena Dičić, Jovana Zorić, Pravci zaštite životne sredine u Srbiji, Beogradski centar za ljudska prava, Beograd, 2009.
• Stevan Lilić, Ekološka inspekcija u zakonodavstvu Srbije i Evropske Unije, u 50 godina Evropske Unije, Institut za uporedno pravo, 2007, str. 277-287.
• Aleksandra Čavoški, Ekološko pravo: harmonizacija domaćeg zakonodavstva sa pravom Evropske unije, Institut za uporedno pravo, Beograd, 2004.
• Monika Milošević, Zaštita životne sredine i ekološke parnice u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Dosije, Beograd, 2004.
• Vukašin Pavlović, Ekologija i društvo (zbornik), Beograd, 1996.
• Ludwig Krämer, EU Environmental Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 2012.

Legal sources:

• Zakon o potvrđivanju Konvencije o dostupnosti informacija, učešću javnosti u donošenju odluka i pravu na pravnu zaštitu u pitanjima životne sredine, (SgRS, br. 38/09)
• Nacionalni program zaštite životne sredine (SgRS, br. 12/10)
• Zakon o potvrđivanju Kjoto protokola uz Okvirnu konvenciju Ujedinjenih nacija o promeni klime (SgRS, br. 88/07)
• Zakonozaštiti životnesredine (SgRS, br. 135/04)
• Zakon o izmenama i dopunama Zakona o zaštiti životne sredine, (SgRS, br. 36/09)
• Zakon o strateškoj proceni uticaja na životnu sredinu (SgRS, br. 88/10)
• Zakon o proceni uticaja na životnu sredinu (SgRS, br. 135/04)
• Zakon o integrisanom sprečavanju i kontroli zagađivanja životne sredine (SgRS, br. 135/04)