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Climate Change Liability - Period 4
Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: 1/27/27 - 5/29/27
Climate Change Liability - Period 4
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Law
Instruction in: English
Course Code: R_ClimCL
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
DESCRIPTION
The course consists of the following modules:
- Module 1: Introduction and trends in climate change litigation
- Module 2: Applicable Law, competence and legitimacy of judge made climate law
- Module 3: Climate change court orders
- Module 4: Damages and causality in climate change liability
- Module 5 and 6: Climate obligations of enterprises ? Milieudefensie vs. Shell
- Module 7: Moot court
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
- Module 1: Introduction and trends in climate change litigation
- Module 2: Applicable Law, competence and legitimacy of judge made climate law
- Module 3: Climate change court orders
- Module 4: Damages and causality in climate change liability
- Module 5 and 6: Climate obligations of enterprises ? Milieudefensie vs. Shell
- Module 7: Moot court
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.