However, the likely application of
these rules is becoming ever more difficult to predict, due to the range of
sources of environmental rules - national, European and international, due to
the extensive discretion conferred upon public bodies charged with their
enforcement, due to the complexity of the procedures required for their
practical implementation, or due to uncertainty over the true meaning of key
concepts and objectives of environmental protection.
For some years now, the Faculty of Law, UCC has hosted
a group of academic researchers focusing on a range of these questions with a
view to informing the practical application and future development of Irish
environmental law. This body of
research has been supported by an array of Irish and international funding
agencies and academic staff have sought to disseminate the results of their
research work through a number of books, leading Irish and international
journals, and a variety of academic and professional conferences and
events. The Law and the Environment conference, hosted annually by the Law
Faculty, is the most important and high-profile such event and has become the
pre-eminent gathering in the Irish environmental law calendar.
This year’s conference will be our eighth annual event
and seeks to build on the success of previous events, at which more than two
hundred environmental professionals have attended to hear from a panel of
expert speakers in the area. This event caters to a wide range of
professionals, including the legal professions, policy-makers, regulators,
environmental interest groups, local authorities, environmental consultants,
industry, and environmental service providers It provides an opportunity for the dissemination of
information on the latest legislative and judicial developments, research
results and evolving best practice in the area of environmental law. It
also provides a truly unique forum for the exchange of ideas among key figures
and stakeholders on all sides of the environmental protection debate. The
line-up of speakers has been expanded once again this year to facilitate a
number of specialist sessions covering such areas as Climate Change,
Waste Management, Finance, Markets and the Environment,
and Environmental Enforcement and
Compliance where in-depth analysis and discussion can take
place. There are also two sessions dedicated to discussion of Contemporary
Issues in Environmenta
l Law
Visit:
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/
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