environment and environmental law: basic concepts;
environmental protection at international and EC levels; principles of international and EC environmental law;
the national institutional context: public entities entrusted with environmental protection; the role of environmental associations;
the instruments for environmental protection: command and control instruments; market mechanisms; instruments based on voluntary participation by organizations. In particular: Strategic environmental assessment; Environmental impact assessment: Integrated pollution prevention and control permission;
environmental regulations (land and water; waste; atmospheric, noise and electromagnetic pollution; control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances; protected areas); environmental damage.