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‘Climate Change isn’t Optional’: Climate Change in the Core Law Curriculum

Bouwer, Kim; John, Evan; Luke, Oliver; Rozhan, Nur Amanda

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Authors

Evan John

Oliver Luke

Nur Amanda Rozhan



Abstract

This paper makes a case for the integration of compulsory climate change topics across the core law curriculum. It argues that the most persuasive rationale for this is based in climate legal obligations and institutions, and a clear-eyed perception of climate risk, rather than the sustainability agenda. To this end, the paper outlines efforts taken to ‘mainstream’ climate change and environmental law education in a core course of the LLB degree – land law. An empirical study sought to evaluate the students’ engagement with these materials, and their broader views concerning climate change and their legal education. The paper critically evaluates the course and the results of the empirical study. It concludes that students want to be, and should be, taught climate law and the climate context of law as part of their prescribed learning throughout the core curriculum, rather than as optional or elective content.

Citation

Bouwer, K., John, E., Luke, O., & Rozhan, N. A. (2023). ‘Climate Change isn’t Optional’: Climate Change in the Core Law Curriculum. Legal Studies, 43(2), 240 - 258. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2022.35

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 17, 2022
Online Publication Date Nov 3, 2022
Publication Date 2023-06
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Legal Studies
Print ISSN 0261-3875
Electronic ISSN 1748-121X
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 2
Pages 240 - 258
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2022.35
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1194167

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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.





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