Land, Property and Environment (M3124)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll build on knowledge from land law to explore the intersection between land use and environmental law.

You’ll critically examine:

• theories of property and alternative models of land ownership
• property mechanisms like conservation covenants for environmental protection
• nature conservation legislation and its role in regulating land use
• legal protections for landscapes and their underlying rationale
• the legal framework for public access to land for recreational activities
• regulation of agricultural land use, focusing on biodiversity, food security and climate change resilience.

This module equips you with a critical perspective on dominant norms and structures in land law and their environmental implications.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.