NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF LAW
JUNE/JULY 2013 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: LAW321

COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 1

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HRS

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS, ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS

1. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ATTITTUDE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION FROM THE STANDPOINTS OF THE EXPRESSION OF LEGAL LUMINARIES TO THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

2. THE KOKO SAGA SERVED AS THE IMPETUS AND CATALYST TO THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA IN PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICY AND STATUTES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. DISCUSS

3. WRITE SHORT NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING:

1. THE ENVIRONMENT
2. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT

4. THE STOCKHOLM DECLARATION ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AT THE CONFERENCE OF 1972 WAS THE IMPETUS FOR UNIVERSAL ATTENTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND UPON WHICH NIGERIA DREW HER INFERENCE DURING THE KOKO SAGA INCIDENCE. DISCUSS

5. THE NIGERIA PRE-COLONIAL ERA WAS NAÏVE MARKED WITH IGNORANCE AS REGARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. HOW DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT?

6. {A}  STATE THE STATUTES ENACTED TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT

{B} DO THESE DECREES HAVE ANY RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH OF ENVIRONMENT LAW IN NIGERIA?

7. THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN PROVED AS FALLING SHORT OF ANY AGREEABLE OR ACCEPTABLE UNIVERSAL DEFINITION. DISCUSS.  

8. “IN THE NIGERIA TRADITIONAL SETTINGS, ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY TOOK COLLECTIVE EFFORTS” DISCUSS

9. THE CONCEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMES DOWN WITH NOTHING MORE THAN THE IDEA OF MAN IN HIS IMMEDIATE AND CLOSEST HABITATION. DISCUSS.