NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

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

LAW 322-                               ENVIRONMENTAL LAW II

TIME ALLOWED:                3 HOURS

ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS, ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS

1. THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE DEFINED FROM A LAYMAN PERSPECTIVE AND EQUALLY FROM A NARROW AND BROADER VIEW. DISCUSS
2. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘’ENVIRONMENTAL LAW’’

3. THE AFRICAN SOCIETY IS ONE DEVOID OF ANY KNOWLEDGE OF OR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEED FOR ITS PROTECTION. DISCUSS.

4.  [A.] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS ALSO ROOTED IN THE INDIGENOUS NIGERIA SOCIETY, HOW DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS?

[B.] IDENTIFY THE CLASSES OF LAND MASS ACCORDING TO THE INDIGENOUS PRE-COLONIAL AFRICAN SOCIETY.

5. ENUMERATE THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DELAY IN PROMULGATING A BROADER LEGISLATION BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION.

6. [A.] WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE WORD “THEORY]

[B.] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS A CONCEPT ASSOCIATED WITH A VARIETY OF THEORIES ABOUT MANKIND AND THE ENVIRONMENT, IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THESE THEORIES.

7. NO MATTER HOW PLEASANT AND LAUDABLE AN IDEA SOUNDS TO BE, IT WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE WITHOUT CERTAIN CRITICISM, AND THIS ALSO IS APPLICABLE IN THE CASE OF THE IDENTIFIED ECONOMIC THEORIES OF THE ENVIRONMENT. DISCUSS

8.  [A.] WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE ‘’PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN RIGHT?

[B.] MAKE AN OUTLINE OF THE KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

[C.] WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE WORD ‘’RIGHTS’’

9. HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS HAVE CLASSIFIED RIGHTS UNDER CERTAIN IDENTIFIED CONCEPT OF GENERATION, IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THESE RIGHTS GENERATION.