Outline*:

1) The subject of the ecological law is unity of legal norms, which regulate public attitude in the sphere of interaction between society and environment.

2. Sources of ecological law.

• Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• The Law “Of environmental protection”

• The Law “Of land”

• The Law “Of mineral resources and their use”

• The Water code of the RK

• The Forest code of the RK

• The Law “Of protection, reproduction and use of fauna”

• The Law “Of air protection”

• The Civil code of the RK

Task for IWS1: Find out articles dedicated to environmental protection; including issues of liability in administrative ad penal codes (share the tasks in the group).

2. The main principles of the RK environmental law:

1. Provision of stable development of the Republic of Kazakhstan (?)

2. Provision of ecological safety

3. Ecosystem approach to regulation of environmental relations

4. State regulation in the sphere of environmental protection and state governance in the sphere of usage of natural resources

5. Obligatory character of preventive measures aimed at prevention of ecological pollution and committing damage to environment in any other forms (?)

6. Inevitability of liability for violation of the RK environmental law

7. Obligatory character for compensation of damage committed to environment

8. Order requiring payment and permission for influence on environment

9. Using ecologically peaceful and resources saving technologies in usage of natural resources and influence on environment

10. Interaction, coordination and plurality of state bodies’ activity responsible for environmental protection (?)

11. Stimulation of nature-users to prevention, decrease or liquidation of environmental pollution, decrease of wastes

12. Availability of ecological information (?)

13. Provision of national interests in usage of natural resources

14. Harmonization of the RK environmental law with the norms of the international law (?)

15. Presumption of ecological danger of planned economic or other kind of activity and obligatory character of appraisal of impact on environment and human health while making decision about its using

Task for IWS under teacher’s guide: Comment points marked with “?” and underlined statements.

2. State regulation in the sphere of environmental protection:

1. Licensing of activity in the sphere of environmental protection*

2. Ecological rate setting

3. Technical regulation in the sphere of environmental protection

4. State ecological expertise*

5. Delivery of ecological permissions

6. State ecological control*

7. System of economic regulation of environment, stimulation of introduction of the best ecologically peaceful technologies, system of financing of arrangement for environmental protection

8. State ecological monitoring*

9. State registration of nature-users, sources and parts of environmental pollution

10. Ecological education and enlightenment

Task for IWS2: Make up a report on points d, f, h marked with {*}.

Task for IWS3: Make up a report on main principles and regulations of the land law from the RK Land code.

Glossary:

№	На русском языке	На казахском языке	На английском языке
1	Окружающая среда		Environment
2	Животный мир		Fauna
3	Экосистемный подход		Ecosystem approach
4	Неотвратимнсоть ответстенности		Inevitability of liability
5	Нормирование		Rate setting
6	Земельное право		Land law

Reference: RK ecological code, A, 2008; RK Land code, A, 2009.

KAZAKH-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HAND-OUTS Principles of law. Faculty of Economics and Law 2 credits 1 semester Lecture #12: RK criminal law. Instructor: Kuatova Aida Sh., ass. Prof.