ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT PROJECT

1. No students are permitted to change the title of the Project. However,
they are permitted to delimit objectives of the title allotted.
2. If any assistance on clarifications of the title is permissible only when
students are finalising the synopsis.
Any discussions regarding the subject and assistance to complete the
project is permissible only by prior appointment of date and time in
person only. No e-mail or telephone conversation.
No deviance is permissible in this rule.
3. The project submission and valuation is divided into TWO components.
The division of marks, as follows,
- Synopsis
( 05 Marks)
Submission
(03 Marks)- Mandatory
(Minimum 600 words- Maximum 750 words)
Presentation (02 Marks) - Mandatory
Schedule for Synopsis presentation will be intimated later either oral
or written communication to the concerned students.
- Project

(15 Marks)
Submission
(10 Marks) - Mandatory
(There is no minimum Maximum 4000 words
(excluding Synopsis and foot notes))
Presentation (05 Marks) - Mandatory

Schedule for Synopsis presentation will be intimated later

only by Notice or Circular.
4. Last date for submission of Synopsis 25.08.2016 (Tuesday) at
04.00 P.M. soft copy.
5. Late submission of synopsis may be entertained till 27.08.2016
(Saturday) 01.00 P. M. only Hard Copy

6. Students are instructed to send all their Synopsis and Final Project to
tnnlsenvironmentallaw2016@gmail.com
7. The synopsis should contain
- General introduction about the title - 400 words
- Objectives of the Title - 50
- Research Questions - 50
- Methodology of the Research should be very specific -50
- Sources for the Research Work - 50
- Conclusion - 50
- Suggestions/Recommendations (Depends upon title and
Methodology) - 50
- Bibliography/References
8. The Formatting of Project has to be
- Times New Roman
- Font Size
o Text - 12
o Foot note - 10
- Line Spacing
o Text - 1. 5
o Foot note - 1
9. The students are instructed to submit Hard and Soft copy of the project
both MS Word and PDF format.
10.Last date for submission of Draft Project both Hard and Soft Copy, i.e.,
17.09.2016 (Saturday).
11.Last date for submission of Project both Hard and Soft Copy, i.e.,
24.09.2016 (Saturday).

Mode of Citation :
International Legal Material
- United Nations Charter, 1945
- United Nations Convention on Human Environment , 1972
- United Nations Convention on Environment and Development, 1992

Article 2 (4), United Nations Charter, 26 June 1945, 67 UKTS (1946), 39

AJIL Suppl. 490, (1945) (in force 24 October 1945).
Principle 21, United Nations Convention on Human Environment, 16 June
1972, UN Doc. A/conf. 48/74 and corr. 1, 11 ILM 1416 (1972).
Principle 15, United Nations Convention on Environment and
Development, 14 June 1992, UN Doc. A/conf. 151/26, reprinted in 31 ILM
874 (1992).
Books
Shyam Diwan and Armin Rosencranz, Environmental Law and Policy in
India, (Seventh Edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008), p. 59.
Particia Birnie, Alan Boyle and Catherine Redgwell, International Law and
the Environment, (Third Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009), p.
79.
Edited Books
Dr. A. David Ambrose, Sustainable Development of Natural Resources and
Environmental Implications in International Law in Dr. S. John William
(Edn.,), Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Development,
(SECNARM, 2002, Chennai), pp 38-54 at 40.
Journals
Leelakrishnan. P, Environmental Impact Assessment : Legal Dimension, 34 JILI
(1992), pp 545-557.
Philippe Cullet, Definition of Environmental Rights in a Human Rights Context,
13 Netherlands Human Rights, (1995), pp 25-40 at 32.

Reports
UN Millennium Development Declaration, GA Res. 55/2, UN Doc. A/Res.
55/21, 18 September 2000.
Periodicals

SundarlalBhaghuna, The Earth Summit : An Indian View, The Hindu, Chennai,

15th July (1992), p. 8
Case Laws
National
Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India, (1989) 1 SCC 674.
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 2715; (1996) 5 SCC 647.
International Court of Justice
Case Concerning Gabcikovo - Nagymaros Dam, (1997), ICJ Rep. 7.
Nuclear Test case, (Australia v. France), (1973), ICJ Rep. 99.
Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay), (2006), ICJ Rep. 113.
Arbitral Tribunals
Lake Lanoux Arbitration, 12 R Intl Arb. Awards 281, (1957).
Trail Smelter (U.S. v.Canada), 3, R. Intl Arb. Awards 1905 (1938 & 1941).

Web Sources
UN Millennium Development Declaration, 18 September 2000, available at
http//www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals, last visited on 10.08.2016.

Note : This standard format is only Environmental Law

Title Page

Title of the Project

Submitted by
Name
Register No

Project Submitted to
Dr. S. AMIRTHALINGAM
Associate Professor of Law

TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL

(A State University established by Act No. 9 of 2012)
NavalurKuttapattu, Srirangam (TK), Tiruchirappalli 620009.

SEPTEMBER 2016

DECLARATION

I ---------------------------------------------------------, Registrar Number ------------------------------,

hereby

declare

that

this

project

work

entitled

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------has been originally carried out by me under the guidance and supervision of
Amirthalingam,

Associate Professor of Law,

Dr. S.

Tamil Nadu National Law

School, Tiruchirappalli - 620 009. This work has not been submitted either in whole or in part
of any Degree / Diploma in this Institution or any other Institution/University.

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