Water and Law

It will be a question of studying the intervention of the territorial authorities in environmental matters and the action of the State services. For that, the competence of the territorial authorities in water management will be considered as well as the role of the structures of inter-municipal cooperation in water management and protection of the resource.

Students should have knowledge of the French jurisdictional organization, the normative hierarchy and legal balances. An introduction to legal mechanisms (notion of contract, rudiments of corporate law...) will then be useful. The use of contracts as a means of administering resources (public service delegations and public procurement) will be considered. In order for the theme of the study to be fully understood, in our region, it is essential to address the treatment of coastal waters

The study of the exercise of administrative police powers in the field of water management will be necessary to apprehend the law of ICPE and IOTA and to consider environmental territorial planning and water resource management (SDAGE, SAGE, and other schemes).

The law of watercourses in France and the study of the small and large water cycle will allow us to understand how risk planning and the implementation of what is called the GEMAPI competence have developed in recent years.

Finally, with a lawyer specialized in environmental law and particularly experienced in water resource litigation, students will be able to reflect on the mechanisms of conflict resolution.

Thus, it will be possible to question the effective participation of the public in water management, and then the recognition and the claim of the right to water and the right to sanitation

A quick look at EU water law and European environmental law will complete the training.

At the end of two weeks of teaching, students must acquire the foundations of water law in France today. They will have to know what are the essential characteristics that determine the intervention of public persons and how the protection of the resource is envisaged in the territories.

There are no specific prerequisites. As with the other subjects, you must show a keen curiosity for all questions concerning the management of water resources and the protection of natural aquatic environments.

The knowledge acquired will be checked in December by a written test in 3 hours during which the student must write an essay or a commentary.