Staff & Student Seminar: Legal indicators of effectiveness of Environmental Law
Date | Wednesday 13 March 2019 |
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Time | 1pm - 2pm |
Where | Moot Court, N.1.01, Law Building, University of Waikato |
Presenter | Emeritus Professor Michel Prieur, University of Limoges |
Contact | Diana Beeching |
Contact email | lawevents@waikato.ac.nz |
Admission Cost | Free |
There are many scientific or economic indicators designed to evaluate the implementation of environmental policy. However, until now there were no legal indicators. In his current research, Professor Prieur is attempting to show that it is possible to measure the effectiveness of environmental law. The findings of this research will give governments and civil society a new tool to control the implementation of the law, permit adequate reforms and control non-regression of the regulations.
About Prof Prieur
Dr Michel Prieur is a graduate of the Institute of Political Sciences, Paris, and a distinguished environmental lawyer. In addition to his academic activities as a professor at the Universities of Strasbourg and Limoges, Dr Prieur represented the French government at the Rio + 20 Conference in 2012 and is a Judge on the International Court of Arbitration and Conciliation on the Environment. He is the recipient of many distinctions including the Legion of Honour in 2016.
Professor Prieur will spend four weeks at Te Piringa, giving a public lecture, staff seminar and appearing as a guest lecturer during selected courses.
About the Waikato Faculty of Law Visiting Scholars programme
Te Piringa - Faculty of Law offers graduate and postgraduate legal education and enjoys a lively and committed research focus. It is also unique in New Zealand in having clear foundation goals to guide research, teaching and public engagement – biculturalism, professionalism, and teaching law in context. As a part of the Faculty's commitment to teaching and research excellence, Te Piringa established Visiting Professor/Scholar programme, which brings prominent academics to Waikato. The areas of particular interest to the Faculty are: cyber law and intellectual property, environmental law, health law, international law, Māori and indigenous governance, new ways of thinking about law, public law and policy, sports law and tort law.
Visiting Scholars are renowned in their research area and have achieved excellence in teaching. They are expected to spend 4-6 weeks with the Faculty teaching a paper, giving guest lectures, seminars and sharing their experience with legal academics in the Faculty.