Directory of Scholars

KAI KOKKO

Lawyer, docent (LL.D., LL.Lic., LL.M.)
Professor of environmental law

email kai.kokko@ulapland.fi

Primary Research Interests

  • Biodiversity law
  • Climate change law
  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Environmental politics
  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • Municipal & land use planning

Selected Publications

  • Kokko, Kai: Weighing environmental information and its sources in legal decision making. Miljörättsliga perspektiv och tankevändor. Vänbok till Jan Darpö & Gabriel Michanek. Iustus Förlag, p. 285-317, 2013.
  • Kokko, Kai: Luonnonvarojen hallinta sopimuksin (Management of natural resources by contract, summary in English), Lakimies 7-8, p. 1124–1148, 2012.
  • Koivurova, Timo – Kokko, Kai – Duyck, Sebastien – Sellheim, Nikolas – Stepien, Adam: The present and future competence of the European Union in the Arctic, Polar Record, p. 1-11, 2011.
  • Kokko, Kai (ed.): Kysymyksiä saamelaisten oikeusasemasta (Questions about the Legal Status of Sami People, summary in English). University of Lapland, pages 273, 2010.
  • Kokko, Kai: A Legal Method and Tools for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Regulation: Safeguarding Forest Biodiversity in Finland, Nordisk Miljörättslig Tidskrift, p. 57-78, 2009.
  • Kokko, Kai: Ympäristöarviointi – SOVA oikeudellisesta näkökulmasta (Environmental Assessment - SEA from Legal Perspective), Editan Edilex Libri, pages 188, 2007
  • Kokko, Kai: Biodiversiteettiä turvaavat oikeudelliset periaatteet ja mekanismit (Legal Principles and Mechanisms for Safeguarding Biodiversity, summary in English) Suomalaisen Lakimiesyhdistyksen sarja A n:o 243, pages 306, 2003.