Directory of Scholars

FRANK MAES

PHD IN LAW
PROFESSOR

email Frank.Maes@ugent.be

Primary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • International environmental law
  • Marine & fisheries law
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Cultural heritage law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Water law

Selected Publications

A1

  • GOETEYN, N. & MAES, F. (2011), Compliance Mechanisms in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: An Effective Way to Improve Compliance?, Chinese Journal of International Law , 10:791-826 ( 2011).
  • LIU, N. & MAES, F. (2012), Legal Constraints of the European Union’s Accession to the International Maritime Organization, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 43 (2): 279-291.
  • KYRIAZI, Z., MAES, F., RABAUT, M., VINCX, M., DEGRAER, S. (2013), The integration of nature conservation into the marine spatial planning process, Marine Policy 38 133-139.

Peer reviewed, non-A1

  • SOMERS E., MAES F., The Law Applicable on the Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic zone: The Belgian Perspective, Ocean Yearbook 25: 249-276 (2011).
  • SCHOUKENS H., CLIQUET A. & MAES F., Wind Farm Development in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: A Policy Odyssey without Precedent, 10 Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht 6: 304-312 (2012).
  • QUEFFELEC B., MAES F. (2013). Improving Sea-Land Management by Linking Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management: French and Belgian Experiences, Ocean Yearbook 27:147-170.

Books and contribution in books

  • MAES, F, COPPENS, J. & VANHULLE, A. An ecosystem approach in sustainable fisheries management through local ecological knowledge in Belgium (LECOFISH). Brugge, Vanden Broele, 2012, 61 + Atlas, 117 [978 90 4960 7197].
  • LIU NENGYE & MAES, F., Criminal Liability and Vessel-Source Pollution in the European Union and the United States: Inspiration for the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution in China?, in FAURE, M., HAN LIXIN & SHAN HONGJUN, Marine Pollution Liability and Policy: China, US and Europe, Alphen a\d Rijn, Kluwer Law International, 2010, 193-214 [ISBN 978 90 411 2869 0].
  • MOREL, M. & MAES, F., ‘The curious phenomenon of “environmental migration/displacement” & the role of international law in cross-border protection’ in D. FRENCH (ed.), Global Justice and Sustainable Development, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2010, 273-288 [ISBN 978 90 04 18266 0].
  • GOETEYN, N. & MAES, F., The quest for a World Environment Organization: Reflections on a failing debate as an input for future improvement, in P. MARTIN, Li ZHIPPING, QIN TIANBAO, A. du PLESIS, Y. LE BOUTHILLIER, (eds.), Environmental Governance and Sustainability, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2012 , 233-247 [978 1 78100 047 2].
  • MAES, F., CLIQUET, A., DU PLESSIS, W., MCLEOD-KILMURAY, H. (eds), Linkages between Biodiversity and Climate Change, Edward Elgar (forth coming September 2013).