Directory of Scholars

NICOLA DURRANT

B.SC (ENV); LLB (2AHONS), GRAD DIPLP, PHD(LAW)
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW

email n.durrant@qut.edu.au

Primary Research Interests

  • Agricultural law (including soils)
  • Climate change law
  • Energy law
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Municipal & land use planning
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Trade law & the environment

Selected Publications

  • "Addressing Climate Liabilities in Common Transactional Documents", in edited collection of Gumley & Daya-Winterbottom, Climate Change Law: Comparative, Contractual & Regulatory Considerations, Thomson Reuters, 2009, 139-158.
  • Legal Issues in Biosequestration: Carbon Sinks, Carbon Rights and Carbon Trading, (2008)14(2) Special Issue on Climate Change Law in Australia, UNSW Law Journal Forum 47.
  • A Regulatory Analysis of International Climate Change Regulation (with Feaver D.), (2008) 30(4) Special Issue on Global Warming Governance and the Law, Law and Policy 394.
  • Tortious Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Climate Change, Causation and Public Policy Considerations, (2007) Volume 7(2) QUT Law and Justice Journal 403.
  • Emissions Trading, Offsets and Other Mitigation Options for the Australian Coal Industry, (2007) Volume 24(5) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 361.
  • An Integrated Legal Approach to Global Environmental Governance: Combating Climate Change, Drought and Deforestation (with Maguire, R.), (2007) Volume 9: Special Edition on Global Governance Canberra Law Review 65.