Directory of Scholars
MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN
LL.B, LLM, PH.D
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Primary Research Interests
- Biodiversity law
- Climate change law
- Constitutional law and the environment
- Criminal law & the environment
- Energy law
- Enforcement & compliance issues
- Environmental ethics & justice
- Human rights & the environment
- International environmental law
- Marine & fisheries law
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
- Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)
- Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
- Trade law & the environment
- Waste management
- Water law
Secondary Research Interests
- Corporate environmental responsibility
- Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
- Environmental impact assessment
- Indigenous peoples & the environment
- Municipal & land use planning
- Occupational health & safety law
- Pollution & toxics control
- Science & risk in environmental regulation
Selected Publications
- "Role of the Judiciary in Environment Governance: - A case study of Nigeria", in Louis K. and Alexander P., Eds., Judicial Environmental Governance, Kluwer International, Netherlands, 2009.
- Environmental Law and Sustainable Land Use in Nigeria, in Nathalie, Patricia, Lin, John, Eds., Land Use Law for Sustainable Development, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies/Cambridge University Press, UK, 2007, pp. 240-252.
- Transnational State Responsibility for environmental harms in international law, ABU Law Journal, Vols 19-20, (2001-2), faculty of Law, A.B.U., Zaria, Nigeria, pp. 29 – 40.
- Role of WTO in resolving conflicts between free trade and environmental protection: An appraisal, ABU Journal of Business Administration, ABU, Zaria, Nigeria, Vol.1 No. 2 (2001), pp. 1-15.
- Ambiguities in Legal Protection of the environment during armed conflict, University of Maiduguri Law Journal Vol. 5, (2002), Faculty of Law, University, Maiduguri, pp. 172-176.
- "Human Rights and Environmental Protection", in Obilade, A.O., ed., Text for Teaching Human Rights Law, 1999, Constitutional Rights Project CRP, Lagos, Nigeria, pp. 95-108.
- Trend in Environmental law and Access to justice in Nigeria. Lambert Academic publishing, Berlin, Germany, (5 chapters,441 pp)
- Review of NESREA Act 2007 and Regulations 2009-2011: A new dawn in environmental compliance and enforcement in Nigeria ; vol. 8/1 in Law, Environment and Development (LEAD)Journal,pp. 116-140; university of London (SOAS) and IELRC, India.