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PRUE TAYLOR

LL.B, LL.M, LL.M
SENIOR LECTURER

email prue.taylor@auckland.ac.nz

Primary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Human rights & the environment

Secondary Research Interests

  • Biodiversity law
  • Constitutional law and 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)

Selected Publications

  • TAYLOR, P.E. An Ecological Approach to International Law: The Challenge of Climate Change. London, Routledge, 443 pages, 1998. 1999 Winner of the New Zealand Legal Research Foundation Annual Award for Research and Writing.
  • TAYLOR, P.E, BOSSELMANN, K., ENGEL, R. Governance for Sustainability - Issues, Challenges and Successes, IUCN Environmental Law and Policy Series, No. 70, Bonn, IUCN Gland, 260, 2008. Book Chapters:
  • TAYLOR, P.E., ”Ecological Integrity and Human Rights” In: Westra (et al)(ed) Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity: Science, Ethics, Economics and Law. London, Earthscan, 89-108, 2008.
  • TAYLOR, P.E., “Ecological Governance at Work: A Community Challenge to Genetically Modified Organisms” in C Soskolne (ed) Sustaining Life on Earth, New York, Lexington Books, 269-282, 2008;