Directory of Scholars

JENNIFER MCKAY

BA HONS, Phd, LL.B Graduate diploma in legal practive diploma in human rights la
Professor of business law

email Jennifer.mckay@unisa.edu.au

Primary Research Interests

  • Human rights & the environment
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Water law

Secondary Research Interests

  • Agricultural law (including soils)
  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Climate change law
  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Corporate environmental responsibility

Selected Publications

  • McKay, Keremane G. and A. Gray, Picturing Fresh Water Justice in Rural Australia CRC Irrigation Futures with Reflection by Judge Christine Trenorden, Chris Oldfield, Kieran O'Keeffe Hon Justice Preston, 2010
  • “The Global Importance of Groundwater in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Groundwater Sustainability". Ohio, published in conjunction with Spanish Academy of Sciences, IUCN, UNESCO and UniSA USA by National Groundwater Association of USA, 2007
  • “Some Australian Examples of the Integration of Environmental, Economic and Social Considerations into Decision Making – the Jurisprudence of Facts and Context” in French D (ed) Global Justice and Sustainable Development, Brill Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010
  • McKay and Marsden, “Australia: The Problem of Sustainability in Water” in J.W. Dellapenna and J. Gupta (eds.), (2009) The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water, Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009
  • “A Proposal for an International Virtual Water Trading Council: Building Institutional Frameworks at International Level to Reduce Poverty in Water Development and Poverty Reduction”, Olcay Unver, Rajiv K Gupta and Avesgul Kibaroglu, eds. Kluwer, 2005
  • “The Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Sudanese Peace Process: Legal Issues from the Abeyi Arbitration in Reviewing the Mandate of an Ad hoc Body” Australian International Law Review, (2009) Vol 16, p
  • “Trust Between Users and the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: The Contribution of Professor Elinor Ostrom”, Transnational Corporations Review (TNCR) (2010) Vol 2, no 2
  • “America's Fascination with Australia's National Water Initiative”, Water (2010) Vol 37
  • “Insubstantial Tenuous and Vague Laws - The Achievement of Ecologically Sustainable Development by Water Supply Business CEO’s”, Australian Business Law Review, (2008) Vol 36 No. 6 December