Directory of Scholars

JOSÉ AUGUSTO FONTOURA COSTA

PROFESSORSHIP AND J.D.
DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

email jafontouracosta@gmail.com

Primary Research Interests

  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • International environmental law

Secondary Research Interests

  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • Marine & fisheries law
  • Trade law & the environment

Selected Publications

  • Direito Ambiental Internacional (with DERANI), 2001, v.1. p.215.
  • Desenvolvimento e Soberania Permanente sobre os Recursos Internacionais, 2006, v.1, p. 207-235.
  • "State and private sector in a cooperative regulation: the Forest Stewardship Council and other product labels in Brasil" (with DERANI), In DILLING, Olaf, HERBERG, Martin e WINTER, Gerd, Responsible Business: self governance and law in transnational economic transactions, Londres, Hart Publishing.
  • Legal frameworks and market of genetic resources: the legitimating discourses and incentives to biodiversity conservation, 73rd Biennial Conference of the International Law Association.