Directory of Scholars

NATASHA AFFOLDER

LL.B., BCL, D.PHIL (DOCTORATE IN LAW)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

email affolder@law.ubc.ca

Primary Research Interests

  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Enforcement & compliance issues

Selected Publications

  • Mining and the World Heritage Convention: Democratic Legitimacy and Treaty Compliance, (2007) 24 Pace Environmental Law Review 35.
  • Democratizing or Demonizing the World Heritage Convention, (2006) 5 University of Wellington Law Review 1.
  • Domesticating the Exotic Species: International Biodiversity Law in Canada, (2006) 51 (2) McGill Law Journal 1.
  • “Fostering Compliance with International Biodiversity Law: Environmental Advocacy Groups Inside and Outside the Courtroom”, in Oonagh Fitzgerald ed., The Globalized Rule of Law: Relationships between International and Domestic Law, Toronto, Irwin Law, 2006.