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DAVID VANDERZWAAG
BA (Calvin), MDiv (Princeton), JD (Arkansas), LLM (Dalhousie), PhD (Wales, Cardiff)
Professor of Law
Primary Research Interests
- International environmental law
- Marine & fisheries law
- Pollution & toxics control
- Science & risk in environmental regulation
Secondary Research Interests
- Biodiversity law
- Climate change law
- Environmental ethics & justice
Selected Publications
- D.A. Russell and D.L. VanderZwaag, eds., Recasting Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles: Canadian and International Perspectives. (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2010).
- D.R. Rothwell and D.L. VanderZwaag, eds., Towards Principled Oceans Governance: Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges (London: Routledge Press, 2006).
- D.L. VanderZwaag and G. Chao, eds., Aquaculture Law and Policy: Towards Principled Access and Operations (London: Routledge Press, 2006).
- D.L. VanderZwaag, “The Arctic Council at 15 Years: Edging Forward in a Sea of Governance Challenges” (2011) 54 German Yearbook of International Law 281.
- D.L. VanderZwaag, “The Precautionary Approach and the International Control of Toxic Chemicals: Beacon of Hope, Sea of Confusion and Dilution” (2011) 33 Houston Journal of International Law 655.
- D.L. VanderZwaag, M.C. Engler-Palma & J.A. Hutchings, “Canada’s Species at Risk Act and Atlantic Salmon: Cascade of Promises, Trickles of Protection, Sea of Challenges” (2011) 22 Journal of Environmental Law & Practice 267.
- D.L. VanderZwaag and A. Powers, “The Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Pollution and Activities: Gauging the Tides of Global and Regional Governance” (2008) 23 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 423.