Directory of Scholars

ZEN MAKUCH

FOUR DEGREES, THREE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
READER IN LAW, BARRISTER

email z.makuch@imperial.ac.uk

Primary Research Interests

  • Agricultural law (including soils)
  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Animal (welfare) law
  • Biodiversity law
  • Climate change law
  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Criminal law & the environment
  • Cultural heritage law
  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • Energy law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Environmental politics
  • Financial & investment issues
  • Human rights & the environment
  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • International environmental law
  • Marine & fisheries law
  • Municipal & land use planning
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Occupational health & safety law
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)
  • Science & risk in environmental regulation
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
  • Trade law & the environment
  • Waste management
  • Water law

Secondary Research Interests

Selected Publications

  • MacDonald, K.E., A Right to a Healthful Environment - Humans and Habitats: Re-thinking Rights in an Age of Climate Change, European Energy and Environmental Law Review, 2008, Vol: 17, Pages: 213 - 226, ISSN: 0966-1646
  • MacDonald, K.E., The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register – A case study of Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Journal of Law Reform, 2008, Vol: 10(1), Pages: 21 - 49, ISSN: 1387-2370
  • Makuch, Z, Smart Regulation and the revised batteries directive: legislated taxation systems and collection schemes, European Environmental Law Review, 2003, Vol: 12, Pages: 259 - 272, ISSN: 0966-1646
  • Makuch, Z, Smart regulation and the revised batteries directive: the future of voluntary agreements, European Environmental Law Review, 2003, Vol: 12, Pages: 233 - 249, ISSN: 0966-1646
  • Makuch, Z, TBT or not TBT, that is the Question: the International Trade Law implications of European Community GM traceability and labelling legislation, European Environmental Law Review, 2004, Vol: 13, Pages: 226 - 252, ISSN: 0966-1646