David VanderZwaag
Professor Emeritus of Law
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Email: david.vanderzwaag@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1045
Mailing Address:
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
- Environmental law
- International environmental law
- Fisheries law and policy
- Transboundary resource management
- Species at risk protection
- Law of the sea
Education
- BA (Calvin)
- MDiv (Princeton)
- JD (Arkansas)
- LLM (鶹)
- PhD (Wales, Cardiff)
Bar admissions
- Nova Scotia
Bio
David VanderZwaag is a Professor Emeritus of Law at the Schulich School of Law, 鶹. He is a former Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, as well as former director and associate director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute.
Professor VanderZwaag is a member of the International Council of Environmental Law as well as the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL). From 2004-2018, he co-chaired the WCEL’s Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs.
Dr. VanderZwaag has authored over 150 papers in the marine and environmental law field.His most recent co-edited book publications are: Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy (Edward Elgar, 2021); Research Handbook on Polar Law (Edward Elgar, 2020); Aquaculture Law and Policy: Global, Regional and National Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2016); Routledge Handbook of National and Regional Ocean Policies (Routledge, 2015); Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change (Edward Elgar, 2014); and Recasting Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles: Canadian and International Perspectives (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010).
His educational background includes PhD (1994, University of Wales, Cardiff), LL.M. (1982, 鶹 Law School), J.D. (1980, University of Arkansas Law School), M.Div. (1974, Princeton Theological Seminary), and B.A. (1971, Calvin College).
Teaching
- LAWS 2051: International Environmental Law
Areas of supervision:ocean acidification: future directions in international environmental law and policy; protection of the marine environment; international fisheries law; Arctic Ocean development and governance
Research interests
Professor VanderZwaag’s research covers a wide range of topics in the field of international ocean law and governance. Research interests include: aquaculture regulation; fisheries management; marine species at risk, maritime boundary delimitation; transboundary cooperation; Arctic law of the sea; Canada-US ocean relations; marine protected areas; climate change and oceans; and principled oceans governance.