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Professor Rosemary Lyster

Profile

Degrees

BA, LLB, LLM Natal

Courses Taught

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Energy and Climate Law
  • Comparative Climate Law
  • Carbon Trading
  • Derivatives and Taxation Law
  • Water Law
  • GMOs and Environmental Law

Areas of Interest

  • Australian and International Climate Law
  • Climate Change justice
  • Energy Law
  • Emissions trading schemes
  • Carbon pricing
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+)
  • Water Law
  • Genetically modified organisms


Brief Biographical Detail

Rosemary Lyster is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL). In the area of Environmental Law, Rosemary specialises in Energy and Climate Law, Water Law and GMOs and Environmental Law. She has published two books with Cambridge University Press in the area of Energy and Climate Law. They are Rosemary Lyster and Adrian Bradbrook Energy Law and the Environment (Cambridge University Press: 2006) and Adrian J. Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster, Richard L. Ottinger and Wang Xi (eds) The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development (Cambridge University Press: 2005). Rosemary is also the principal author of Rosemary Lyster, Zada Lipman, Nicola Franklin, Graeme Wiffen, Linda Pearson, Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales 3rd Edition (Federation Press: 2012).

Rosemary is the Energy and Water Special Editor of the Environmental Planning and Law Journal which is the leading environmental law journal in Australia. Rosemary is a member of the IUCN – The World Conservation Union Commission on Environmental Law, comprising environmental lawyers from around the world. She is a member of the Commission’s Special Working Groups on Water and Wetlands, Energy and Climate Change, and Forests.

Rosemary has an extensive list of publications including books, chapters in books and articles in leading international and domestic law journals.

Publications

Books | Chapters in Books | Articles in Refereed Journals | Articles in Non-Refereed Journals | Editorials | Editorships | Book Review | Conference Presentations

Books

  • Rosemary Lyster, Catherine MacKenzie, Constance McDermott (eds), Law, tropical forests and carbon: the case of REDD+ (Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming, 2013)
  • Rosemary Lyster, Zada Lipman, Nicola Franklin, Graeme Wiffen, Linda Pearon, Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales (Federation Press: 2007) (2nd Edition, 2009) (3rd Edition, 2012).
  • Rosemary Lyster (ed), In the Wilds of Climate Law, Australian Academic Press: Australia (2010).
  • Rosemary Lyster & Adrian Bradbrook Energy Law and the Environment (Cambridge University Press: 2006).
  • Adrian J Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster, Richard L Ottinger & Wang Xi (eds), The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development (Cambridge University Press: 2005).
  • Rosemary Lyster & Cora Hoexter, The New Constitutional and Administrative Law, Vol.2, Juta: Cape Town (2002).
  • David Farrier, Rosemary Lyster, Linda Pearson and Zada Lipman The Environmental Law Handbook (3rd edition) (Redfern Legal Centre Publishing: 1998).

Chapters in Books

  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Challenges for Renewable Energy in the Context of Climate Change’ in Paul Babie and Paul Leadbeter (eds), Law as Change: Essays in Honour of Adrian Bradbrook (University of Adelaide Press, 2013)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘International legal frameworks for REDD+: ensuring legitimacy’ in Rosemary Lyster, Catherine MacKenzie, Constance McDermott (eds), Law, tropical forests and carbon: the case of REDD+ (Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming 2013)
  • Robert Fisher and Rosemary Lyster, ‘Land and resource tenure: the rights of indigenous peoples and forest dwellers’ in Rosemary Lyster, Catherine MacKenzie, Constance McDermott (eds), Law, tropical forests and carbon: the case of REDD+ (Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming 2013)
  • Rosemary Lyster and Rebekah Byrne, ‘Climate change adaptation and electricity infrastructure’ in Jonathan Verschuuren (ed), Climate Adaptation Law (Edward Elgar) (forthcoming 2013)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Destroying capabilities, adaptation and climate change justice’ in Jonathan Verschuuren (ed), Climate Adaptation Law (Edward Elgar) (forthcoming 2013)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Energy and Climate Law’ in Lyster et al., Environmental & Planning Law in NSW (3rd edition), Federation Press: Sydney (2012)
  • Rosemary Lyster, "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation: The Road to Copenhagen", in R Lyster (ed), In the Wilds of Climate Law, Australian Academic Press: Australia (2010) 91-142
  • Rosemary Lyster, "The Reality and Effect of 'Advance Informed Agreement' Under the Cartagena Protocol", in M Jeffery, J Firestone & K Bubna-Litic (eds) Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide Cambridge University Press: UK (2008) 500-528.
  • Rosemary Lyster, "The implications of electricity restructuring for a sustainable energy framework" in Adrian Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster, Richard Ottinger & Wang Xi (eds), The Law of Sustainable Energy (Cambridge University Press: 2005) 415-448.
  • Rosemary Lyster, "The effect of an administrative justice clause in a Bill of Rights" in Martin Partington & Michael Harris (eds), Administrative Justice in the 21st Century, Hart Publishing: Oxford (1999).
  • Rosemary Lyster, "Environmental Dispute Resolution" in Paul Pretorius (ed), Dispute Resolution, Juta: Cape Town (1993).
  • Rosemary Lyster, Joint author of "Implementation of Environmental Law" in R F Fuggle & M A Rabie (eds), Environmental Concerns in Southern Africa, Juta: Cape Town (1992).
  • Rosemary Lyster, "The effect of an administrative justice clause in a Bill of Rights" in Martin Partington & Michael Harris (eds), Administrative Justice in the 21st Century, Hart Publishing: Oxford (1999).
  • Rosemary Lyster, "Environmental Dispute Resolution" in Paul Pretorius (ed),Dispute Resolution, Juta: Cape Town (1993).
  • Rosemary Lyster, Joint author of "Implementation of Environmental Law" in R F Fuggle & M A Rabie (eds), Environmental Concerns in Southern Africa, Juta: Cape Town (1992).
  • Rosemary Lyster ‘The Reality and Effect of “Advance Informed Agreement” under the Cartagena Protocol’ in Michael Jeffries, Jeremy Firestone and Karen Bubna-Litic (eds) Biodiversity Conservation, Law + Livelihoods (Cambridge University Press: January 2008)

Articles in refereed journals

  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Towards a global justice vision for Climate Law in a time of “unreason”’ (2012) 4(1) Journal of Human Rights and the Environment (Rio+20: A Critique) (forthcoming)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Coal seam gas in the context of global energy and climate change scenarios’ (2012) 29(2) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 91-100
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Australia’s Clean Energy Future Package: are we there yet?' (2011) 28(6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 446-477
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'REDD+, transparency, participation and resource rights: the role of law' (2011) 14(2) Environmental Science & Policy 118-126
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Smart Grids: Opportunities for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation' (2010) 36(1) Monash University Law Review 173-191
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The New Frontier of Climate Law: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (and Degradation)' (2009) 26(6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 417-456
  • Rosemary Lyster & Eric Coonan, ‘The precautionary principle: a thrill ride on the roller coaster of Energy and Climate Law’ (2009) 18(1) Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 38-49
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Domestic and International carbon offsets under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: what prospects?’ (2008) 27(1) University of Tasmania Law Review 111-138
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: What Role for Complementary Emissions Reduction Regulatory Measures?’ (2008) 31(3) UNSW Law Journal 880-893.
  • Rosemary Lyster & Tim Stephens, ‘The Rise and Rise of Environmental Markets: Biodiversity Banking in Australia’ (2007) 10(1) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-12.
  • Rosemary Lyster, Louis Chiam, Dominic Bortoluzzi ‘Sustainability and climate change: Liability of corporations’ (2007) 25(7) Company and Securities Law Journal 427-438.
  • Rosemary Lyster ‘Chasing down the climate change footprint of the public and private sectors: forces converge - Part I’ (2007) 24(4) Environmental Planning and Law Journal 281-321.
  • Rosemary Lyster ‘Chasing down the climate change footprint of the public and private sectors: forces converge – Part II’ (2007) 24(6) Environmental Planning and Law Journal 450-479.
  • Rosemary Lyster ‘Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Regulating Greenhouse Gases in a Climate of Uncertainty’(2007) 2 Carbon and Climate Law Review 89-104.
  • James Fahey and Rosemary Lyster ‘Geosequestration in Australia: Existing and Proposed Regulatory Mechanisms’ (2007) 4(5) Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 378-392.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Privatising Water Utilities: A Cautionary Tale' (2005) 9 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1
  • Rosemary Lyster & Nicola Franklin, Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Sustainable Regulation of Biotechnology' (2005) 8(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-7.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The Sustainable Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms: US and EU Comparisions' (2004) 8(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 111-139
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Common but Differentiated?: Australia's Response to Global Climate Change’ (2004) XVI(4) The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 561-591.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The implications of electricity restructuring for a sustainable energy framework’ (2003) 20(5) Environmental Planning and Law Journal 359-385.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The Heat is On: Australia's response to global climate change' (2002) 9 South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 125-149, appearing in 2004.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘(De)regulating the Rural Environment’ (2002) 19(1) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 34-57.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘(De)regulating the Rural Environment’ (2001) 18 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 445-468.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The impact of privatisation on environmental rights’ (1999) 10(1) Public Law Journall 46-57.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Should we mediate environmental conflict? A justification for negotiated rulemaking’ (1998) 20(4) The Sydney Law Review 579-598.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Friends of Hinchinbrook Vs Minister for the Environment: The relevance of the precautionary principle’ (1997) 14 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 390-401.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Relevance of the Precautionary Principle: Friends of Hinchinbrook v Minister for the Environment’ (1997) 14 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 390-401.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Mediating Constitutionally Protected Rights’ (1996) South African Journal on Human Rights 230-246.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘A Critical Analysis of the Proposed National Environmental Management System’ (1995) Comparative and International Law Journal of South Africa 228-246.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Problem with Ground Water in South African Law’ (1995) South African Law Journal 440-461.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Protected Natural Environments: Difficulties with Environmental Land Use Regulation and Some Thoughts on the Property Clause’ (1994) De Jure 136-153.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Environmental Law’ (1994) Annual Survey of South African Law.
  • Rosemary Lyster & Cheryl Loots, ‘Environmental Law’ (1993) Annual Survey of South African Law 340-384.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Protection of Environmental Rights’ (1992) South African Law Journal 518-528.
  • Rosemary Lyster & Peter Jordi, ‘Miscellaneous Contracts’ (1991) Annual Survey of South African Law 102-113.
  • Rosemary Lyster & Peter Jordi, ‘Miscellaneous Contracts’ (1990) Annual Survey of South African Law 98-121.
  • Rosemary Lyster & Peter Jordi, ‘Miscellaneous Contracts’ (1989) Annual Survey of South African Law 87-96.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Administrative Rulemaking’ (1990) SA Public Law 106.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The New Right to be Heard’ (1990) SA Public Law 132.

Articles in non-refereed journals

  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Legitimate Expectations in Business’ (1990) Businessman's Law 3.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Cancellation - When Is It Justified?’ (1989) Businessman's Law 176.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘All-risks insurance and the negligent policy holder’ (1989) Businessman's Law 156.

Editorials

  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Electricity Privatisation in New South Wales: What Are the Climate Change and Broader Sustainability Implications?’ (2008) 25(4) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 229-239.
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Editorial: Heading into the 2007 Climate Change Negotiations: What Are the Issues for Developing Countries?’ (2007) 10(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 155-165.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Privatising Water Utilities: A Cautionary Tale' (2005) 9 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1
  • Rosemary Lyster & Nicola Franklin, Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Sustainable Regulation of Biotechnology' (2005) 8(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-7.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Phillipines Regional Court Reiterates Constitutional Right to Environment: The Manila Bay Case' (2002) 7(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-4, appearing 2003.

Editorships

  • Co-editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 2002 – present
  • Water Law and Energy Law editor, Environmental Planning and Law Journal 2004 - present

Book Review

  • "Negotiating Conflict" by Mark Anstey (1992) 3 South African Law Journal 570.

Conference presentations

  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Are Resilience and Water Markets Compatible?', presented at ACCEL Conference 2010: Resilience and Climate Change: Law's Response?, Sydney, 26-27 August 2010
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation under the Copenhagen Accord', presented at ACCEL: The New International Carbon Offset?, Sydney, 24 February 2010
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Approaches to recognising carbon offsets arising from reducing deforestation and degradation (RED(D)) in developing countries’, presented at Climate Change and Developing Countries: International Legal and Market-based Instruments, IDLO, Sydney, October 2008
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Approaches to recognising carbon offsets arising from avoided deforestation in developing countries’, presented at Climate Law in Developing Countries Post 2012: North and South Perspectives, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Ottawa, Canada, September 2008
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Approaches to recognising carbon offsets arising from avoided deforestation in developing countries’ presented at ACCEL Intersections between global climate change, law and policy conference, August 2008
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Avoided deforestation in developing countries: implications for Australia’, presented at National Environmental Lawyers Association The Law of Climate Change conference, Perth, March 2008
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Regulating greenhouse gas emissions: Is an emissions trading scheme sufficient?’, presented at the Politics and International Studies conference Australia and Climate Change Diplomacy: Towards a Post 2012 Regime – Policy Proposals on Australia’s Climate Change Diplomacy, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, 22-23 November 2007
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Implementing the Mekong River Agreement: existential crisis of an environmental lawyer’, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Conference, New York, USA, 16-20 October 2006
  • Rosemary Lyster & Nicola Franklin, ‘Human Rights Protection in Australia: A mixture of curiosity and embarrassment’, Comparative Constitutionalism and Rights: Global perspectives, University of KwaZulu Natal - Durban, SA, 10-13 December 2005
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The need for a Bill of Rights in Australia’, Comparative Constitutional Law conference, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, December 2005
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Reality and Effect of Advance Informed Agreement under the Cartagena Protocol’, presented at IUCN Academy of Environmental Law conference, Macquarie University, June 2005
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Sustainable Water Law: Are We There Yet?', AC21 Satellite Forum, University of Sydney, Orange, 21 July 2004
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The Sustainable Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms: US and EU Comparisons', AC21 Satellite Forum, Australian Centre for Environmental Law, Sydney, 22 July 2004
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The Implications of Electricity Restructuring for a Sustainable Energy Law Framework', presented at the Environmental Defender's Office (NSW) Elements Conference, 27 May 2003
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'Electricity Restructuring and a Sustainable Energy Framework for Australia', IUCN/World Conservation Union Academy of Environmental Law 2003 Colloquium: The Law of Sustainable Energy, Shanghai, China, 5-6 November 2003
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Common but differentiated: Australia’s obligations under the UNs Framework Convention on Climate Change’, International Centre for Environmental Compliance Assessment (ICECA), Kagawa University - Kagawa, Japan (December 2002)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Heat is On: Australia's response to the global climate change’, IUCN/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Conference, University of Natal - South Africa (2002)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Trading and Investing in the Environment’, IUCN/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Conference - Pietermaritzburg, SA (2002)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘The Corporatisation and Privatisation of Water Utilities: Invoking the Ecofeminist Voice’, Feminist Legal Academics Workshop - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (2001)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Managing Conflict in Water Management Committees’, 3rd Australasian Natural Resources Law & Policy Conference - Adelaide (22-23 March 2001)
  • Rosemary Lyster, ‘Managing Conflict in Water Management Committees’, Asia Pacific Mediation Forum - University of Adelaide (29 November 2001)
  • Rosemary Lyster & Chris Finn, 'Rethinking participation in administrative decision-making', Sunrise or Sunset? Administrative Law in the New Millennium: Papers presented at the 2000 National Administrative Law Forum, Canberra, 2000.
  • Rosemary Lyster, 'The impact of privatisation on environmental rights', paper presented at International Environmental Justice Conference, University of Cape Town, South Africa, April 1998.