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Dr Stefan Gruber

Profile

Degrees
Dipl.-Jur.; Magister Artium Frankfurt LLM PhD Sydney

Courses Taught

  • Foundations of Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • Legal Research
  • Legal Research II
  • Public International Law
  • Sustainable Development Law in China


Research Interests

  • Sustainable development, social change and law in China
  • Asian law, society and development
  • Cultural heritage law and policy
  • Art crime and illicit trafficking of cultural property
  • International and comparative environmental law
  • Laws of war


Brief Biographical Details

Dr Stefan Gruber is a Lecturer at Sydney Law School, where he inter alia coordinates all legal research units for the undergraduate and graduate law degrees. He is also active as a legal practitioner and consultant, and is a member of the Chamber of Lawyers, Frankfurt am Main. Stefan was educated at the Universities of Sydney, Frankfurt, Mainz, and at Harvard Law School, and holds degrees in law, philosophy, and political science. He also held visiting positions at the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law at the University of Ottawa, the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong, and Renmin Law School of China in Beijing.

Stefan’s regional focus is on East and Southeast Asia and particularly China. His current research concentrates on sustainable development law and policy, the conservation of cultural heritage and social change, and international and comparative environmental law. Another major focus is on the illicit trafficking of cultural property and other forms of art crime, their prevention and prosecution, and the restitution of illegally exported objects. Stefan further researches and publishes in the field of armed conflicts.

He has served on the submissions team of the Harvard Journal of International Law and the editorial board of the Harvard Asia Pacific Review, and currently serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Law, Justice and Development. Stefan has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Network (APRU DSN) and presently serves as the Director of Research and Development.

Publications

Books | Book Chapters | Journal Articles | Conference Paper Presentations | Selected Invited Presentations


Books

  • Gruber, S, Die Lehre vom gerechten Krieg: Eine Einführung am Beispiel der NATO-Intervention im Kosovo [The Just War Theory: An Introduction on the Basis of the NATO Intervention in Kosovo], Tectum Verlag: Marburg (2008)

Book Chapters

  • Gruber, S, ‘Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage Sites’ in Yves Le Bouthillier, Miriam Alfie Cohen, José Juan González Marquez, Albert Mumma, and Susan Smith (eds), Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham (2012) 284-303
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Heritage Discourses’ in B Jessup and K Rubenstein (eds), Environmental Discourses in International and Public Law, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (2012) 375-398
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Legal Framework for Protected Areas: New South Wales (Australia)’ in B Lausche (ed), Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation, IUCN: Gland (2011)
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Legal Framework for Protected Areas: Australia’ in B Lausche (ed), Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation, IUCN: Gland (2011)
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Human Rights and Heritage Conservation Law’ in UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy (ed), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Human Rights and the Environment, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace, and Democracy, University of Shahid Beheshti: Tehran (2009) 90-124
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Heritage Conservation Law in New South Wales’ in Local Government Planning and Environment Service New South Wales Volume C, LexisNexis: Sydney (updated May 2012) 500,325-502,040

Journal Articles

  • Gruber, S, ‘The Fight against the Illicit Trade in Asian Cultural Artefacts: Connecting Domestic Strategies, Regional Cooperation and International Agreements’ (2013) 3(2) Asian Journal of International Law
  • Gruber, S, ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage Sites: Environmental Law and Adaptation’ (2011) 5(2) Carbon and Climate Law Review 209-219
  • Stephens, D and Gruber, S, ‘Cooperation, Friction, and Safeguarding: Australia and Indonesia’s Security Relationship’ (2010) 11(1) Harvard Asia Pacific Review 35-39
  • Gruber, S, ‘Protecting China’s Cultural Heritage Sites in Times of Rapid Change: Current Developments, Practice and Law’ (2007) 10(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 253-301

Conference Paper Presentations

  • Gruber, S, ‘The Protection of Populated Cultural Heritage Sites and Social Sustainability in Asia‘ presented at Third East Asian Law and Society Conference - Building the East Asian Socio-Legal Community: Theoretical Visions and Empirical Challenges, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Peoples Republic of China (22-23 March 2013)
  • Gruber, S, ‘Illicit Export and Trade in Cultural Property’ presented at Geneva – Harvard – Renmin - Sydney Law Faculty Conference: Property, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (14-16 January 2013)
  • Gruber, S, ‘Art Crime Investigations in Asia’ presented at Contemporary Perspectives on the Detection, Investigation and Prosecution of Art Crime, ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 1-2 May 2012
  • Gruber, S, ‘The Fight against the Illicit Trade in Asian Cultural Artefacts: Connecting Domestic Strategies, Regional Cooperation and International Agreements’ presented at the 3rd Asian Society of International Law Young Scholars Workshop – Asian Approaches to International Law: Organisations, Laws, Oceans, Environment, Trade & Finance, and Rights, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Singapore, 23-24 February 2012
  • Gruber, S, ‘The Impact of Global Climate Change on Cultural Heritage Sites: Environmental Law and Adaptation’ presented at Climate Change Governance after Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 4-5 November 2010
  • Gruber, S, ‘China’s Cultural Landscapes under Threat: Pressure from Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change and Demographic Changes’ presented at The Eighth Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law: Linkages between Biodiversity and Climate Change, The Centre of Environmental Law and Energy Law, Faculty of Law, Ghent University, Belgium, 13-17 September 2010
  • Gruber, S, ‘A Legal Approach to Sustaining Asia's Cultural Heritage for Future Generations’ presented at The 11th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC) - Research for the Sustainability of Civilizations: Past, Present and Future, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 12–16 July 2010
  • Gruber, S, ‘Adaptation to Climate Change and Heritage Conservation: The Emergence of a New Threat to Human Culture’ presented at Climate: Science and Humanities, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2–4 March 2010
  • Gruber, S, ‘Sustaining China’s Cultural Heritage in Times of Rapid Change’ presented at The Seventh Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law: Environmental Governance and Sustainability, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China, 1–5 November 2009
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘The Conservation of Heritage as a Human Right’ presented at Connecting International and Public Law: Environmental Discourses in International and Public Law, Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 13-15 August 2009
  • Gruber, S, ‘Protecting Asia’s Cultural Heritage against Looting and Illicit Art Trafficking’ presented at The 6th Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Annual Conference: Dynamics of Change in Asia, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 29-30 May 2009
  • Boer, B and Gruber, S, ‘Human Rights and Heritage Conservation Law’ presented at The First International Conference on Human Rights and Environment, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 13-14 May 2009
  • Gruber, S, ‘The Links between Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage Sites: How Can the Law Break this Chain?’ presented at The Sixth Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law: Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Protection, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico, 10-15 November 2008
  • Gruber, S, ‘How Can Environmental Law Be Used to Decrease the Effects of Global Climate Change on Cultural Heritage Sites?’ presented at Climate Law in Developing Countries post-2012: North and South Perspectives, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada , 26-28 September 2008

Selected Invited Presentations

  • Gruber, S, ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage and Local Communities’ presented at the School of Law, Renmin University of China, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (27 November 2012)
  • Gruber, S, ‘The Fight Against Illicit Trafficking in Asian Cultural Relics’ presented at the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (8 November 2012)
  • Gruber, S, ‘Climate Change and the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Asia’ presented at the School of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China, 8 November 2010
  • Gruber, S, ‘Die Lehre vom gerechten Krieg’ (The Just War Theory), presented at Kiwanis International, Club Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 22 June 2009
  • Gruber, S, ‘Protecting China’s Cultural Heritage Against Looting and Illicit Art Trafficking’ presented at the School of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China, 27 May 2009
  • Gruber, S, ‘Poverty Alleviation and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage’ presented at the Julius Stone Institute - Theory & PG Research Seminars, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia, 16 October 2008
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