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Associate Professor Tim Stephens

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Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law

Degrees
BA (Hons) LLB (Hons) Sydney MPhil Cantab PhD Sydney

Courses taught

  • Public International Law (UG)
  • Law of the Sea (PG)
  • International Law II (PG)

Areas of Research Interest

  • Public international law
  • International environmental law
  • Law of the sea
  • International dispute resolution
  • Constitutional law


Brief Biographical Detail

Dr Tim Stephens is an international lawyer and human geographer and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law. He has published widely on issues of public international law, national and international environmental law and the law of the sea. He is Co-Director (with Associate Professor Fleur Johns) of the Sydney Centre for International Law and Co-Editor in Chief (with Susan Shearing) of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.

Tim holds a PhD in law from the University of Sydney, and an M.Phil in geography from the University of Cambridge. Tim previously worked as a judge’s associate, and as a solicitor in a leading commercial law firm. Tim is a regular media commentator in Australia and internationally on issues of international law and environmental law.

In 2010 Tim was awarded the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Academy of Environmental Law Junior Scholarship Prize for his contribution to environmental law scholarship.

Publications

Authored Books | Edited Books | Book Chapters | Articles in Refereed Journals | Notes and Comments in Refereed Journals | Articles, Notes and Comments in Non-Refereed Journals | Book Review and Review Essays in Refereed Journals | Case Notes in Refereed Journals | Editorial/Reporting Positions | Conference Papers, Lectures and other Presentations | Media Comment


Authored Books

Edited Books

  • Tim Stephens and David VanderZwaag (eds), Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change (Edward Elgar, 2013, forthcoming under contract).

Book Chapters

  • Tim Stephens, ‘Adapting to Climate Change in Marine and Coastal Areas: The International Legal Perspective’ in J. M. Verschuuren (ed), Research Handbook on Climate Adaptation Law (Edward Elgar, forthcoming, 2013)
  • Tim Stephens, 'International Environmental Disputes: To Sue or Not to Sue?' in Natalie Klein (ed), Resolving International Law Disputes: Strategies, Options and Outcomes (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2013).
  • Jacqueline Peel and Tim Stephens, ‘Australia and International Environmental Law’ in Donald R Rothwell (ed), International Law in Australia (Thomson Reuters, Sydney, forthcoming, 2013).
  • Natalie Klein and Tim Stephens, 'Enforcing Rights in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction through International Litigation' in Clive Schofield (ed), The Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction (forthcoming, 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 197 – Cooperation on a Global or Regional Basis' in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 198 – Notification of Imminent or Actual Damage' in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 199 – Contingency Plans Against Pollution' in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 200 – Studies, Research Programmes and Exchange of Information', in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 201 – Scientific Criteria for Regulation', in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 235 – Responsibility and Liability' in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Article 236 – Sovereign Immunity' in Alexander Proelß (ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commentary (C H Beck, forthcoming 2013).
  • Tim Stephens, 'The LOSC Framework for Maritime Jurisdiction and Enforcement 30 Years On' in David Freestone (ed), The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention at 30: Successes, Challenges and New Agendas (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013) 27-35.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Australia and International Environmental Dispute Resolution: A Model Litigant?' in Robin Warner and Simon Marsden (eds), Transboundary Environmental Governance: Experiences from Asia and Australasia (Ashgate Publishing, 2012) 243-264.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Dispute Settlement in International Environmental Law' in Shawkat Alam et al (eds), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (Routledge, 2012) 175-187.
  • Simon Butt, Beatriz Garcia, Jemma Parsons and Tim Stephens, 'Brazil and Indonesia: REaDD+y or Not?' in Rosemary Lyster, Catherine MacKenzie,Connie McDermott (eds), Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon: The Case of REDD+ (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
  • Ross Abbs, Peter Cashman and Tim Stephens, ‘Australia’ in Richard Lord, Silke Goldberg, Lavanya Rajamani and Jutta Brunnée (eds), Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012) 67-111.
  • Tim Stephens, 'International Courts and Sustainable Development: Using Old Tools to Shape a New Discourse' in Brad Jessup and Kim Rubenstein (eds), Environmental Discourses in International and Public Law (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012) 195-217.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Continental Shelf’ in Rachel Baird and Donald R Rothwell (eds), Australian Coastal and Marine Law (Federation Press, 2011) 151-177.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Sustainability Discourses in International Courts: What Place for Global Justice?' in Duncan French (ed), Global Justice and Sustainable Development (Brill, 2010) 39-56.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Courts and Climate Change: Progression, Regression andAdministration’ in Rosemary Lyster (ed), In the Wilds of Climate Change Law (Australian Academic Press, 2010).
  • Tim Stephens, ‘A Slow Burn: The Emergence of Climate Change Law in Australia’ in Gavin Birch (ed), Water, Wind, Art and Debate: How Environmental Concerns Impact on Disciplinary Research (Sydney University Press, 2007) 1-22. Reprinted in Rajitha Tadikonda (ed), Global Warming: Fostering Solutions (Amicus Books, 2009) 146-165.
  • Tim Stephens and Ben Boer, ‘Enforcement and Compliance in the Australian AntarcticTerritory: Legal and Policy Dilemmas’ in Lorne Kriwoken, Julia Jabour and Alan D Hemmings (eds), Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda (Federation Press, 2007) 54-70.
  • Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens, ‘Conflict Resolution and the Law of the Sea: Reconciling the Interaction between the Law of the Sea Convention and Environmental Instruments’ in Alex G Oude Elferink and Donald R Rothwell (eds), Oceans Management in the Twenty First Century: Institutional Frameworks and Responses under the Law of the Sea Convention (Martinus Nijhoff, 2004) 209-230.

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • Ben Saul and Tim Stephens, ‘Not Yet Out of the Woods: Australia’s Attempt to Regulate Illegal Timber Imports and World Trade Organisation Obligations’ (2012) Australian International Law Journal (forthcoming).
  • Tim Stephens and Donald R Rothwell, ‘The LOSC Framework for Maritime Jurisdiction and Enforcement 30 Years On’ (2012) 27 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 701-709.
  • Tim Stephens, 'The Arctic and Antarctic Regimes and the Limits of Polar Comparativism' (2011) 54 German Yearbook of International Law 315-349
  • Fleur Johns, Ben Saul, Philip Hirsch, Tim Stephens and Ben Boer, ‘Law and the Mekong River Basin: A Social-Legal Research Agenda on the Role of Hard and Soft Law in Regulating Transboundary Water Resources’ (2010) 11 Melbourne Journal of International Law 154-174
  • Alan D Hemmings and Tim Stephens, 'Extended Continental Shelves from Sub-Antarctic Islands: What Implications for Antarctic Governance?' (2010) 46 Polar Record 312-327
  • Alan D. Hemmings & Tim Stephens, 'Reconciling Regional and Global Dispensations: The Implications of Subantarctic Extended Continental Shelf Penetration of the Antarctic Treaty Area' (2009) 6 New Zealand Year Book of International Law 273-292
  • Rachel Baird, Meredith Simons and Tim Stephens, 'Ocean Acidification: A Litmus Test for International Law’ (2009) 3 Carbon and Climate Law Review 459-471
  • Tim Stephens and Meredith Simons, ‘Ocean Acidification: Addressing the Other CO2 Problem’ (2009) 12(1) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-19
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Fisheries-Led Development in the South Pacific: Charting a Pacific Way to a Sustainable Future’ (2008) 39(3) Ocean Development and International Law 257-286
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Multiple International Courts and the ‘Fragmentation’ of International Environmental Law’ (2006) 25 Australian Year Book of International Law 227-271
  • Alex Mills and Tim Stephens, ‘Challenging the Role of Judges in Slaughter’s Liberal Theory of International Law’ (2005) 18 Leiden Journal of International Law 1-30
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Criminal Law and the Response to Terror’ (2004) 27 University of New South Wales Law Journal 454-481
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Limits of International Adjudication in International Environmental Law: Another Perspective on the Southern Bluefin Tuna Case’ (2004) 19 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 173-197
  • Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens, ‘Illegal Southern Ocean Fishing and Prompt Release: Balancing Coastal and Flag State Rights and Interests’ (2004) 53 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 171-187
  • Tim Stephens and Donald R Rothwell, ‘The "Volga" Case (Russian Federation v Australia)’ (2004) 35 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 283-291
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Right to Information on Consular Assistance under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: A Right for What Purpose? The LaGrand Case (Germany v USA)’ (2002) 3 Melbourne Journal of International Law 143-164
  • Tim Stephens, ‘A Paper Umbrella Which Dissolves in the Rain? Implications of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Case for the Compulsory Resolution of Disputes Concerning the Marine Environment Under the 1982 LOS Convention’ (2001) 6 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 297-318

Notes and Comments in Refereed Journals

  • Tim Stephens and Georgina Hutton, 'What Future for Deep Seabed Mining in the Pacific? (2010) 13(2) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 151-158
  • Alan D Hemmings and Tim Stephens, 'Australia’s Extended Continental Shelf: What Implications for Antarctica?’ (2009) 20 Public Law Review 9-16
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Japanese Whaling Case: Implications for Australia and Beyond’ (2008) 11(3&4) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 137-146
  • Emma Dunlop, Jane McAdam and Tim Stephens, ‘The International Law of Climate Change’ (2007) 14 Australian International Law Journal 9-12 [published in 2008]
  • Rosemary Lyster and Tim Stephens, ‘The Rise and Rise of Environmental Markets: Biodiversity Banking in Australia’ (2007) 10 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1-12
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The United Kingdom’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Legislation’ (2007) 24 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 249-252
  • Laura Thomas and Tim Stephens, ‘The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act: New Prospects for Effective Implementation?’ (2007) 18 Public Law Review 84-88
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Enforcing Australia’s Fisheries Laws: Testing the Limits of Hot Pursuit in Domestic and International Law’ (2004) 15 Public Law Review 12-16
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The International Criminal Court and the Australian Constitution’ (2002) 13 Public Law Review 246-251

Articles, Notes and Comments in Non-Refereed Journals

  • Tim Stephens, 'Re-imagining International Water Law?' (2011) 71 Maryland Law Review Endnotes 20-40
  • Meredith Simons and Tim Stephens, 'Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem' (2009) 87 IMPACT: A National Journal of Environmental Law 13-17
  • Tim Stephens and Gemma Namey, ‘Recent Developments in International Water Law – The UNECE Water Convention Regime’ IUCN Environmental Law Programme 2007 Newsletter 15-16
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne: A Capital Appointment’ (1998) 8 Polemic 18-19

Book Reviews and Review Essays in Refereed Journals

  • Tim Stephens, ‘Review of David Leary and Balakrishna Pisupati (eds), The Future of International Environmental Law’ (2011) 14 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 213-217.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Alan D Hemmings, Donald R Rothwell and Karen N Scott (eds), Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century: Legal and Policy Perspectives' (2012) 2 The Polar Journal (forthcoming).
  • Tim Stephens, 'Stephen Tromans, Nuclear Law: The Law Applying to Nuclear Installations and Radioactive Substances in its Historic Context' (2010) 17 Australian International Law Journal 293-297
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Review of Tim Bonyhady and Peter Christoff (eds), Climate Law in Australia’ (2008) 15 Australian International Law Journal 285-289
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Environmental Law: Fairness, Effectiveness and World Order by Elli Louka’ (2007) 10 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 149-151
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Climate Change Damage and International Law by Roda Verheyen’ (2006) 9 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 361-365
  • Katherine Biber and Tim Stephens, ‘Bowling for Paranoid Nationalism – A Review of Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine after reading Ghassan Hage’s Against Paranoid Nationalism’ (2003) 14 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 324-327
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Review of Individual, Community, Nation: Fifty Years of Australian Citizenship by Kim Rubenstein (ed)’ (2002) 43 The Sydney Law Review 135-138

Case Notes in Refereed Journals

  • Emily Christie, Emma Hunt, Nithya Ramesh, Meredith Simons, Tim Stephens and Andrew Yeoum, ‘Cases before Australian Courts Involving Questions of Public International Law 2008’ (2010) 29 Australian Year Book of International Law 241-264.
  • Lucas Bastin, Naomi Hart, Justin Hogan-Doran, Meredith Simons, Hannah Stewart-Weeks, Tim Stephens and Houda Younan, 'Australian Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals Involving Questions of Public International Law 2007' (2009) 28 Australian Year Book of International Law 221-253
  • Chester Brown, Jacqueline Mowbray, Tim Stephens and Brett Williams, 'Australian Cases before International Courts and Tribunals Involving Questions of Public International Law 2007' (2009) 28 Australian Year Book of International Law 255-282
  • Lucas Bastin, Naomi Hart, Justin Hogan-Doran, Claire McEvilly, Tim Stephens, Zelie Wood and Houda Younan, ‘Australian Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals Involving Questions of Public International Law 2006’ (2008) 27 Australian Year Book of International Law 295-330
  • Tim Stephens and Brett Williams, ‘Australian Cases before International Courts and Tribunals Involving Questions of Public International Law 2006’ (2008) 27 Australian Year Book of International Law 331-340
  • Tim Stephens and Brett Williams, ‘Cases Before International Courts and Tribunals Involving Australia 2005’ (2007) 26 Australian Year Book of International Law 275-288
  • Tim Stephens and Donald R Rothwell, ‘Japanese Whaling in Antarctica: Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd’ (2007) 16 Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 243-246
  • Justin Hogan-Doran and Tim Stephens, ‘Cases Before International Courts and Tribunals Involving Australia 2004’ (2006) 25 Australian Year Book of International Law 403-424
  • Ben Olbourne, Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens, 'Cases Involving Questions of Public International Law 2003' (2005) 24 Australian Year Book of International Law 265-309
  • Ben Olbourne, Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens, ‘Australian Cases Involving Questions of Public International Law 2002’ (2004) 23 Australian Year Book of International Law 233-264

Editorial/Reporting Positions

  • Co-Editor in Chief (with Susan Shearing), Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.
  • Associate Editor, Australian International Law Journal.
  • Contributor, Lexis Nexis Australian Legal Dictionary (international law terms).

Conference Papers, Lectures and other Presentations

  • Tim Stephens, ‘The LOSC 30 Years On: The Continuing Enigma of the Exclusive Economic Zone’, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and ANU College of Law Joint Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Canberra 10 December 2012.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Law and Justice: Reflections’, Joint Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and Asian Society of International Law, UNSW, Sydney, 26 October 2012.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Climate Change and Regional Security in the Asian Century', Roundtable with Dr Ken Henry, Australian Institute for International Affairs, Canberra, 1 May 2012.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Intenational Crimes, Civil Claims and Jurisdictional Immunity: Where to From here?', Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, 4 April 2012.
  • Natalie Klein and Tim Stephens, 'Enforcing Rights in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction through International Litigation', Law of the Sea Institute, Annual Conference, ANCORS, University of Wollongong, 29 November 2011
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Re-Imagining International Water Law’, Keynote Address, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Academy of Environmental Law, Annual Colloquium, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 3-7 July 2011
  • Ross Abbs, Peter Cashman and Tim Stephens, ‘Climate Change Liability in Australia’, Climate Change Liability Conference, Herbert Smith, London, United Kingdom, 17 January 2011
  • Tim Stephens, 'Whaling and the International Court Action', The Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, The Biennial Mini Conference 2011: Navigating Through Uncharted Waters-Legal Challenges for the Maritime Industry in 2011, Katoomba, NSW, 11 March 2011
  • Tim Stephens, 'Protecting the Deep Seabed Environment: Regulating Free Riders Within a Cooperation Regime', Conference on Cooperation Regimes and Third Parties, ANU Centre for European Studies, Australian National University, 22 November 2010
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Marine Environmental Protection’, Macquarie University Law School, 7 October 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Australia’s Participation in International Environmental Litigation’, Resolving International Law Disputes: Strategies, Options and Outcomes, Macquarie University Workshop, 17 September 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Australia’s Case Against Japan Over “Scientific” Whaling’, International Law Association Seminar, Marque Lawyers, Sydney, 21 June 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Seeing the Forests for the Trees: The Copenhagen Climate Accord and Emissions from Deforestation’, Lunchtime Seminar, University of Queensland T.C. Beirne School of Law, 11 June 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, 'Australian Foreign Policy on Global Environmental Issues', Guest Lecture, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, 15 April 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Enforcing the REDD Provisions in the Copenhagen Accord’, The New Carbon Offset, Workshop, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 24 February 2010.
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Ocean Acidification: A Litmus Test for International Law’, ACCEL Public Lecture, University of Sydney, 30 September 2009
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Sustainability Discourses in International Courts: What Place for Global Justice?’, Global Justice and Sustainable Development Conference, International Law Association Committee on the International Law on Sustainable Development & University of Sheffield School of Law, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 26-27 August 2009
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Sustainability Discourses in International Courts’, Environmental Discourses in International and Domestic Law, Connecting International and Public Law, Workshop, ANU College of Law, Australian National University, Canberra, 15-16 August 2009
  • Tim Stephens, 'Australian Foreign Policy on Global Environmental Issues', Guest Lecture, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, 28 May 2009
  • Tim Stephens, 'Ocean Acidification: An Acid Test for International Law', Seminar, ANU College of Law Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Canberra, 3 April 2009
  • Tim Stephens, 'Regulating the Climate: Climate Change and the Law', Legal Studies Association Conference, Parramatta, 2 April 2009
  • Tim Stephens and Luke Nottage, ‘Bloggers unite: law-related blogs and other new IT for outreach, research and teaching’, Sydney Law School Lunchtime Seminar Series, University of Sydney, 5 March 2009
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Courts and Climate Change’, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 8 August 2008
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Japanese Whaling in the Antarctic’, Australian Museum, Night Talks, Sydney, 24 July 2008
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Japanese Whaling Case in Context’, Workshop on the HSI v Kyodo Senpaku Case, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 10 June 2008
  • Tim Stephens, 'The Japanese Whaling Case in Context' presented at The Japanese Whales Case: Implications for Australia and Beyond, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 5 June 2008
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The International Law of Climate Change’, Sydney University Law Society, Public Forum, University of Sydney, 16 May 2008
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Australian Climate Change Law and the National Interest’, invited speaker Australia and Climate Change Diplomacy: Towards a Post-Kyoto Regime, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, UNSW, 23 November 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Human Rights Education’ Training Programme for Officials from the Iraqi Ministry for Human Rights, 26 October 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘A Critique of Posner and Sunstein on Climate Change Justice’, Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, Intersections Seminar Series, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, 12 October 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Parallel Tracks for Action Against Japan over JARPAII’, International Law Association (Australian Branch) and Sydney Centre for International and Global Law, Current Developments in International Whaling, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, 10 August 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Japanese Whaling in Antarctica: Science, Politics and Law’, Veterinary Science for Animal Welfare Association, University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Sydney 2 August 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Kyoto is Dead, Long Live Kyoto! A New Era for International Climate Change Law’, Australian and New Zealand Society for International Law, 15th Annual Conference, Australian National Museum, Canberra, 28 June 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Climate Change and Elasticity in Political Leadership’, invited speaker, Lowy Institute for International Policy, New Voices Conference, Sydney, 25 May 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Climate Change Law: National and International Developments’, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, Lunchtime Seminar Series, 29 March 2007
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Environmental Ethics in Legal Research’, invited speaker, Postgraduate Students Conference, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, 18 November 2006
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Role of Property Rights in Social Transformation’, United Nations Development Program Advanced Leadership Training, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, 29 November 2006
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Australian Law and Policy on Environment and Resources’, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Zuhai Public Sector Management Executive Training Program, 28 September 2006
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Climate Change, the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and Australia’s International Legal Obligations’, Cambridge Marine Conservation Forum Seminar, Geography Department, University of Cambridge, 15 January 2006
  • Ben Boer and Tim Stephens, ‘Law Enforcement in the Australian Antarctic Territory: Legal and Policy Dilemmas’, Australia’s Antarctic Agenda Workshop, Sydney Centre for International and Global Law/University of Tasmania ACE CRC, Hobart, 8 July 2005
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Environmental Litigation in the Public Interest’, Environmental Defender’s Office National Conference, Sydney, 14 May 2005
  • Ben Boer and Tim Stephens, ‘Law Enforcement and Compliance in Antarctica: Domestic and International Challenges”, Australia’s Antarctic Agenda Workshop, Sydney Centre for International and Global Law/University of Tasmania, Sydney, 4 November 2004
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Role of International Courts and Tribunals in International Environmental Governance and the Problem of Competing Jurisdictions’, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Legal Paradigms - 6th Annual PG Law Conference, University of Sydney, 29 October 2004
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The War in Iraq: Australia’s Legal Obligations Before and After Occupation’, presented at Australian Greens Public Forum, Bankstown Masonic Hall, 5 September 2004
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Southern Bluefin Tuna Case: Continuing Repercussions for International Environmental Law’, presented at the Fifth Annual Symposium, International Centre for Environmental Compliance Assessment, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, 12-14 December 2003
  • Tim Stephens, ‘The Growth of International Courts and Tribunals and Liberal Theory of International Law’ presented at the Fifth Annual National Inter-Disciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Researchers, University of Sydney, 1 November 2003
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Moral Inflections to Current Legal Debates Surrounding Iraq: The Just War Tradition’ presented at Law in the Vortex of War: Legal Reflections on the Military Conflict in Iraq, Sydney University Law Society public forum, University of Sydney, 31 March 2003
  • Donald R Rothwell and Tim Stephens, ‘The “Volga” Case (Russian Federation v. Australia): Prompt Release and the Right and Interests of Flag and Coastal States’ presented at the Multilateralism and International Ocean-Resources Law Conference, a Law of the Sea Institute Conference, at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 21-22 February 2003
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Judging International Justice: The Just War Tradition, International Adjudication and Contemporary Conflict’ presented at the Fourth Annual National Inter-Disciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Researchers, University of Sydney, 6 December 2002
  • Tim Stephens, ‘International Adjudication and Theories of International Law’ paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Postgraduate Workshop, 13 June 2002
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Globalisation and International Courts and Tribunals’ paper presented at the University of Sydney Faculty of Law workshop sponsored by the University of Sydney Globalisation and Its Challenges Research Cluster, 25 May 2002
  • Tim Stephens, ‘Australian Legal Responses to Institutional Innovation in International Law’ paper presented at the Third Annual National Inter-Disciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Researchers, University of Sydney, 20 November 2001

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