Dr. Stephanie Switzer

Email: s.switzer@dundee.ac.uk

Direct Dial: +44 (0)1382 384887

Room No: 3.20

Degrees

LLB (Hons), PhD, PG Cert LTHE, FHEA

Biography

Stephanie Switzer joined the Dundee Law School as a lecturer in September 2009. Her main research interests are the law of the World Trade Organisation, European law, regional trade agreements, and the link between international trade, environmental protection and economic development.

Teaching

Undergraduate - English Law of Tort, English Law of Obligations, European Union Law, Current Issues in European Law

Postgraduate - Law of the World Trade Organisation, Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organisation, Competition Law

Research

Stephanie's main research interests are the law of the World Trade Organisation, European law, regional trade agreements, and the link between international trade, environmental protection and economic development.

Selected Publications

Articles

2012 Stephanie Switzer, "Aviation and emissions trading in the EU: A flight of fancy or compatible with international law?" in 39 Ecology Law Currents, pp. 1-12
2011 Stephanie Switzer, "EU Biofuels Policy - Raising the Question of WTO Compatibility " with J McMahon in 60 (3) International and Comparative Law Quarterly, pp. 713
2008 Stephanie Switzer, "Environmental Protection and the Generalised System of Preferences: A Legal and Appropriate Linkage?" in 56 (4) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 113
2008 Stephanie Switzer, "Connecting the Triangle: Aligning Justice, Trade and Development" in 8 University College Dublin Law Review 1
2008 Stephanie Switzer, "Review Article: The WTO and International Environmental Law: Towards a Conciliation" in 17 European Energy and Environmental Law Review 181
2007 Stephanie Switzer, "International Trade Law and the Environment: Designing a legal framework to curtail the import of unsustainably produced Biofuel" in 7 University College Dublin Law Review; article reprinted with permission in (2007) ICFAI Journal of International Business Law
2007 Stephanie Switzer, "Falling Down: Unilateral Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights - A Critical Analysis of United States' efforts to impose TRIPS-plus standards" in 6 University Cork Online Law Review

Books

2009 Stephanie Switzer, "EU Law Essentials", Dundee University Press, Dundee

Book Chapters

2012 Stephanie Switzer, 'The public-ness of development in the World Trade Organisation' in C Michelon, H Psarras, G Clunie, C McCorkindale(eds) The Public in Law (Ashgate)
2012 Stephanie Switzer, 'Biofuels, Food Security and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture' in J McMahon and M Desta(eds) Research Handbook On The WTO Agriculture Agreement (Edward Elgar)

Book Reviews

2011 "The Constitutional Protection of Capitalism" in Danny Nicol (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2010; pages 200 + xix; (2011) Public Law Review ISBN: 9781841138596
2005 "EU Environmental Law: Challenges, Change and Decision Making by MARIA LEE" in Oxford, Hart Publishing, 1 Symposium edition University College Law Review (2007) , pp. 256 ISBN: 1841134104

Presentations

2011 (June) "Ensuring Fairness in the Governance of International Trade in Biofuels: Is the Understanding of Food Security under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture Adequate to Deal with the Challenge of Biofuels?", IUCN Conference on Designing Law and Policy for the Transition to Sustainable Energy: The Case of Biofuels, University of Ottawa
2011 (April) "The EU - Norway Seals Dispute: A Brief Introduction to the Issues", Invited Lecture, University of Tromso, Norway
2009 (March) "Trade and Development in the WTO: do we need a new Enabling Clause? ", Invited Staff Seminar, Queen's University, Belfast, School of Law
2008 (September) "Closing the 'gap' of development in the WTO: burying inequalities through a narrative of progress", Critical Legal Conference, University of Glasgow
2007 (May) "New Directions in Human Rights Enforcement: Positive Conditionality in the Generalised System of Preferences", University College Cork Postgraduate Conference on Criminal Justice and Human Rights
2007 (December) "Connecting the triangle: Promoting justice through trade and development", University College Dublin Legal Research Conference
2007 (April) "International trade law and the environment: Designing a legal framework to curtail the import of unsustainably produced biofuel", Kings College London International Graduate Legal Research Conference