International Law
The law relating to international activities involving states, international organizations, and non-state actors. Our faculty members are conducting research in areas that include international environmental law, law of the sea, international water resources law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international law of emerging technologies, international human rights law, law and development, regulation of transnational corporations, the intersection of international trade law and international investment arbitration, international climate law, international infrastructure and construction law, and conflict of laws.
Our Researchers

Nigel Bankes
- Aboriginal Law
- Circumpolar Law (Arctic)
- Energy Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Water Resources Law (especially the Columbia River Treaty)
- Law of the Sea (especially dispute resolution)
- Oil & Gas Law (Regulation and Private Law)

Catherine Brown
- Estate Planning
- International Taxation
- International Trade Law
- The Intersection of Tax and Trade Agreements in Tax Matters

Maureen Duffy
- Constitutional Law (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia)
- Criminal Law and Procedure (the United States and Canada)
- Immigration and Refugee Law
- National Security Law (the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom)
- International Criminal Law
- International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
- Equality and Employment Discrimination
- Animal Law

Anna-Maria Hubert
- Public international law
- Law of the sea
- International environmental law
- International law and policy relating to science and emerging technologies.


Kathleen Mahoney
- Equality
- International Human Rights Law
- Judicial Education
- Law and Reparations
- Aboriginal people and the law
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Transitional Justice


Evaristus Oshionebo
- Law and policy governing extraction and mining of natural resources
- Corporate responsibility
- Corporate governance
- Regulation of transnational corporations
- Sustainable development
- Intellectual property law
- International investment law

Fenner Stewart
- Governance of Natural Resources
- Energy and Natural Resources Law
- Environmental Protection
- Responsible Regulation
- Legal Theory

Rudiger Tscherning
- Critical Infrastructure and Construction Law
- Transportation of Energy and Commodities
- Clean Energy, Renewable Energy and Nuclear Energy Law
- The Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)
- Climate Adaptation of Critical Energy Infrastructure

Kristen van de Biezenbos
- Energy Regulation, Transition, and Land Use Issues
- Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy
- Renewable Energy Markets and Regulation
- Sustainability, ESG, Private Environmental Governance

Elizabeth Whitsitt
- Public International Law
- International Trade Law
- International Investment Law
- International Dispute Settlement
- Intersection between disciplines of International Economic Law
- Intersection between disciplines of International Economic Law and regulation of Natural Resources, Energy, Environment and Human Rights
Related Moots
- Jessup International Moot