- Wild Law 2011 Program.pdf (121kb)
Day One of the Conference offers a mix of plenary speakers and a plenary panel that addresses the question: Does Environmental Law Protect the Environment?
This debate sets the scene for the following two days:
Day Two offers parallel presentations and workshops by conference delegates, which will work to build both the theory and practice of earth jurisprudence.
Day Three will include presentations by conference delegates and interactive workshops and discussions.
Confirmed Speakers on Day 1 Include:
- Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, Griffith University, - “The law and sustainable futures”
- Cormac Cullinan, Enact International, - “Changing the terrain: the significance of the emerging global movement for the rights of Nature for environmental and social justice activism.”
- Chief Justice Preston, NSW Land and Environment Court - "Internalising Ecocentrism in Environmental Law"
- Professor Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland
- Professor Brendan Mackey, Australian National University, - “Promise the Earth: on the relationship between Earth system science and international environmental law.”
- Dr Peter Burdon, University of Adelaide, - “An invitation to Wild Law.”
- Professor Doug Fisher, Queensland University of Technology
- Senator Larissa Waters
- Dr Chris McGrath, University of Queensland, - “Recognising the interlinked nature of environmental law creates fertile ground for Wild Law principles”
- Jo–Anne Bragg, QLD Environmental Defenders Office
- Mike Winer, Cape York Institute
Confirmed Speakers on Days 2 and 3 Include:
- Harry Jonas, Natural Justice, South Africa
- Judith Koons, Center for Earth Jurisprudence, Florida USA - “Transforming law and governance for the post-petroleum period: from the universe story to legal doctrine”
- Jules Cashford, Gaia Foundation - “Is there a paradox at the heart of Earth Jurisprudence?”
- Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center, “Fighting for Waterway Rights in California”
- Professor Sadhu Sarit, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India - “Wild Law: A new challenge”
- Dr Volker Mauerhofer, University of Vienna, Austria - “The ‘Governance Check’: practical experiences from an Austrian governmental structure assessment fostering Earth-centred governance”
- Karen Bryant, George Mason University, Virginia, USA - “Exploration of complexity theory for development of an ethically and scientifically based wild law system”
- Ashraf Sharifi, Iran - “Wild Law and Intergenerational Equity”
- Iryna Barouskaya, University of Limerick, Ireland - “Anthropocentrism and eco-centrism: finding balance for environmental protection purposes”
- Tom Baxter, University of Tasmania - “Does the EPBC Act Protect the Environment?”
- Felicity Deane and Dr Nicola Durrant, Queensland University of Technology - “Carbon taxes and wild law: will liabilities protect the atmospheric commons?”
- Brendan Grigg, Flinders University, South Australia - “The dangerous trade in wildlife”
- Melissa Hamblin, UNSW and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Queensland - “Wild Law and domesticated animals: a wild law approach to the regulation of the farming industries in Australia”
- Bridget Lewis, Queensland University of Technology - “The right to be green: using human rights law to achieve environmental protection”
- Robyn Lucienne, Griffith University Indigenous Studies Unit - “Indigenous Jurisprudendce and Eco Spirituality - Terra Australias Legitimus - Australia's Conscience”
- Dr Donnie Maclurcan, Post-Growth Institute - “Working towards integrated autonomy for a post-growth world”
- Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology - “The role of the judiciary in Earth jurisprudence: An analysis of judicial approaches to standing in climate change and environmental justice litigation”
- Michelle Maloney, Griffith University, Queensland - “An Earth jurisprudence framework for sustainable consumption”
- Alex Pelizzon, Southern Cross University, NSW - “Legal Pluralism and the Rights of Nature”
- Julia Pitts, Talking Sustainability - “Teaching law wildly - making environmental law accessible to all”
- Nicola Rivers, Victorian Environmental Defenders Office
- Carly Roberts, Queensland University of Technology - “Carbon rights in trees and soils: are rights the wrong approach for wild law?”
- Dr Nicole Rogers, Southern Cross University, NSW - “Wild law and science (fiction)”
- Anne Schillmoller, Southern Cross University, NSW - “Gaining ground: towards a discourse of post-human animality”
- Karla Sperling, - “A billionaire’s tale, corporate law and the metabolism of the Earth”
- Brendan Sydes, Victorian Environmental Defenders Office
- Steve White, Griffith University, Queensland
- Maria Zotti, Department of Environment, South Australia