Dr Tim Stephens
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Profile
Degrees
BA (Hons) Syd, LLB (Hons) Syd, M.Phil Cantab, PhD Syd
Courses taught
- International Law (UG)
- Law of the Sea (PG)
- International Dispute Resolution: Practice and Procedure (PG)
- International Law and Australian Institutions (PG)
Areas of Research Interest
- National and international climate change law
- Public international law
- International environmental law
- Law of the sea
- International dispute settlement
Brief Biographical Detail
Dr Tim Stephens is an international lawyer and human geographer. He has published widely on issues of public international law, national and international environmental law and the law of the sea. He is Co-Editor in Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.
Dr Stephens holds a PhD in law from the University of Sydney, and a M.Phil in geography from the University of Cambridge. Dr Stephens is admitted as a legal practitioner in New South Wales, and previously worked as a judge’s associate, and as a solicitor in a leading commercial law firm.
Dr Stephens is a regular media commentator in Australia and internationally on issues of international law and environmental law.
Publications
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 | Recent Media Comment
Books
- Tim Stephens, International Courts and Environmental Protection, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (2009)
- 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: Sydney (2007) 1-22
- Tim Stephens and Ben Boer, ‘Enforcement and Compliance in the Australian Antarctic Territory: Legal and Policy Dilemmas’ in Julia Jabour and Lorne Kriwoken, Julia Jabour and Alan D Hemmings (eds), Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda Federation Press: Sydney (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: The Netherlands (2004) 209-230
- 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, ‘Fishing-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, ‘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
- 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 in Context’ (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
- 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 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 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
- 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, ‘Australian Cases Involving Questions of Public International Law 2002’ (2004) 23 Australian Year Book of International Law 233-264
- 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
- Co-Editor in Chief (with Nicola Franklin), Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.
- Guest Editor, Australian International Law Journal special issue on climate change (2008).
- Book Review Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.
- Associate Editor, Australian International Law Journal.
- Editorial Board Member, Sydney Law Review.
Conference Papers, Lectures and other Presentations
- Tim Stephens, ‘Federal Environmental Regulation: Antarctic Challenges’, ACCEL Annual Conference: The Challenges of Federal Environmental Regulation, University of Sydney, 27-28 October 2009
- Tim Stephens, ‘Ocean Acidification: A Litmus Test for International Law’, ACCEL Public Lecture, University of Sydney, 30 September 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 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’, Sixth Annual Inter-Disciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Researchers, 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
- Tim Stephens, “The Dangers of Deforestation: Climate Change and Deforestation in Indonesia” Perspective, ABC Radio National, 5.55pm, 20 February 2008.
Interviews in Print Media
- Andrew Darby, “Pictures test Japan's humane whaling claims”, The Age, February 2008
- Andrew Darby, “Evidence challenges Japan's 'humane' whale killing”, Sydney Morning Herald 8 February 2008
- Rosslyn Beeby, “Whalers refuse to accept injunction”, Canberra Times, 24 January 2008, p 3
- Meraiah Foley, “Sea Shepherd has long history of extreme actions”, Japan Times, 19 January 2008
- Craig Skehan, “Whaling expert to consider court case”, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 2008, p 6
Interviews in Electronic Media
- National Geographic TV Australia (interview with Magdalena Roze), 5 July 2008. Discussing international legal protections for humpback whales and Japanese special permit whaling in the Southern Ocean.
- RadioLIVE New Zealand (interview with Bill Ralston), 24 June 2008, 3.25pm. Discussing meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile.
- ABC Television, Lateline (interview with Connor Duffy), 7 February 2008, 10.27pm. Discussing recent pictures of Japanese whaling in Southern Ocean and international legal options to challenge the hunt.
- Radio 2GB Sydney (interview with Ray Hadley), 18 January 2008, 11.30am. Discussing legality of Japanese whaling in Southern Ocean and protest activities by Sea Shepherd.
- ABC Radio National, PM (interview with Tom Iggulden), 17 January 2008, 6.18pm. Discussing the detention by a Japanese whaling vessel of two activists from the environmental group Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean.
- RadioLIVE New Zealand (interview with Bill Ralston), 16 January 2008, 3.15pm. Discussing the detention by a Japanese whaling vessel of two activists from the environmental group Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean.
- Radio 2UE (interview with Tim Webster), 16 January 2008, 12.20pm. Discussing the detention by a Japanese whaling vessel of two activists from the environmental group Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean.
- ABC Radio National, PM (interview with Barbara Miller), 15 January 2008, 6.10pm. Discussing the judgment of the Federal Court in the Japanese whaling case.