Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
Lakshman D. Guruswamy
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Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Security (CEES)
International Law, International Environmental Law, Pollution Law
University of Colorado Law School
453 Wolf Law Building
401 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0401
Phone: (303) 735-0181
E-mail: lakshman.guruswamy@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae: View (PDF format)
| Educational Background: | |||
| LL.B. | Sri Lanka | ||
| Ph.D. | University of Durham, United Kingdom | ||
Bio:
Lakshman Guruswamy, the Nicholas Doman Professor of International Environmental Law, was born in Sri Lanka, and is one of the world's recognized experts in International Environmental Law. He teaches International Law, International Environmental Law, and U.S. Environmental Law at CU, and is widely published in these subjects in legal and scientific journals. Prior to joining the University of Colorado in 2001, he taught in Sri Lanka, the UK, and the Universities of Iowa and Arizona. Guruswamy, is a frequent speaker at scholarly meetings around the country and the world , and was among 20 distinguished international law scholars (and 3 Americans) specially chosen by the International Court of Justice to speak at the symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ICJ or the World Court. He is the author of : International Environmental Law in a Nutshell (2d ed. 2003), Legal Control of Land Based Sea Pollution (1982), and the co-author of: International Environmental Law and World Order (2nd. 1999), Biological Diversity: Converging Strategies (1998), Arms Control and the Environment (2001).
Guruswamy is also the Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Security (CEES) of the University of Colorado. This is an ambitious interdisciplinary project that seeks to find renewable energy solutions for the energy deficits confronting not only the United States, but more particularly the developing countries of the world. He has organized numerous interdisciplinary symposiums including: "Energy and the Environment: Intersecting Global Issues," (1992), "Biological Diversity: Exploring the Complexities," (1994) "Redefining Environmental Protection" (1997), "Bioinvestment, Biobanks and Bioproperty" (1998), "Arms and the Environment: Preventing the Perils of Arms Control" (1999), and "The Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGO's" (2001). He is the author of over 30 scholarly articles published in law reviews as well as peer reviewed journals.
Forthcoming
| Guruswamy with D.D. Caron And H.N. Scheiber, Arctic Nuclear Pollution, in Oceans In The Nuclear Age: Legacies And Risks, Ch. 12 (David Caron and Harry Scheiber eds., Berkeley University Press) (forthcoming 2007). |
Published Books
| International Environmental Law in a Nutshell, 3d edition (2007). |
| Encyclopedia of life support systems, Editor for 4 volumes on Energy (UNESCO) (2002). |
| Guruswamy with Suzette Grillot, eds, Arms Control and the Environment (2001). |
| Guruswamy with Burns Weston, Geoffrey Palmer, & Jonathan Carlson, International Environmental Law and World Order, 2d Edition (1999). |
| Guruswamy with Jeffrey McNeely (eds), Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies (1998). |
| Paradigms of Regulation, in: Legal Visions of the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Judge Christopher Weeramantry, Antony Anghie & Garry Sturgess eds. (1998). |
Articles
| Guruswamy (with Dan Tarlock), Integrated Water Resources Management, in Search Of Sustainable Water Management (2005). |
| Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development, 8 Chapman L. Rev. 77 (2005). |
| A New Framework: Post-Kyoto Energy and Environmental Security, 16 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 333 (2005). |
| Guruswamy (with A. Dan Tarlock), Sustainability and the Future of Western Water Law, in In Search of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons for the American West and Beyond 155 (Douglas S. Kenney ed., 2005) (2005). |
| Sustainable Energy: A Preliminary Framework, 38 Ind. L. Rev. 671 (2005). |
| Dispute Resolution: UNCLOS v. WTO, in Bringing New Law to Ocean Waters (2004). |
| Environmental Law, in Oxford Encyclopedia of American Law (2004). |
| Jurisdictional Conflicts Between International Tribunals: A Framework for Adjudication & Implementation, in Bringing New Law to Ocean Waters 297 (David D. Caron & Harry N. Scheiber eds., 2004). (2004). |
| Sustainable Agriculture: Do GMOs Imperil Biosafety?, 9 Indiana J. Glob. Leg. Studies 461 (2002). |
| Integration and Biocomplexity, 27.4 Ecology L. Q. (2000). |
| Climate Change: the Next Dimension, 15 J. Land Use & Envl'l Law 341 (2000). |
| The Annihilation of Sea Turtles: WTO Intransigence & U.S. Equivocation, Environmental Law Reporter, 10261 (2000). |
| The Convention on Biological Diversity: exposing the flawed foundations, 26(2) Environmental conservation 79 (1999). |
| Nuclear Arms Control: The Environmental Dimension, 10 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L & Pol'y 267 (1999). |
| Guruswamy with Jason C. Roberts & Catina Drywater, Protecting the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Humankind: Finding Common Ground, 34 Tulsa L.J 713 (1999). |
| The Promise of UNCLOS: Justice in Trade and Environment Disputes, 25 Ecology L. Q 189 (1998). |
| Should UNCLOS or GATT Decide Trade and Environment Disputes?, 7 Minn. J. Global Trade 287 (1998). |
| Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage: A New Perspective, XI Sovereignty Symposium (1998). |
Book Chapters
| Guruswamy (with Kevin Doran), The Effectiveness and Impacts of International Energy Treaties, in From Barriers to Opportunities: Renewable Energy Issues in Law and Policy, at 89 (Coppock et al. eds., Yale) (2007). |
| Guruswamy (with Kevin L. Doran and Vail Thorne), International Environmental Law, in, 22-23 Environment, Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review: 2005-06 (ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, 2006) (2006). |
| Jurisdictional Conflicts Between International Tribunals: A Framework for Adjudication and Implementation, in Bringing New Law to Ocean Waters (Caron & Scheiber, eds.) (2005). |
| Introduction, (ii) The Convention on Biological Diversity: A Polemic, in : Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies (1998). |
| Guruswamy with Jeffrey McNeely (eds), Conclusion, (iii), in : Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies (1998). |
| Increasing the Effectiveness of the Court Through International Environmental Law, in: Increasing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice, Connie Peck & Roy Lee (eds.) (1997). |
Book Reviews
| Book Review, 15 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 229 (2005). |
| Book Review: The Environmental Consequences of War, American J.of Int'l law (2002). |
| Asian Dragons and Green Trade, 9 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl.L & Pol'y 393 (1998). |
Courses:
| Spring 2010 | International Environmental Law | LAWS 6510-001 |
| Spring 2010 | Energy Insecurity and Sustainable Energy | LAWS 7132-001 |
| Fall 2009 | International Environmental Law | LAWS 6510-001 |
| Fall 2009 | Oil & International Relations | LAWS 8320-001 |
| Spring 2009 | International Environmental Law | LAWS 6510-001 |
| Spring 2009 | Energy Insecurity and Sustainable Energy | LAWS 7132-001 |
| Spring 2008 | Energy Insecurity and Sustainable Energy | LAWS 7132-001 |
| Fall 2007 | International Environmental Law | LAWS 6510-002 |
| Spring 2007 | Energy Insecurity and Sustainable Energy | LAWS 7132-001 |
| Fall 2006 | International Environmental Law | LAWS 6510-001 |
| Fall 2006 | Oil & International Relations | LAWS 8320-001 |
