Academic Staff
Macquarie Law School
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW, 2109
Australia
tel: +61-2-9850 8890
fax: +61-2-9850 7686
email: shawkat.alam@law.mq.edu.au
location: W3A 621
Dr Shawkat Alam
LLB (Hons) (Raj), LLM (Dhaka), PhD (Macq)
Senior Lecturer
Teaching Responsibilities 2008
LAW509 International Law
LAW511 Advanced Legal Research I
LAW514 Advanced Legal Research II
LAW447 Special Interest Project
LAW419 International Human Rights Law
Research Interests:
International environmental law, public international law, international trade law, WTO and sustainable development, globalisation and sustainable development, global environmental politics, trade - poverty and environment nexus, international human rights law, regional trading blocks and the environment, and intellectual property rights
Recent Publications:
Sustainable Development and Free Trade: Institutional Approaches (Routledge, Oxford, New York, 2008)
http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/Sustainable-Development-and-Free-Trade-isbn9780415412940
‘Trade Restrictions Pursuant to Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Developmental Implications for Developing Countries’, (2007) 41:5 Journal of World Trade, pp 983-1014.
‘An Examination of the International Environmental Law Governing the Proposed Indian River-linking Project and an Appraisal of Its Ecological and Socio-Economic Implications for Lower Riparian Countries” (2007) 19:2 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, pp 210-235
'Inter-linking of Rivers: International and Regional Aspects' in Inter-Linking Rivers in India: Issues and Concerns, Taylor & Francis Group, UK 2007, ISBN 9780415404693 (Co-authored with R Islam)
‘Trade, the Environment, and the World Trade Organization: A Developing Country Perspective on WTO Agreements Concerning Standards, Regulations and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade’ Vol 3 (2006) New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 17-42.