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Phillip Saunders, KC

Phillip Saunders, KC

Professor Emeritus of Law

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5016-3914
20002019

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Professor Phillip Saunders K.C. (BA ’76, MA ’82, LLB ’84) retired after teaching for more than 30 years in the Faculty of Law. He joined the law school in 1992, teaching Public International Law, Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Torts, Judicial Remedies and Oral Advocacy and was cross-appointed for several years to the School for Resource and Environmental Studies. Saunders was an adjunct professor at China’s National Institute for South China Seas Studies. He participated in joint research, training and conflict-resolution projects in Southern and Southeast Asia, Southern and East Africa, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and the European Union, focusing on maritime boundary issues and international law of the sea. He was also Dalhousie’s dean of law from 2005-2010, helping secure the transformational Schulich Grant, thus becoming the first dean of the renamed Schulich School of Law. In retirement, he will continue writing and training projects, including co-editing the 10 th ed. of Kindred’s International Law, Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada.

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Education/Academic qualification

BA (Hons)

MA

LLB, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

External positions

Senior Policy Advisor and Field Representative, South Pacific, International Centre for Ocean Development

Research Interests

  • International Environmental Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Tort Law and Damage Compensation
  • Aquaculture
  • Fisheries Law and Policy
  • Sustainability

Disciplines

  • Law
  • International Law
  • Law of the Sea
  • Environmental Law
  • Torts
  • Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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