讲座题目：(In)Computability and the Balancing of Corporate Law and Environmental Law
讲座嘉宾：Roy A. Partain, 英国阿伯丁大学法学院副院长、副教授
讲座时间：2017年10月18日下午3:30-5:00
讲座地点：青岛校区振声苑E106
讲座主持：沈伟教授
支持单位：康桥律师事务所
讲座嘉宾简介：
Dr. Roy A. Partain is an interdisciplinary scholar who applies novel methodologies to study the nexus of commercial law and the laws of sustainable development. He is especially known for his innovative work on technology law and natural resource law. His research focuses on sustainable corporate governance; the potential to regulate and incentivize sustainable behaviors from corporate and private actors. His research methodology draws on tools from law and economics, game theory, social choice theory, and comparative law. It also draws on his decade of experiences as a corporate attorney for two Fortune Five energy corporations.
Dr. Partain holds a variety of leadership positions within the School of Law:
1. Academic Line Manager (Senior Associate Dean for Faculty), Member of Strategic Executive Committee
2. Director of UoA’s:
a. LLB in Law with Computing Science NEW
b. LLMs in International Commercial Law
c. LLM in Business Law and Sustainable Development NEW
3. Law School Dean for East Asian Affairs
4. Director of LLM Dissertation Program
5. Member of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL)
6. Member of the CB Davidson Scholarship Committee
He is also a member of the Ius Commune Research School and sits on the Committee for Transnational Environmental Law. He remains affiliated with the Rotterdam Institute for Law & Economics (RILE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he earned his PhD in Law, and the Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO) at Maastricht University. He is engaged with the Korean Legislative Research Institute and previously advised the Korean Ministry of Environment on the impact of free trade agreements on domestic environmental laws and worked with the Korean Ministry of Industry to establish a MSc program in ‘Climate Change Policy and Legislation’ for mid-career students drawn from industry.
His publications have included books at Cambridge University Press, MIT Press, Edward Elgar, Routledge, and Wolter Kluwer; his articles have been printed in leading environmental journals, such as at UCLA, Pace, and Fordham, as well as with leading law journals in South Korea and in collected volumes in Europe.
