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Profiles
Mr Jason Lowther
Associate Professor of Law
School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Mr Jason Lowther can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Law
- Environmental law
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Associate Professor in Law
Qualifications
LLB, LLM, PGCE (HE)
Key publications
(2005) 'Can the UK offer more protection for endangered species? An evaluation of the potential use of Article8(2) of the EC's wildlife trade regulation and recent developments with COTES' Environmental Law and Management 17, 115-122
(2003) 'Natura 2000: recent developments in the Commission and the Courts' Environmental Liability 152, 152-159
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Environmental Law, Tort law
Research
Research
Research interests
Environmental law (specifically sustainable development, marine environment, wildlife crime, habitat and conservation); Underwater Cultural Heritage law and policy; Tort law (especially nuisance); legal pedagogy (sustainability); drugs and the law
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2005) 'Can the UK offer more protection for endangered species? An evaluation of the potential use of Article8(2) of the EC's wildlife trade regulation and recent developments with COTES' Environmental Law and Management 17, 115-122
(2003) 'Natura 2000: recent developments in the Commission and the Courts' Environmental Liability 152, 152-159
Key publications are highlighted
Journals‘Marine Licensing in Marine Conservation Zones: Thomson v Marine Management Organisation’, (2020) Journal of Water Law 26(4), p.184-189
Articles
(2022) 'Policy making for sharks and the role and contribution of non-governmental organisations in the fulfilment of international legal obligations' Marine Policy 144, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'The application of precaution in elasmobranch conservation and management in the Mediterranean Sea' Marine Policy 135, , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Marine Licensing in Marine Conservation Zones: Thomson v Marine Management Organisation' The Journal of Water Law Open access
(2019) 'Marine parks for coastal cities: A concept for enhanced community well-being, prosperity and sustainable city living' Marine Policy , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Book review: The Geography of Environmental Crime: Conservation, wildlife crime and environmental activism' Environmental Law Review 20, (2) 129-130 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Brexit: implications for UK environmental law and policy' International Journal of Sustainable Development Policy and Practice 14, (3) , DOI Open access
(2017) 'All at sea: When duty meets austerity in scheduling monuments in english waters' Journal of Planning and Environment Law 2017-January, (3) 246-264 Open access
(2016) 'Embedding sustainability literacy in the legal curriculum: reflections on the Plymouth model' The Law Teacher 50, (3) 307-320 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Reparation for Betrayal of Trust in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: The Christian Duty of Care, Vicarious Liability and the Church of England' Australian Feminist Law Journal , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 27, (1) 33-36
(2014) 'Fisheries co-management in a new era of marine policy in the UK: A preliminary assessment of stakeholder perceptions' MARINE POLICY 45, 279-286 , DOI
(2014) 'Case commentaries' Journal of Water Law 24, (1) 23-25
(2014) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 26, (5) 173-180
(2013) 'Crushing a Walnut With a Sledge Hammer? Analysing the Penal Response to the Social Supply of Illicit Drugs' SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES 22, (4) 553-573 , DOI
(2013) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 25, (6) 233-238
(2013) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 25, (5) 185-194
(2013) 'IFCAs: Stakeholder Perceptions of Roles, and Legal Impact' Environmental Law Review 15, (1) 11-26 , DOI
(2012) '• Integrating fisheries and conservation management in a new era – an analysis of stakeholder perceptions (With L Rodwell et al) submitted to Marine Policy, due for publication 2012' Marine Policy
(2011) '• Enhancing the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes' Journal of Animal Welfare Law 1-9
(2011) 'Determining the Meaning of 'Disturbance' for European Protected Species' JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 23, (2) 319-330 , DOI
(2010) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 22, (2) 76-81
(2010) '• Copenhagen Fails to Deliver Legally Binding Climate Commitment' Student Law Review 60,
(2010) '• Making environmental law more effective? The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 takes effect for environmental offences' Student Law Review 61,
(2010) '• The Welfare Gap: the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 and the Application to Primates' Journal of Animal Welfare Law 16-21
(2009) 'EIA and polytunnels: Defining semi-natural areas' Environmental Law and Management 21, (6) 316-319
(2009) 'Development, EIA and protected areas: Morge v Hampshire county council' Environmental Law and Management 21, (5) 270-275
(2009) 'Reform of Licensing for Marine Works: Improvement and Clarification Under the Marine and Coastal Access Bill 2008' Liverpool Law Review 30, (2) 115-130 , DOI
(2009) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 21, (2) 89-92
(2009) '• An International Environmental Court?' Student Law Revuew 57,
(2009) '• Embedding Sustainable Development into Legal Education' International Journal of the Humanities 7, (6) 11-22
(2009) '• Marine Licensing and the Marine and Coastal Access Bill' Liverpool Law Review 30, (2)
(2009) '• Remedying Environmental Damage: the UK’s Transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive' Student Law Review 58,
(2009) '• Salvage, Pollution Or Looting? The Stranding Of The Napoli's Cargo' Journal of International Maritime Law 15, 65-98
(2009) '• Sustainability as Law: Perceptions and Knowledge of Sustainable Development Concepts in Supreme Courts' International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 5, (3) 305-318
(2009) '• The Marine and Coastal Access Bill' Student Law Review 56,
(2009) 'Seeing the wood for the trees: Some clarification on tree preservation orders' Environmental Law and Management 21, (1) 22-26
(2008) 'Salvage, pollution or looting? The stranding of the Napoli's cargo' Journal of Water Law 19, (3) 98-119
(2008) 'Case Law' Environmental Law and Management 20, (6) 353-359
(2008) '• Oil Shipments, pollution and EC waste law liabilities' Student Law Review 55,
(2008) '• Salvage, Pollution Or Looting? The Stranding Of The Napoli's Cargo' The Journal of Water Law 19, 97-118
(2007) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 19, (6) 305-310
(2007) 'Environmental assessment: Consideration of thresholds and the BPEO' Environmental Law and Management 19, (6) 300-304
(2007) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 19, (3) 123-126
(2007) '• Sustainable development and the role of judges: From international agreements to national laws' International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 3, (5) 193-204
(2007) 'Case Law' Environmental Law and Management 19, (1) 35-39
(2006) 'Sewage sludge' Journal of Water Law 17, (2) 75-76
(2006) 'A model for the behavior of an isolated TiO<sub>2</sub>nanoparticle under extreme conditions' High Pressure Research 26, (2) 131-135 , DOI
(2006) 'Environmental assessment' Environmental Law and Management 18, (3) 136-140
(2006) 'Dolphin bycatch: The Greenpeace challenge' Environmental Law and Management 18, (2) 51-57
(2005) 'Dolphin bycatch: The Greenpeace challenge' Journal of Water Law 16, (6) 206-212
(2005) 'Pollution from pig farm waste' Journal of Water Law 16, (4) 135-136
(2005) 'Making EC environmental law effective by criminal sanction: which pillar supports such harmonization' Journal of Water Law 16, 183-185
(2005) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 17, (6) 269-273
(2005) 'Can the UK offer more protection for endangered species? An evaluation of the potential use of Article8(2) of the EC's wildlife trade regulation and recent developments with COTES' Environmental Law and Management 17, 115-122
(2005) 'SSSI compatibility with article 1 of the first protocol to the ECHR' Journal of Water Law 16, (1) 33-35
(2005) 'Shake-up in animal trade and welfare laws' Environmental Law and Management 17, (2) 55-56
(2005) 'Challenge to special area of conservation designation' Environmental Law and Management 17, (2) 76-81
(2005) 'Shake-up in animal trade and welfare laws' ELM 17[]2 17,
(2005) 'Challenge to Special Area of Conservation designation' Environmental Law & Management 17, (2) 71-76
(2005) 'SSSI compatibility with article 1 of the first protocol to the ECHR' Environmental Law and Management 17, (1) 24-26
(2004) 'Flood thy neighbour: the application of the ‘common enemy’ defence in circumstances of nuisance by flooding' Journal of Water Law 15, (6) 249-252
(2004) 'Case law' Environmental Law and Management 16, (4) 210-214
(2004) 'Notification and confirmation of Sites of Special Scienfitic Interest: R (On the application of Fisher and others) v English Nature' Environmental Law and Management 16, (4) 205-209
(2004) 'Environmental Impact Assessment on a firm foundation? Belize Alliance of Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations v Department of the Environment and another' Environmental Law & Management 16, 81-86
(2004) 'The House of Lord’s Ruling in Marcic: clarifying sewage liability,' Environmental Law & Management 16, 24-27
(2004) 'More ink spilled on the definition of waste' Environmental Law & Management 16[2004] 5, 263-266
(2004) 'Plans and projects': a broad precautionary approach under the Habitats Dierctive' Environmental Law & Management 16[2004]6, 305-308
(2003) 'Natura 2000: recent developments in the Commission and the Courts' Environmental Liability 152, 152-159
(2003) 'Rylands v Fletcher restated – the House of Lords’ decision in Transco v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council' Environmental Law & Management 15[2003], 367-370
(2002) 'Human Rights Compatibility with the Procedure for Designating SSSIs: R (on the application of Aggregate Industries UK Ltd) v English Nature and another' Environmental Liability 3,
(2002) 'Sewers, Non-feasance and Human Rights: The Marcic Appeal' Environmental Law and Management 14,
(2001) 'Wildlife offences with added bite:Evaluating recent amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981' Environmental Law and Management 13, 249-253
'Marine Licensing in Marine Conservation Zones: Thomson v Marine Management Organisation’' Environmental Law and Management Open access
'Establishing parent company liability
for extraterritorial environmental
harm caused by a subsidiary' Environmental Law and Management Open access
'Illegal waste exports: misdescription at point of export' Environmental Law and Management Open access
Editorial comments
Lowther J & Payne S (2009) '• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Special Edition' Liverpool Law Review 30, (2) 97-97
Books
(2011) Q&A Torts 2011-2012. Routledge
(2009) Q&A Torts 2009-2010 8/e. Routledge Cavendish
(2007) Q&A Torts 2007-2008 7/e (Questions and Answers). 7 Routledge-Cavendish
(2002) Environmental law.
Chapters
(2020) 'Reparation for Betrayal of Trust in Child Sexual Abuse Cases, The Christian Duty of Care, Vicarious Liability and the Church of England' in Gleeson K; Jones T Interdisciplinary Feminist Perspectives on Crimes of Clerical Child Sexual Abuse Routledge 50-67
(2010) '• Sustainability – Is It Legal? The Benefits and Challenges of Introducing Sustainability into the Law Curriculum' in Jones P; Selby DE; Sterling S Sustainability Education, Perspectives and Practice across Higher Education London EarthScan 133-154
(2002) 'Atmospheric Pollution' Environmental Law Butterworth-Heinemann
(2002) 'Environmental Law: The International and European Dimension' Environmental Law Butterworth-Heinemann
(2001) 'Criminal Law Regulation of Performance Enhancing Drugs: Welcome Formalisation or Knee Jerk Response' in LLB JO; Phil M; O'Leary J Drugs and doping in sport Routledge Cavendish 225-242
Conference Papers
(2010) '• Primate Welfare and Conservation' Society of Legal Scholars Southampton
(2009) '• – Embedding sustainable development into the law curriculum: the Plymouth experience' Seventh International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities Beijing
(2009) '• Law and sustainability' Association of Law Teachers 44th Annual Conference Amsterdam
(2009) '• Sustainability as law: judges perceptions of sustainable development' Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability Mauritius
(2008) '• Using EC regulation to manage UK Underwater Cultural Heritage' IKUWA3 (UNESCO) UCL London
(2007) '• Are Judges Literate in Sustainability? (with S. Payne and J. Gray Donald) – Chennai – January 2007' Third International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability - Chennai
(2007) '• ESD and Law at the University of Plymouth' Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference Plymouth
(2005) '• Internet Trade in endangered species' Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (DEFRA) annual seminar London Zoological Society
(2005) '• Internet Trade in Endangered Species, , , 8-9 October 2005' 17th Annual UK Police and Customs Wildlife Enforcement Officer’s Conference Tulliallan Castle, Scotland
(2003) '• Nature Conservation and Legal Protection, British Council workshop held in Malaga, October 2003' UK and Spanish Nature Conservation Malaga
(2002) '• Organised Crime involvement in Illegal Wildlife Trade' Expert workshop on Environmental Crime Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Reports
(2019) Enhancing Protection of Underwater Heritage Assets. Historic England UK Historic England Open access
Exhibitions
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2016 Piracy and Plymouth: privateering, profiting and policing. Sherwell United Reform Church 12/11/201620 Open access
Presentations and posters
'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…Repair? Strengthening the Circular Economy through Enhanced End-User Opportunity'
Other Publications
1. Book review: The Geography of Environmental Crime: Conservation, wildlife crime and environmental activism. Environmental Law Review (Sage) , DOI