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Dr Rachel Baird


Name : Dr Rachel Baird
Position : Senior Lecturer (Law)
Section : Faculty of Business
School of Law
Office : A508
Location : Springfield Campus
Phone : 61 7 3470 4518
Extension : 4518
E-mail :
Qualifications : LLB, BA Qld
PhD Melb


Professional Memberships
Royal Australian Air Force (Specialist Reserve)

Research Interests
Law of the Sea (fisheries, piracy, marine pollution, maritime disputes)
Environmental Law

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Journal Articles/Papers/Reports

The Development of a comprehensive global record for fishing vessels, refrigerated transport vessels and supply vessels : An analysis of the practice of Regional Fisheries bodies. 2008 FAO Fisheries Report No.865 (Appendix G)

Australia’s Response to Illegal Foreign Fishing: A case of winning the Battle but losing the Law?’(2008) 23(1) International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 95-124

World Heritage Listed Marine Sites : A Case Study of the Australian Great Barrier Reef (2007) (special edition), Reveu Juridique de l’Environment, 113-121

Foreign Fisheries Enforcement: Do not pass go, proceed slowly to jail – Is Australian playing by the rules? (2007) 30 (1) University of New South Wales Law Review, 1-12

Arrests in a Cold Climate – A Tale of Hot Pursuit and other Adventures in the Southern Ocean Antarctic and Southern Ocean Law and Policy Occasional Papers 2007 1-39.

Arresting Climate Change through incremental steps: Massachusetts v Environmental Protection Agency (2007) 24 (3) Environment and Planning Law Journal 245-249

Aspects of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the South Ocean Springer. (2006)

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 9 years