Contact Details
p: +61 2 9514 3105
f: +61 2 9514 3400
Location
Faculty of Law
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Road
Haymarket NSW 2007
Room# CM05B.02.20D
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Mailing Address
UTS:LAW
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
Areas of Expertise
› Company Law
› Contract Law
› International Quarantine Law
› International Environmental Law relating to Invasive Alien Species
Current Teaching
70417 Corporate Law
79014 Applied Company Law
77794 International Environmental Law
Academic Profile
Sophie joined the UTS Law Faculty in 2007 as a full-time lecturer after having worked as a sessional teacher at a number of Universities including UTS, UNSW and Sydney University. Her primary areas of teaching have been in the commercial field covering subjects, such as, company law, contracts and property law. Prior to that Sophie practised as a solicitor in New South Wales.
Sophie has recently completed a PhD that examines the role of quarantine processes as a tool for regulating invasive alien species. Her research interests bridge national and international law that will later be drawn together by studies that focus on the operation and activities of transnational corporations.
Current Research Activities
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: the Difficulty of Defining Invasive Alien Species in the Context of Biofuels.
Preventing Transboundary Harm from Invasive Alien Species
Serviced Strata Schemes: Real Property or a Financial Product? (With Grace Li)
The Impact of Weeds on Sustainable Development in Decisions of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales.
Research Grants
(2008) PPF Grant: Sustainable Development and the Impact of Weeds: Decision of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
(2007) PPF Grant: Does Australia Need a Peak Supervisory Body to Coordinate Regulation with Respect to Invasive Alien Species?
(2008) PPF Grant: Sustainable Development and the Impact of Weeds: Decision of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
Books
Forthcoming - (2009) Applied Company Law, A Bi-Lingual Approach, co-written with Grace Li. LexisNexis.
Recent Publications and Conference Papers
Book Review, of Murray Ravv, 'Private Property and Environmental Responsibility; A Comparative Study of German Real Property Law'. (2006) 17 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 811.
2005 Conference paper presented at the IUCN Colloquium July 2005 - Biodiversity, Conservation Law and Livelihoods: "Challenges that Developing Nations Face in Implementing Effective Quarantine Measures to Prevent Entry of Invasive Alien Species".
2005 "Invasive Alien Species and the Protection of Biodiversity: The Role of Quarantine Laws in Resolving Inadequacies in the International Regime." (2005) Volume 17 No 3 Journal of Environmental Law 323.
2006 Refereed Conference paper presented at the AUBEA (Australian Universities Building Educators Association) July 2006 - "Virtual Conveyancing and the Torrens Title System".