Ruth Davis
B Ec, LLB(Syd) LLM (Syd)

Ruth Davis is a Lecturer in Law in the Faculty of Law and Member of the Centre for Maritime Policy. She joined the University of Wollongong in January 2003, having previously been in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Ruth’s research interests focus on the legal regime for the protection of the Antarctic marine environment. She has published on maritime jurisdiction in the Southern Ocean, Australian law for Antarctica, and heritage law.

Selected Publications

Ruth Davis, “International Law and Statutory Interpretation: recent debates in the High Court” (2005) 2 Australian Student Law Reporter 37

Ruth Davis, “Developments in the Timor Sea” (2004) 1 Australian Student Law Reporter 35

Ruth Davis and Edmund Lee, “Marine Environmental Protection and the Southern Ocean: The Maritime Jurisdictional Dimension of the Antarctic Treaty System”, in Alex G Oude Elferlink and Donald R Rothwell (eds), The Law of the Sea and Polar Maritime Delimitation and Jurisdiction (Kluwer Law International, 2001) pp 201-224.

Ruth Davis, “Australia in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: Exploration, Exploitation and Conservation”, in S Bateman and D R Rothwell (eds), Southern Ocean Fishing: Policy Challenges for Australia, Wollongong Paper on Maritime Policy No 7 (Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong, 1998)

Donald R Rothwell and Ruth Davis, Antarctic Environmental Protection: A Collection of Australian and International Instruments (1997) Federation Press.

Ruth Davis, “Heritage: opening the castle to the public” (1996) Law in Context Volume 14 No. 2. This contribution was to a special edition of Law in Context, focussing on cultural heritage and its conservation. The article focuses on the Heritage Act 1977 (NSW) and in particular upon how it operates relative to peoples’ perceptions of heritage values.

Ruth Davis, “Environmental Protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: An Australian Perspective”, Paper presented at the Environmental Justice and the Legal Process conference, 16-17 April 1998, University of Capetown, South Africa.

Ruth Davis, “The Madrid Protocol and Australian Environmental Law”, paper presented at the Madrid Protocol Symposium, 16 February 1998, hosted by the Australian Antarctic Division, Kinston, Tasmania, to celebrate the entry into force of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

Ruth Davis, “Australia in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean”, paper presented to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Fishing: Current Issues and Challenges Workshop, organised for the Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong, and held at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Deakin, ACT, 13 August 1997.

Research profile:

Ruth Davis – marine environmental law, law of the sea, Antarctic legal regime, whaling