Joanna Mossop
Qualifications
BA LLB(Hons) Well, LLM Col
Profile
Joanna’s research interests lie in public international law, particularly the law of the sea. Joanna joined the law faculty from Columbia Law School, where she obtained her LLM in international law and taught courses in legal research and writing and appellate advocacy. She has practiced law at the Crown Law Office and at Buddle Findlay.
Joanna has been active in the Australia New Zealand Society of International Law including as a member of the ANZSIL Council and New Zealand Vice President. She is on the advisory board of several journals and has participated in a variety of international governmental and track two meetings on law of the sea including maritime security and governance of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Joanna’s book, The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Rights and Responsibilities, was the joint winner of the JF Northey Memorial Book Award, presented by the New Zealand Legal Research Foundation for the best book by a New Zealand-based author published in 2016.
Areas of supervision
- Antarctica
- International Environmental Law
- Law of the Sea
Current research
Joanna’s research interests include dispute settlement in law of the sea matters, regulation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nm, protection of marine biodiversity, marine resource management and oceans governance.
Selection of publications
- "Adjacency and Due Regard: The Role of Coastal States in the BBNJ Treaty" [PDF]
- "Can we make the oceans greener? The successes and failures of UNCLOS as an environmental treaty" (2018) 49 VUWLR 573-593.
- "Can the South China Sea Tribunal’s conclusions on traditional fishing rights lead to cooperative fishing arrangements in the region?" (2018) 3 Asia Pacific Journal of Oceans Law and Policy 210-231.
- "The relationship between the continental shelf regime and a new international instrument for protecting marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction" (2018) 75 ICES Journal of Marine Science 444-450
- "The South China Sea Arbitration and New Zealand’s Maritime Claims" (2017) 15 NZJPIL 265-291.
- The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Rights and Responsibilities (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016) 278 pp.
- "Protests against Oil Exploration at Sea: Lessons from the Arctic Sunrise Arbitration" (2016) 31 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 60-87.