Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Previously DPD LLM programmes in Environmental legal Studies, International Trade and International Legal Studies, DPD for Postgraduate Research Degrees and Director of Research 2003-10. Head of School since May 2010

Qualifications

LLB (Wales) 1977, LLM (Cantab) 1978
Solicitor of the Supreme Court 1981

Previous Positions

Lecturer, Reader and then Professor of law, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
Solicitor in private practice

Memberships

Comite European de Droit Rural : Assistant delegate general , and member of board of management (Council of Europe NGO)
Union Mondiale des Agraristes Universitaires : Scientific Council (elected)
United Kingdon Environmental Law Association
Agricultural Law Association

Honours and Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Languages

English, Welsh, French

Informal Interests

nature conservation and environmental protection

Research Interests

Property law (epecially landlord and tenant), agricultural law and
environmental law. Author of several standard reference works in the area of property law, including Agricultural law (3rd ed 2008, Tottel) and Housing Law: Residential Security and Enfranchisement (Butterworths 2002).

Other Expertise

law and practice of arbitration, especially in relation to property disputes (principally agricultural property)

Current Work

Principal areas of current research are nature conservation law, property rights theory and liability issues surrounding GMO releases

Future Research

Community models for ecosystem and habitat management, especailly in relation to common land and common pool resources.

Research Roles

AHRC Peer review college member 

Editor in Chief of the Environmental Law Review (Vathek), General Editor of the Environment and Countryside Law Series (University of Wales Press).

Principal Investigator, "Contested Common Land; environmental governance, law and sustainable management c.1600-2006" (AHRC major grant, Landscape and Environment programme)

Principal Investigator, "Building Commons Knowledge" (AHRC On-funding scheme, 2012/13) 

Postgraduate Supervision

Environmental Law
Agriculture and the Law
Property law

If you would like further information on reading for a research degree at Newcastle Law School please see www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/postgraduate/research/index.htm

Esteem Indicators

Visiting Professor Drake Law School Iowa 1995 & 1997. Australian Research Council (expert assessor on international expert panel). Board of Management of European Council for Rural law (Council of Europe NGO), and Scientific Council of World Federation of University Agriculturalists.

Funding

£262000 AHRC 2007 - 2010 : "Contested Common Land; environmental governance, law and sustainable management c.1600-2006" (AHRC Landscape and Environment Programme);

£93571 AHRC 2012 - 2013 : "Building Commons Knowledge" (AHRC On Funding Scheme grant)

Industrial Relevance

Have practised as a solicitor specialising in agricultural law work.

Keywords

Environmental law, nature and the law, biodiversity and law, property rights

Undergraduate Teaching

Environmental Law, Succession

Postgraduate Teaching

Introduction to Planning Law

EIA Law and Practice

Biodiversity and Natural Resources law

Foundations of Environmental Law and Policy

Advanced Research Methods in Law 

• Rodgers CP, Winchester AJL, Straughton E, Pieraccini M. Contested Common Land: Environmental Governance Past and Present. London and Washington DC: Earthscan Publishing, 2011.
• Rodgers C. Chapter 8: Biotechnology, Property Rights and Unknown Risk: What Role for Environmental Liability?. In: Bodiguel, L; Cardwell, M, ed. The Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms: Comparative Approaches. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp.198-224.
• Rodgers C. Reversing the 'Tragedy' of the Commons? Sustainable management and the Commons Act 2006. The Modern Law Review 2010, 73(3), 461-486.
• Rodgers C. Property Rights, Land Use and the Rural Environment: A Case for Reform. Land Use Policy 2009, 26(s1), S134-S141.
• Rodgers C. Nature’s Place? Property Rights, Property Rules and Environmental Stewardship. Cambridge Law Journal 2009, 68(3), 550-574.
• Rodgers CP. Environmental Policy and the Reform of European Agriculture Law. In: Cardwell, M., Rosso Grossman, M., Rodgers, C.P, ed. Agriculture and International Trade: Law, Policy and the WTO. New York, USA: CABI Publishing, 2003, pp.277-300.
• Rodgers CP. Agricultural Law. Haywards Heath, UK: Tottel Publishing, 2008.
• Rodgers CP. Coexistence or Confrontation? DEFRA’s Proposals for GM Cropping. Environmental Law Review 2008, 10(1), 1-11.
• Rodgers CP. Reconciling Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment?: the EC Environmental Liability Directive. In: Parent G; Lavallée S; Azzaria G, ed. Production et Consommation Durables: de la gouvernance au consommateur-citoyen. Brussels: Editions Yvon Blais, 2008, pp.419-445.
• Rodgers C. A New Deal For Commons? Common Resource Management and the Commons Act 2006. Environmental Law Review 2007, 9(1), 25-40.
• Rodgers CP. Coexistence or Conflict? A European Perspective on GMOS and the problem of liability. Bulletin of Science Technology and Society 2007, 27(3), 233- 251.
• Cardwell M, Rodgers C. Reforming the WTO legal order for agricultural trade: Issues for European rural policy in the Doha Round. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 2006, 55(4), 805-838.
• Rodgers C. Protecting sites of special scientific interest: The human rights dimension. Journal of Planning and Environment Law 2005, 997-1009.
• Rodgers CP. Agenda 2000, Land Use, and the Environment: Towards a Theory of 'Environmental' Property Rights?. In: Holder, J., Harrison , C, ed. Law and Geography. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp.239-259.
• Rodgers CP, Cardwell M, Grosmann M. Agriculture and International Trade: Law, Policy and the WTO. Oxford, UK: Cabi Publishing, 2003.
• Rodgers CP. Liability for the release of GMOs into the environment: exploring the boundaries of nuisance. Cambridge Law Journal 2003, 62(2), 371-402.
• Rodgers CP. The Law of Nature Conservation: property, environment and the limits of law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.