Rule of Law in the High Seas? Hopes for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.

The 13th Annual Douglas M. Johnston Lecture was presented by Prof. Cymie Payne, Assoc. Professor with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Law, Rutgers University.
Professor Cymie Payne is a member of the Rutgers University faculty. She has appeared as counsel before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and as an expert on environmental reparations before the International Court of Justice. She is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law - Ocean Law Specialist Group. She holds a MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.
The Douglas M. Johnston Lecture is an annual lecture that began in 2009 to honour the late Douglas M. Johnson. Invited speakers are selected for their demonstrated leadership in the field of public policy and their interest in promoting social and environmental justice.
Douglas M. Johnston was a leading teacher, scholar, and writer in the international marine and environmental law community. His numerous contributions to the Schulich School of Law included the development of the marine and environmental law program, the strengthening of the graduate program and the enhancement of the faculty's strong scholarly reputation. He published ground-breaking scholarly works on the regulation of international fisheries, the theory of ocean-boundary, treaty law and the history of international law. His last book, which he completed very shortly before he died, received a posthumous award from the American Society of International Law.