Lecturer

BA, LLB (Hons) (USL) LLM, PhD (London), (BL) Barrister and Solicitor (Sierra Leone)

Email: priscilla.schwartz@le.ac.uk
Telephone: 0116 252 2336

Priscilla’s areas of expertise are in law and development, international economic law, environmental law and policy and in fields of sustainable development. She teaches on the LLM programme and is Convenor of the courses in International Law and Development, Law and Organisation of the World Trading System and Contemporary Legal Problems of World Trade.

Prior to her joining Leicester in 2007, Priscilla taught at Queen Mary, University of London. Priscilla also worked as legal counsel to the government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) and was the special assistant to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice between 1996 and 2002. She represented GOSL on several domestic and international negotiations including with the World Bank and the United Nations. She was instrumental in the setting up of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, and participated in the drafting of its Statute and Agreements. She also initiated projects for the development of the rule of law and coordinated their implementation.

Research Interests

Priscilla maintains research interests in international public policy and law relating to development, especially their implication for developing countries. Particular areas include trade, development financing and aid, foreign investment, natural resource exploitation and sustainable development.

Selected Publications

• “Corporate Activities and Environmental Justice:” in Environmental Law and Justice in Context Ebbesson & Okawa (Eds) Cambridge University Press (2009) pp 429-446
• “Development in World Trade Law” in. Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology (JICLT) Vol. 4, Issue 1(2009) pp 61-71
• ‘Sustainable Energy Infrastructure: Law, Policy and Practice’, Int. J. Private Law, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2009) pp135–149
• “Polluter Pays Principle“ in Research Handbook on International Environmental Law Fitzmaurice & Ong (Eds) Edward Elgar Publishers (2010) (Forthcoming)
• “Legal Construct of Sustainable Development for Infrastructure Development Environments” in Business & Law: Theory and Practice, Kierkegaard S.,(Ed) (2008) pp 411-426 ISBN 978 -87 -991385-4-8
• "Foreign Investment, Human Rights And The Environment: A perspective from South Asia on the Role of Public International Law for Development” Melbourne Journal of International Law Vol.9 Issue 2 (2008) pp 539-551
• Sustainable Development & Mining in Sierra Leone Pneuma Springs, Kent UK 2006
• “Sustainable Development in International Law” in 5 (2) Non-State Actors and International Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers June 2005 pp 127- 152
• “Regulation to Control Environmental Degradation” in Environmental Issues in Sierra Leone Basir F. (Ed) Dept of Transport SL 1997 (World Bank Document)

Teaching

Postgraduate

• International Law and Development
• International Environmental Law
• Law and Organisation of the World Trading System
• Current Trends in International Law
• Contemporary Legal Problems of World Trade
  

Undergraduate

• Contract Law