About the authors

• Author: Elaine L. Hughes, Arlene J. Kwasniak, Alastair R. Lucas
• Pages: 411-413

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Elaine L Hughes is a Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Law, University

of Alberta, Edmonton.

Prior to joining the University of Alberta in 1989, she taught at

the University of New Brunswick Law Faculty, Fredericton, and spent

some time in private practice in Alberta doing civil litigation. Her de-

grees are a BSc (Special) in Zoology from the University of Alberta

(1980), an LLB from that same university i n 1984, and an LLM from the

University of British Columbia in 1988.

Elaine has published numerous articles on a variety of environment-

al and natural resource topics, and her books include The Price of Pollu-

tion: Environmental Litigation in Canada (1990) with Elizabet h Swanson,

co-author, and three editions of Environmental Law and Policy (1993,

1998, and 2003) with Alastair Lucas and William Tilleman, co-editors.

In addition to her work in environmental education and litigation,

Elaine has interests in environmental rights, forestry, parks, marine

pollution, environmental offences, pesticides, animal welfare, and

ecofeminist theory. She also works on international environmental

issues and has participated in a number national academic boards and

committees. She retired from the Alberta Bar in 2008 and from the

University of Alberta in 2014.

Arlene J Kwasniak is a Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Law, Univer-

sity of Calgary, a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute of

Resources Law, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary,