Jutta Brunnée
78 Queen's Park
Education
- Doctor of Laws, summa cum laude (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany)
- Assessor Juris, Second State Examination (Ministry of Justice, Hessen, Germany)
- LLM (Dalhousie University)
- Referendar Juris, First State Examination (Rhineland Palatinate, Germany)
- Diplôme d'études françaises du 2ième degree (University of Burgundy, Dijon, France)
Overview
University Professor Jutta Brunnée, Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and James Marshall Tory Dean’s Chair, began her teaching career at McGill University’s Faculty of Law (1990-1995), from where she moved to the University of British Columbia's Peter A. Allard School of Law from 1995 to 2000. In August 2000, Dean Professor Brunnée joined U of T Law in 2000. She has held the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law (2002-2020) and served in additional administrative capacities, such as Associate Dean, Graduate Studies (2006; 2008; 2010-2014; 2017) and Interim Dean (2014) prior to becoming Dean in 2021. In 2020, Dean Brunnée was appointed University Professor, U of T's highest and most distinguished academic rank.
Areas of Interest
- Environmental Law
- International Law & Policy
- Legal Theory
Research
Dean Brunnée’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of Public International Law, International Environmental Law and International Legal Theory. She has published extensively in each of these areas. Her current research agenda explores the role of international legality and legal practices in mediating between stability and change in international law.
Selected Publications
“State Consent in the Evolving Climate Regime: Individual and Collective Aspects” in Samantha Besson, ed., Consenting to International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), 215-244. Brunnée J
“International Environmental Law: of Sovereignty, Complexity, and Grotian Moments” 2022 Grotiana 43(1):3-24. Brunnée J
Procedure and Substance in International Environmental Law, in Hague Academy, Collected Courses / Receuil des Cours Vol. 405, 75 (2020). Brunnée J
“Self-Defence Against Non-State Actors: Are Powerful States Willing but Unable to Change International Law?” 2018 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 67(2):263-286. Co-authors: Brunnée J, Toope SJ
“International Law and the Practice of Legality: Stability and Change” 2018 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 49(4):429-446Victoria University of Wellington Library. Co-authors: Brunnée J, Toope SJ
“The Sources of International Environmental Law: Interactional Law,” in Samantha Besson and Jean d’Aspremont, eds., The Oxford Handbook on Sources of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) 960-983.
The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007); edited jointly with Professors Daniel Bodansky and Ellen Hey.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Dean, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2021-)
- University Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2020-)
- Interim Dean, Faculty of Law (2014)
- Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law (2013)
- Associate Dean, Graduate Studies (2010-2014)
- Visiting Professor (Intensive Course), Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) (February 16-20, 2009)
- Visiting Professor (Intensive Course), Faculty of Law, University of Auckland (April 4-5 and 11-13, 2007)
- Professor of Law, Faculty of Law (2000)
Other service
- Member, Advisory Board, Transnational Environmental Law (2020-)
- Co-Rapporteur, Commission on Harm Prevention Rules Applicable to the Global Commons, Institut de Droit International (2019-)
- Chair, Academic Advisory Board, Max-Planck-Institute for International and Foreign Public Law, Heidelberg (2019-)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Global Constitutionalism (2010-)
- Member, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law (2006-16)
- Member, Board of Editors, International Theory (2007-)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Climate Law (2008-)
- Member, Board, European Society of International Law (2010-2014)
- Member, Committee on The Legal Principles relating to Climate Change, International Law Association (2009-2014)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Delivered course at The Hague Academy of International Law (2019)
- Certificate of Merit “in a specialized area of international law” (2018), American Society of International Law
- Elected Associate of the Institut de Droit International (2017)
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2013)
- Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship (2011), American Society of International Law