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Biography

Mark Poustie (MA, LLB, DipLP) is a Professor of Law and currently Dean of the School of Law.

Mark is a public law scholar primarily focused on environmental and land-use planning law and human rights issues relating to such laws.  

Mark was originally a UK government linguist before qualifying as a lawyer in Scotland in 1993. He worked at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland from 1992 to 2016, becoming a full professor in 2003 and serving as Head of School from 2007-2013 and Vice-Dean (Internationalisation) for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2013-2015.  From 2016-2019 Mark worked full-time in China at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Law School under the Shanghai Thousand Talents Programme.
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Research Interests

My principal research interest lies in the fields of regulation in the context of environmental and land use planning law.  I am interested in how regulation can contribute to positive environmental and land use planning outcomes; hence in the design and merits of different regulatory instruments and their effectiveness and the effectiveness of enforcement in ensuring not only improved compliance but also underpinning the credibility of regulation.

Interest in regulation has also led me to consideration of legitimacy of regulation and hence to a strand of research into public rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice, particularly in relation to environmental and planning matters, at the interface of human rights, planning and environmental law research.   In turn this has led to consideration of the appropriateness of dispute resolution mechanisms, including their compliance with human rights norms.


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Publications

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2007)	Laws of Scotland - Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Reissue - Environment. M Poustie (2007) Laws of Scotland - Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Reissue - Environment. Edinburgh: Butterworths Lexis Nexis. [Details]
	(1999)	The Legal System of Scotland. A Paterson, T St J Bates and M Poustie (1999) The Legal System of Scotland. Edinburgh: W Green. [Details]
	(1998)	Hospitality and Tourism Law. M Poustie, J Ross, W J Stewart and N Geddes (1998) Hospitality and Tourism Law. London: International Thomson Publishing. [Details]
	(1997)	Pollution Control: The Law in Scotland. C Smith, N Collar and M Poustie (1997) Pollution Control: The Law in Scotland. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. [Details]
	(1996)	Homeless People and the Law. P Robson and M Poustie (1996) Homeless People and the Law. London: Butterworths. [Details]
	(1993)	Environmental Law in Scotland: Liability for Contaminated Land. C Smith, N Collar and M Poustie (1993) Environmental Law in Scotland: Liability for Contaminated Land. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. [Details]

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

My teaching interests to a large extent mirror my research interests and I have designed, led and contributed to national, comparative and international environmental law, planning law and human rights classes at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the institutions in which I have worked.

I am also committed to the effective teaching of skills, in particular legal research and writing skills, at the outset of students' legal education.