Edward T. Bristol-AlagbariyaPost-Doc Certs (Aberdeen & Dundee, UK); PhD (Dundee, UK); MILD (Lagos); LLM (Port Harcourt; BL (Lagos); LLB (Port Harcourt; BA (Port Harcourt)is the Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, Senior Law & Multidisciplinary Teacher of the Faculty of Law & the Diplomacy Unit of the Department of History & Diplomatic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, & the Emerald Energy Institute for Petroleum, Energy Economics, Policy & Strategic Studies (EEI), University of Port Harcourt, NIGERIA. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy & Management, University of Dundee, United Kingdom. He is a Legal Practitioner, Resource Person on Sustainable Development Law & Practice; Oil & Gas Law; Environmental Law & Policy; & Consultant Impact Assessment of Developmental Planning & Management Strategies
BOOKS
♣Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES: Duties of Resource-Rich Developing Countries & Petroleum Development in Nigeria (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2020)
♣Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT & THE ENVIRONMENT IN RIVERS STATE NIGERIA: Fallouts of the UNEP Report on Ogoniland, Environmental Regulatory Standards & Sustainable Development Laws & Practices (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018/2020)
♣Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, Governance towards Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Role of Strategic Assessment of Decisions & Actions (CEPMLP, Dundee University Press, 2013)
♣Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, Participation in Petroleum Development: Towards Sustainable Community Development in the Niger Delta (CEPMLP, Dundee University Press, 2010)
ARTICLES in Learned Journals
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘IFC Environmental & Social Performance Standards: Soft Law Project & Company Financing Partnerships towards Good Environmental Governance, Business Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries’ [2020] 81 International Affairs and Global Strategy, pp. 51–68
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Sustainable Development Law and Multidisciplinary Sustainable Development-oriented Efforts towards the Wellbeing of Humans and Overall Resources of Nature’ [2020] 81 International Affairs and Global Strategy, pp. 69–93
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Law and Ethics: Ethics Associated with Energy Resources Development Operations Exemplified by Petroleum Development Operations in Nigeria’ [2020] 81 International Affairs and Global Strategy, pp. 94–124
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Natural Law as Bedrock of Good Governance: Reflections on Alagbariya, Asimini and Halliday-Awusa as Selfless Monarchs towards Good Traditional Governance and Sustainable Community Development in Oil-rich Bonny Kingdom’ [2020] 10 (3) Developing Country Studies, pp. 63–92
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Natural Right of Blood Descendant-Females of the Founding Ancestors of Bonny Kingdom to Leadership Positions: Spotlight on Queen Kambasa and Legacies of Her Reign’ [2020] 10 (3) Developing Country Studies, pp. 93–105
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Primordial Niger Delta, Petroleum Development in Nigeria and the Niger Delta Development Commission Act: A Food For Thought!’ [2020] 10 (3) Developing Country Studies, pp. 106–128
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘The UN Global Compact as a Soft Law Business Regulatory Mechanism Advancing Corporate Responsibility towards Business Sustainability and Sustainable Development Worldwide’ [2020] 94 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 27–39
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Sustainable Development: A Soft Law Concept Transforming SD-Oriented Initiatives of the UN System into Hard Law Instruments in UN Member-states and Promoting Partnerships around the Globe’ [2020] 94 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 40–52
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘The Concept, Principle, Law and Developmental Practice of Environmental Democracy towards Sustainable Development in Resources-rich Communities of Developing Countries: Focus on Nigeria’s Oil Producing Delta Region’ [2020] 94 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 53–74
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Environmental Assessment Law and Practice in Nigeria towards Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) in the Country: Cases of SDGs 13 and 17’ [2019] 92 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 66–77
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Duties in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources and Petroleum Development in Nigeria: Towards Efficient Government Institutions and Greater Social Responsibility in the Country’ [2019] 92 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 78–94
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Duties in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources and Petroleum Development in Nigeria: Need to Domesticate Benchmarked International Standards and Practices in the Country’ [2019], 92 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, pp. 95–107
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources: Benchmarked Soft Law Standards and Practices towards Sustainable Petroleum Development in the Niger Delta’ (2019) 4 (2) University of Port Harcourt Journal of Private Law, pp. 147–172
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Theories and the Legal Principle of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources in Relation to Petroleum Development in Nigeria’ (2019) 4 (2) University of Port Harcourt Journal of Private Law, pp. 189–212
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘On-the-Spot Appraisal of EIA in Nigeria: Its Gradual Improvement Entailing the Development of Law and Practice’ (2019) 11 (2) Journal of Property Law and Contemporary Issues, pp. 129–145
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Duties Inherent in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources: A Case for Domestication of Benchmarked Regulatory Standards and Practices Governing Petroleum Development in Nigeria’ (2019) 11 (1) Journal of Property Law and Contemporary Issues, pp. 134–152
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Compulsory Relocation of Finima Community for the Nigeria LNG Project and the International Regime on Involuntary Resettlement’ (2017) 2 UNIPORT Journal of Public Law, pp. 375–411
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Ongoing Reform of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry: The Case of the Oil Producing Communities and Positive Transformation of Nigeria’ (2016) 13 (1–2) Environmental and Planning Law Review, pp. 1215–1245
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Environmental Assessment Law towards Sustainable Development in Nigeria and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Action Plan for the Environment Initiative’ (2016) 13 (1-2) Environmental and Planning Law Review, pp. 1291–1317
♠Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Nigeria: The Role of Law in Nation-building’ (2016) 1 (1) UNIPORT Journal of Public Law, pp. 113–136
BOOK REVIEWS
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, Ending Africa’s Energy Deficit and the Law: Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Africa, Y. Omorogbe and A. O. Ordor (eds) (Oxford University Press 2018) → (Published after Last Promotion) [2020] 5 University of Port Harcourt Journal of Private Law, pp. 232–238
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, Human Rights in Natural Resources Development: Public Participation in Sustainable Development of Mining and Energy Resources, D. N. Zillman et al (eds), (Oxford University Press 2002) [2020] 5 University of Port Harcourt Journal of Private Law, pp. 244–247
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resources Activity: Legal Change and Impact on Communities, L. Barrera-Hernandez et al (eds) (Oxford University Press 2016) [2020] 5 University of Port Harcourt Journal of Private Law, pp. 248–253
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya and Karibi T. George, ‘Who is Barinua Moses Wifa; KJW, OFR, SAN?’, in Worika I. L. and Popnen S. S. (eds), The Challenge of Justice: Contemporary Legal Essays in Honour of B. M. Wifa, OFR, SAN, DSSRS, KJW (Lagos: Princeton Publishing Company, 2017), pp. 1–27
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘History of the Faculty of Law, University of Port Harcourt’, in J. H. Enemugwem (ed), 40 Years of University of Port Harcourt 1975 – 2015: A Historical Analysis (University of Port Harcourt Press, 2016), pp. 497–506
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya, ‘Niger Delta: Petroleum Development and Environmental Assessment in Nigeria’, in Alagoa E. J., et al. (eds), History Concourse 2011: The Niger Delta Environment as Resource and Reserve (Onyoma Research, 2012), pp. 217–267
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya and Willie J. Okowa, ‘Economic Development: The Pre-Slave Trade Era’, in Briggs N., et al. (eds) The Economic Development of Rivers State: In Commemoration of Port Harcourt Centenary Celebration 2013 (Port Harcourt: RSEAC/ Onyoma Research, 2013), pp. 50–66
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya and Willie J. Okowa, ‘Economic Development: The Atlantic Slave Trade Era’, in Briggs N., et al. (eds) The Economic Development of Rivers State: In Commemoration of Port Harcourt Centenary Celebration 2013 (Port Harcourt: RSEAC/Onyoma Research, 2013), pp. 67–75
●Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya and Willie J. Okowa, ‘Economic Development: The Oil Palm Produce Trade Era’, in Briggs N., et al. (eds) The Economic Development of Rivers State: In Commemoration of Port Harcourt Centenary Celebration 2013 (Port Harcourt: RSEAC/Onyoma Research, 2013), pp. 76–85