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CONTACT DETAILS
CEPMLP
The University of Dundee
Carnegie Building
Dundee DD1 4HN
Room 1.06
Telephone: +44 (0)1382 384298
Fax: +44 (0)1382 385854
Contact Email: e.a.bastida@dundee.ac.uk
A qualified lawyer in Argentina (Specialisation in Natural Resources Law, University of Buenos Aires (cum laude); LL.M in Resources Law and Policy (CEPMLP, Dundee; with distinction), Ph.D (CEPMLP/Dundee) Dr Bastida is a Lecturer and the Director of the International Mining Programme at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee. She teaches International and Comparative Mineral Law.
Dr Bastida's expertise lies on natural resources law, with a particular focus on law and policy in the mining sector. She has worked as an academic, as well as a practicing lawyer. She has been a research fellow at the Institute of Social and Legal Sciences 'Ambrosio Gioja', Law Faculty, University of Buenos Aires and has practised law with the firm of Hope, Duggan & Silva in Buenos Aires, with responsibilities in the Mineral and Environmental Law section. Dr Bastida has been an external legal consultant to various governmental, intergovernmental, non-governmental organisations and corporate institutions, as well as companies. She has been Deputy Managing Editor of the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law and assistant editor of the CEPMLP Internet Journal. She is a member of the Environmental Law Group of the IUCN, and of the Advisory Committee of the International Study Group for the Review of African Mining Regimes (2007/8)
Research
Her general research interests include international and comparative resources law, and the interface between international investment, environmental law and human rights, and law and development. Her research work has focused on the analysis and evaluation of prevailing models and institutions of mining law and policy from a sustainable development perspective. Her current research work is exploring the linkages between legal institutions and development processes in mining.
Teaching
International and Comparative Mineral Law (On-Campus)
This module aims at introducing participants to main principles and concepts of legal, regulatory and contractual regimes for mining, from international and comparative perspectives. The focus is on the understanding of ownership and mineral tenure regimes; the interface between mineral tenure regimes, competitive uses of land and environmental regulation; forms and typical clauses of mining agreements; the concept of sustainable development and its application to mining, as well as the scope and implications of voluntary regulation; an introduction to underlying conflicts for the regulation of artisanal and small-scale mining; and forms of community engagement in mining projects.
