Judith Jones (Senior Lecturer in Law) has been a member of the Faculty and the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL) since 1996. She is a graduate in science from the University of Sydney and in law from the University of New South Wales. She currently teaches environmental law to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and also Foundations of Australian Law to first year law students. With her dual qualifications her particular interest has been the connection between science and law including regulatory design for risk assessment and precautionary approaches. More recently her research has focussed on environmental and legal history.

E Fisher, J Jones and R von Schomberg (eds), (2006) Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK).

Judith Jones (2007) “Global or local interests? The significance of the Taralga wind farm case”, in Climate Law in Australia, eds Tim Bonyhady and Peter Christoff (Federation Press, Melbourne), pp 262 – 276.

Judith Jones (2008) “Certainty as Illusion: The Nature and Purpose of Uncertainty in the Law”, in Bammer, G., & Smithson, M. (Eds.) Uncertainty: Multidisciplinary perspectives on risk (Earthscan, London), pp 269 - 286

Judith Jones and Simon Bronitt (2006) “The Burden and Standard of Proof in Environmental Regulation: The Precautionary Principle in an Australian Administrative Context” in Elizabeth Fisher, Judith Jones and Rene von Schomberg, (Eds) Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK), pp 137 – 159.

Judith S Jones (2007) “Regulatory Design for Scientific Uncertainty: Acknowledging the Diversity of Approaches in Environmental Regulation and Public Administration”, Journal of Environmental Law, pp 347 - 365.