Dr Thomas L Muinzer FRSA
Selected Publications
Selected publications - Scholarly & Policy Publications; Media & Reviews; Other
SCHOLARLY AND POLICY PUBLICATIONS
Muinzer, Thomas L., Major Cases in Climate Law, Forthcoming book, 2024. Publisher: Hart.
Pereira, Eduardo G., Muinzer, Thomas L., Baker, Patrick R. (eds.). Energy Law and the Sustainable Development Goals, Forthcoming book, 2024. Publisher: Routledge.
Muinzer, Thomas L. ‘Challenges in research approaches to the “Just Energy Transition” in legal studies and other branches of the social sciences’, The Journal of World Energy Law & Business 16.1 (2023): 8-17.
Muinzer, T. L., Jenkins, K. E., McCauley, D. A., & Little, G. M. ‘Energy justice beyond borders? Exploring the impact of Brexit on Ireland’s all-island energy market’, The Electricity Journal, 35(10) (2022), 107218.
Muinzer, Thomas, and Ryan Holmes. ‘Governance, Maritime Insurance and Transition’, PORTUSplus (2022).
Muinzer, Thomas L. & John Paterson, ‘The Law of Climate Change and Energy in the United Kingdom’, in José Alenza García & Lorenzo Mellado Ruiz (eds), Estudios Sobre Cambio Climático Y Transición Energética, 2022.
Pereira, E. G., Elias-Roberts, A., Muinzer, T., & Reid, A. ‘Reconciling the local content laws and policies in Trinidad and Guyana with the CARICOM trade rules: lessons from the European Union’, The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, 15(4) (2022) 245-265.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘The Global South and Systemic Imbalances in International Energy Law’, Afronomics Law (29 April 2022),
<https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/global-south-and-systemic-imbalancesinternational-energy-law>
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘What are National “Climate Change Acts”?’ Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law (2021) 1–20.
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02646811.2020.1855020>
Muinzer, Thomas L. et al, “Towards the International Standardization of Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transportation, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technologies: Current Challenges and Future Directions”, Journal of Sustainability Development Law and Policy (2021) Vol. 25 No. 157–189.
<https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsdlp/article/view/218698>
Muinzer, Thomas L., Sharon Turner & Ciara Brennan, What is the Effort Sharing Regulation and Why does its Revision Matter? EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Policy Paper, October 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CGO-Policy-Note-1.pdf>
Muinzer, Thomas L. & Sharon Turner, Apply the Lessons from Europe’s Climate Law Countries to Strengthen and De-risk the Commission’s ‘Fit for 55’ Proposals EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Policy Paper, July 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CGO-Policy-Note-1.pdf>
Turner, S., Thomas L Muinzer & Ciara Brennan, Closing the National Ownership Gap: An EU ‘Fit for 55’ requires the EU-27 to be ‘Fit for Zero’ EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Policy Paper, June 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/EJNI-CGO-Policy-Paper-No.1-.pdf>
Turner, S., Thomas L Muinzer & Ciara Brennan, Annex to Closing the National Ownership Gap EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Policy Paper, June 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/EJNI-CGO-policy-Paper-No.-1-Annex.pdf>
Turner, S., Thomas L Muinzer & Ciara Brennan, Summary: Closing the National Ownership Gap EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Policy Paper, June 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/EJNI-CGO-Policy-Paper-No.1-Summary.pdf>
Muinzer, Thomas L., Sharon Turner & Ciara Brennan, The ‘Fit for 55’ Package a Missed Opportunity to Learn from Europe’s Climate Law Countries about why National Leadership Matters EJNI/Climate Governance Observatory Press Release, August 2021
<https://ejni.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CGO-Press-Release-.pdf>
Muinzer, Thomas L. & Sharon Turner, EU’s new Climate Package must now close the ‘National Ownership Gap’ Euractive, 29 July 2021
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Conceptualising the Energy Constitution: Lessons from Northern Ireland.’ Energy Policy (2020) 140: 111408.
Muinzer, Thomas L. & Gavin McLeod Little, ‘A Stocktake of Legal Research on the United Kingdom’s Climate Change Act: Present Understandings, Future Opportunities’ European Energy Law Report Volume XIII (UK: Intersentia, 2020): 421–442.
Muinzer, Thomas L., Richard Cowell, Geraint Ellis, Thomas Fischer, Olivier Sykes, and Tony Jackson, Environmental Planning after Brexit: Working with the Legacy of EU Environmental Directives (Royal Town and Planning Institute (Policy Report): UK, 2019)
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Reflections on Ireland’s Response to Potentially Irreversible Climate Change’, Working Notes 32(83) (2019): 22-27.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Is the Climate Change Act 2008 a Constitutional Statute?’, European Public Law 24(4) (2018): 733–754.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Re-Energising Northern Ireland? The Impact of Brexit on Ireland’s All-Island Energy Market’, UKELA E-Law (106) June 2018: 18-20.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘An Evaluation of the Implications of EU Climate and Energy Governance for the UK in light of Brexit’, European Journal of Current Legal Issues 23(2) (2017).
Muinzer, Thomas L. & Geraint Ellis, ‘Subnational Governance for the Low Carbon Energy Transition: Mapping the UK’s “Energy Constitution”’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy (2017) 35(7): 1176-1197.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Incendiary Developments: Northern Ireland’s Renewable Heat Incentive, and the Collapse of the Devolved Government’, UKELA E-Law (99) March/April 2017: 18-21.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Does the Climate Change Act 2008 Adequately Account for the UK’s Devolved Jurisdictions?’, European Energy and Environmental Law Review (2016) 25(3): 87–100.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘“Fishing for Answers”: An Anglers’ Society Challenges the Scope of “Environmental Damage”’, (2016) Environmental Law Review 18(4): 301 – 308.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Warming UP: Northern Ireland’s Developing Response to Climate Change in the Context of UK Devolution’, UKELA E-Law (September/October, 2016) (96): 19-22.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘“To PV or not to PV”: An Analysis of the High Court’s Recent Treatment of Solar Energy’, Environmental Law Review (2015) 17(2): 128-135.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Observations on Ireland’s Approach to Climate Law’, 24 (2014, February) Cork Online Law Review 1,
<http://corkonlinelawreview.com/editions/2014/ThomasLMuinzer.pdf>
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘A Critical Examination of the International Community’s Ability to turn International Environmental Treaties into Environmentally Useful Action’, Queen’s Political Review (2013) 1: 43-56.
MEDIA & REVIEWS
Muinzer, Thomas L., “Success for the Seventh Gas Campaign”, Scottish Legal News, 15 September 2021
<https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/dr-thomas-muinzer-success-for-the-seventh-gas-campaign>
Turner, S., Thomas L Muinzer & Ciara Brennan, Ireland has a Moral and Legal Duty to take the Lead on Climate, The Irish Times, 9 July 2021
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Climate Crisis – the Seventh Gas Campaign’, Scottish Legal News, 29th October 2020
<https://scottishlegal.com/article/thomas-muinzer-climate-crisis-the-seventh-gas-campaign>
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘“Green Deal” seeks to make Europe the first Climate-Neutral Continent by 2050’, The Conversation 19th December 2019:
Muinzer, Thomas L., “Courts and the Environment (Review)” Scottish Planning and Environmental Law (2019).
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘A Climate of Change? Taking Stock of the Urgenda Case with a Supreme Court Ruling on the Horizon’ Climate Action and Oil in Mexico’, UK Human Rights Blog 8th October 2019:
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Climate Action and Oil in Mexico’, The Ecologist 17th June 2019:
<https://theecologist.org/2019/jun/17/climate-action-and-oil-mexico>
Muinzer, Thomas L. & Tony Jackson, ‘Brexit is Not All Bad News for the Environment’, The Environment (April 2019): 9.
Muinzer, Thomas L., “Elgar Encyclopaedia of Environmental Law (Vol VI): Principles of Environmental Law (Review)” Scottish Planning and Environmental Law (February 2019) 191 2(19): 18-20.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Electricity Bills could Rise if Brexit threatens Northern Ireland’s Unique Energy Agreement with Ireland’, The Conversation 28th November 2018:
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Ireland’s All-Island Energy Market’, Renewable Energy Magazine 8 (2018-19): 41-42.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Brexit and Ireland’s All-Island Energy Market’, Agenda NI November (2018).
Muinzer, Thomas L., Richard Cowell, Olivier Sykes, Thomas Fischer, Geraint Ellis and Anthony Jackson, ‘Greener or Leaner? Planning Policy after Brexit’, LSE (Online) September 5 (2018):
<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/?s=Cowell+Muinzer>
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction’ (Review), Scottish Planning and Environmental Law 187 (June 2018): 71.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Legal and Political Challenges of Governing the Environment and Climate Change’ (Review), Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (2015) 17(2): 301-305.
Muinzer, Thomas L.,‘Sustainable Development Law in the UK: From Rhetoric to Reality?’ (Review), Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (2012) 14(4): 473-476.
OTHER
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘“Cultural Vandalism akin to Ripping a Knife through a Rembrandt”? A Critical Assessment of the Protections afforded to Irish Cultural Rights under Ireland’s Developing Heritage Laws’, Irish Journal of Legal Studies (2016) 6(1): 18–58.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘The Law of the Dead: A Critical Review of Burial Law, with a View to its Development’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (2014) 34(4): 791-818.
Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘A Grave Situation: An Examination of the Legal Issues raised by the Life and Death of Charles Byrne, the “Irish Giant”’, International Journal of Cultural Property (2013) 20: 23-48.
Len Doyal & Thomas L. Muinzer, ‘Why the Royal College of Surgeons should respect the wishes of “the Irish giant”’, British Medical Journal (2011) 343: 1290-1292.
Strecker, A., Mercier, S., Muinzer, Thomas L., ‘Legal Protection for Monuments’, The Irish Times, Sat April 22, 2023
<https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/04/22/legal-protection-for-monuments/>
Muinzer, Thomas L & Anna-Marie McAlinden, ‘A Tall but True Tale: Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant’ Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 16 July 2018:
Research Assistant on Conway, Heather Co-Ownership of Land (2nd edn, 2012) published by Tottel Publishing, Dublin.
Turner, Sharon, Richard Macrory and Thomas L Muinzer (Research Assistant), Environment and Land Transportation Law: UK Report (Report on UK Transportation for the EU’s Avosetta Meeting, Fribourg, 23rd-24th November 2012).