Emeka Duruigbo
Assistant Professor

Joined Faculty: August 2006

Education
LL.B., (First in Class) University of Benin, Nigeria
LL.M., University of Alberta, Canada
S.J.D., Golden Gate University, San Francisco
Fellow, Stanford Law School

Phone (713) 313-1135
Fax: (713) 313-1049
Email: Emeka Duruigbo

Biographical Information:
Assistant Professor; Texas Southern University-Thurgood Mashall School of Law (2006-Present)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University (2003-2006)
Senior Legal Counsel, Natural Heritage Institute (2004-2006)
Research Fellow, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University(2003-2004)
Resource Development Associate, LawFinance Group (2000-2003)

Affiliations
American Society of International Law
American Bar Association
State Bar of California
Nigerian Bar Association

Research & Teaching Interests
Business Associations
Environmental Law & Policy
Environmental Justice
International Environmental Law
Oil & Gas law
International Petroleum Transactions
Advanced Topics in Corporate Law

Books And Book Contributions

• "Pioneering Models for International Project Finance and Criminal Adjudication through Shared Sovereignty" in Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law 205 (Jeremy Levitt, ed.) (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008).
• Multinational Corporations And International Law: Accountability And Compliance Issues In The Petroleum Industry (Transnational Publishers, Inc. N.Y., 2003).
• Beyond Good Deeds: Case Studies And A New Policy Agenda For Corporate Accountability (Michelle Leighton, et al., July 2002) (Contributor, pp. 35-39).

Articles

1. “Corporate Accountability and Liability for International Human Rights Abuses: Recent Changes and Recurring Challenges”, 6 Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights 222 (2008)
2. “Exhaustion of Local Remedies and Alien Tort Litigation” 29 Fordham International Law Journal 1245 (2006).
3. “Permanent Sovereignty and Peoples’ Ownership of Natural Resources in International Law” 38 George Washington International Law Review 33 (2006).
4. “The World Bank, Multinational Oil Corporations and Resource Curse in Africa” 26 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 1 (2005).
5. “The Economic Cost of Alien Tort Litigation” 14 Minnesota Journal of Global Trade 1 (2004).
6. “Managing Oil Revenues for Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria” 30 North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation 121 (2004).
7. “Natural Gas Development in Nigeria and Its Implications” Energy Business (October 2004).
8. “International Relations, Economics and Compliance with International Law: Harnessing Common Resources to Protect the Environment and Solve Global Problems,” 31:2 California Western International Law Journal 177 (2001).
9. “Multinational Corporations and Compliance with International Regulations Relating to the Petroleum Industry,” 7 Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law 101 (2001).
10. “Reforming the International Law and Policy on Marine Oil Pollution,” 31:1 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 65 (2000).
    

Invited Presentations

• “The Politics of International Law”, American Society of International Law Annual Regional Meeting/Fulbright Symposium, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, April 18, 2008
• “Corporate Accountability and Oversight Symposium”, University of San Francisco Law School, April 4, 2008
• “The Resource Curse: Communities, Corporations and Oil in Nigeria” Second Annual Human Security Conference, Center for International Studies, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 10, 2007
• “Issues in Nigerian Oil and Gas Business” (on the Invitation of Nigeria’s then Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Frank Nweke, Jr., at the launch of the Heart of Africa Project) Houston, Texas, February 27, 2007
• “Communitization of Development Through Trust Funds” NHI-CORI Stakeholders Conference, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria, January 10, 2007
• “A Better World: Stopping the Spread of Nukes and Other Deadly Weapons” Prairie View A&M University, October 24, 2006
• “Controlling Corruption in Developing Countries Through Foreign Prosecution” American Society of International Law Annual Regional Meeting/Fulbright Symposium, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, April 7, 2006
• “Human Rights, Nigeria and What You Pay for Gas: A Look at Why the Niger Delta Matters” World Affairs Council, Walnut Creek, California, March 29, 2006
• “The Relevance of OPEC in the 21st Century” World Affairs Council, Young Professionals International Forum, San Francisco, April 28, 2004

Selected Media Appearances

• “Crude Impact” 2006, Award-winning documentary film featuring oil, gas and environmental issues from across the world, www.crudeimpact.com/page.asp?content_id=9684
• KPFA Radio, Berkeley March 14, 2005, Interview with Walter Turner on Political Situation in Nigeria, www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?date=2005-03-14.
• KPFA Radio, Berkeley June 14, 2004, “African Oil: A Look at the Petroleum Industry in Africa” Interview with Bill Heath, www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?date=2004-06-14