Dr Caroline Cox
Summary
I am a senior lecturer at Portsmouth Law School, The University of Portsmouth.
I am currently part of the teaching teams for the following undergraduate units: Wildlife Crime: Threats and Responses; Equity and Trusts; The Law of Succession and The Legal Project.
I am the lead researcher in the University of Portsmouth's Ivory Project. The project, set up in November 2015, analyses the sale of illegal ivory through various routes in the U.K. and overseas. The project has also been involved in other illegal wildlife trade issues, including pangolin trafficking and rhino poaching. We work with law enforcement, charities and NGOs to analyse and advise on the threats of and responses to the illegal wildlife trade.
Biography
In November 2015, together with Nick Pamment (ICJS, University of Portsmouth) I launched The Ivory Project at the House of Commons. The aim of the project was to investigate the sale of ivory by the British antiques trade. The project lasted for 18 months and culminated in a report, The Elephant in the Sale Room.
My report was used by the British Government as part fo their Impact Assessment into potential changes in the law regarding the sale of ivory in the U.K. On the 18th December 2018 the Ivory Act 2018 became law. We were proud to be part of the discussion and to have had an influence on the chnage in law in the U.K.
The project has developed to include collaborations with partners in the U.K. and overseas. Our current projects includes an investiagtion in to the sale of illegal wildlife trade products on line and cross-jurisdicational cooperation in the Range States.
Research interests
The illegal wildlife trade
Sale of ivory through online platforms
Human/wildlife conflict in the Range States
British wildlife at risk: Birds of prey
Geo-cultural Heritage
Teaching responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities within the Portsmouth Law School
Equity and Trusts
The Law of Succession
The Legal Project
Teaching responsibilities within SCCJ
Wildlife Crime: Threats and Responses
Research outputs
2024
National parks and protected areas: a comparison of the approach taken in the UK and France to the protection of green spaces
Cox, C., Natali, M.
30 Jun 2024, In: Laws. 13, 4, 24p., 41
Research output: Article
2023
Ice ivory to white gold: links between the illegal ivory trade and the trade in geo-cultural artefacts
Cox, C., Hauser, L. M.
4 Jul 2023, In: Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 25p.
Research output: Article
2022
International organisations and the ivory sales ban debate: the case of Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana
Cox, C.
24 Mar 2022,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2021
The elephant in the courtroom: an analysis of the Ivory Act 2018, its path to enactment and potential impact on the illegal trade in ivory
Cox, C.
21 Jun 2021, In: Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Research output: Article
Selective liability, regulated digital commerce, and the subversion of product trading bans: the case of elephant ivory
Cox, C., Collins, A.
1 Jun 2021, In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 26, 3, p. 245-261, 17p.
Research output: Article
2020
The evolution of regional wildlife conservation, environmental protection and anti-poaching law in the Southern African development community
Mogomotsi, G. E. J., Mogomotsi, P. K., Cox, C.
20 Oct 2020, In: Commonwealth Law Bulletin
Research output: Article
On the judicial annulment of the ‘domestic’ trade moratorium in South African rhinoceros horn: a law and economics perspective
Collins, A., Marire, J., Cox, C.
1 Jun 2020, In: European Journal of Law and Economics. 49, 3, p. 361-372, 12p.
Research output: Article