Alexander Zahar grew up in Athens, Greece. He completed his undergraduate studies, in Philosophy, in New Zealand, and his PhD, in Philosophy of Science, at University College London while on a British Council Commonwealth Scholarship. In Sydney, he worked at the Legal Aid Commission and the Department of Juvenile Justice, during which time he completed his LLB. He joined the United Nations as a lawyer, first at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and from 2003 to 2007 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. From 2008 to 2010 he was Lecturer in Law at Griffith Law School. He joined Macquarie Law School as a Senior Lecturer in 2011. Jacqueline Peel is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Hon I) from the University of Queensland, a Master of Laws from New York University where she was a Fulbright scholar, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. In 2003–2004, Jacqueline returned to NYU Law School as a Hauser Research Scholar and Emile Noel Fellow. Prior to her appointment at Melbourne, Jacqueline completed an internship at the United Nations International Law Commission, working with Professor James Crawford on the ILC's State responsibility articles. From 1997 to 1999 she practised environmental and planning law at the national law firm of Allens Arthur Robinson. Professor Lee Godden researches and teaches within the Melbourne Law School. She is the Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law within the Law School. Prior to that position she held an appointment as Director of the Office for Environmental Programs.
