Ikechi Mgbeoji (LL.B. University of Nigeria 1992; B.L. Nigerian Law School, Lagos 1993; LL.M. Dalhousie University, Halifax 1999; J.S.D. Dalhousie University, Halifax 2002; Governor-General of Canada's Academic Gold Medalist, Dalhousie University, 1999-2000). Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji is currently Assistant Professor of Law at the Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Before moving to Osgoode, Dr. Mgbeoji taught at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia. He was an attorney with the Nigerian law firm of F.O. Akinrele & Co. He teaches and researches in the area of Patent Law, Trademarks, Copyrights, Torts, Public International Law and International Environmental Law. He is also a consultant to the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) of the World Conservation Union, IUCN, Bonn, Germany. Representative Published Works Collective Insecurity: The Liberian Crisis, Unilateralism, and Global Order (2003, UBC Press, Forthcoming). Environmental Law in Developing Countries: Selected Issues (IUCN/Cambridge, 2002) co-authored with Nazrul Islam, Isabel Martinez, and Wang Xi. "Patents and Traditional Knowledge of the Uses of Plants: Is a Communal Patent Regime Part of the Solution to the Scourge of Biopiracy?" (2001) 9 #1 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 163. Prophylactic Use of Force in International Law: "The Illegitimacy of Canada's Participation in 'Coalitions of the Willing' Without UN Authorization and Parliamentary Sanction (2003 [Forthcoming]) Review of Constitutional Studies. "Is the Devil in the Details? The Biodiversity Convention and the Antinomy Between Global Governance and State Sovereignty Over Plant Resources" [2003 Forthcoming] South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. Dr. Alex Amankwah, Associate Professor and former Deputy Dean of the School of Law, James Cook University, Australia. Dr. Edward Kwakwa, Deputy Legal Counsel and Head, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, World Intellectual Property Organization. Dr. Edwini Kessie, Counselor, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization. Dr. Rita Koyame, Assistant Professor of Economics, Florida Memorial College Dr. Rama Mani, Author and Visiting Scholar at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia. Dr. Vincent Nmehielle, Bram Fischer Chair of Human Rights Law, The Mandela Institute, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand.