Biography
Professor Binder’s career teaching law spans 4½ decades. His primary teaching areas are Environmental Law, Torts and Toxic Torts. He has been involved with infrastructure issues for four decades, starting with the Legal Liability for Dam Failures. He received the National Award of Merit by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials in 1996.
His work includes emergency action planning, energy issues, the causes and responses to natural disasters and tragedies, and security issues, including cybersecurity and cyberbullying. He has written and spoken scores of times to academic, legal and professional audiences on these problems.
His recent research focuses on two aspects of disasters. The first is on natural and human risks in the environment, recognising that human development magnifies the risks of natural hazards. The second is the increasing application of criminal law in disasters and tragedies in the New Millennium.
Professor Binder received his LL.M., in 1971 and doctorate in law (S.J.D.) from the University of Michigan in 1973.
*Professor Denis Binder is attached to more than one section of the International Academic Advisory Board.
