The Faculty of Law
• PhD/ Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University
• Masters of Law / Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) Degree, University of Oxford
• Masters of Law (LL.M.) Degree in Energy, Environment and Natural Resource Law, University of Houston
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Degree, University of Guyana
• Oil, Gas and Energy Law
• International Environmental Law
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
• International Environmental Law (biodiversity protection, climate change, hazardous waste management)
• Oil, Gas and Energy Law (natural resource governance, local content, oil contracts)
• Administrative Law (access to justice, standing)
• Public International Law (treaties, law of the sea, international trade law, international human rights and Caribbean regional jurisprudence)
• Oil, Gas and Energy Law
• International Environmental Law
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
1. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Eduardo G. Pereira, Reg Fowler, Thomas Stephens, André Lemos, Wan Mohd Zulhafiz Wan Zahari, Reyhan Kamil & Nurzhan Kakimov, “Evolving Trends in Production Sharing Agreements & Cost Recovery Systems”, 8 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 603 (2023), Available at https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/onej/vol8/iss3/4
2. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Eduardo G. Pereira, and Berryl Claire Asiago, “A Review of the Guyana Landmark Local Content Law” Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 2023. Oxford University Press. Pages 1-15. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jwelb/jwac045
3. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Eduardo G. Pereira, Thomas Muinzer and Aurelia Reid, “Reconciling the Local Content Laws and Policies in Trinidad and Guyana with the CARICOM Trade Rules: Lessons from the European Union” Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 2022. Oxford University Press. Pages 1-21. Available at https://academic.oup.com/jwelb/advance-article- abstract/doi/10.1093/jwelb/jwac013/6593933
4. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Eduardo G. Pereira, Marianthi Pappa, Thomas Kojo Stephens, Piti Eiamchamroonlarp and Alberto Lopes, “Stabilisation Provisions: Do they provide the desired protection? (Part 1)” Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly (2021) Vol 69, Pages 693-722. Available at: https://store.lexisnexis.com/products/oil-gas-energy-quarterly-skuSKU10462/
5. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Eduardo G. Pereira, Marianthi Pappa, Thomas Kojo Stephens, Piti Eiamchamroonlarp and Alberto Lopes, “Stabilisation Provisions: Do they provide the desired protection? (Part 2)” Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly (2021) Vol 70, Pages 179-235, (Available at: https://store.lexisnexis.com/products/oil-gas-energy-quarterly-skuSKU10462/
6. Alicia Elias-Roberts “Balancing Environmental Protection and Offshore Petroleum Developments in Guyana” Global Energy Law and Sustainability Journal (April 2020) Vol. 1:1, pages 1 - 27. Published by Edinburgh University Press and available at https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/gels.2020.0004
7. Alicia Elias-Roberts, “A review of the legal framework of local content provisions in Guyana” OGEL Special Issue on the Regulation of Petroleum Development in Guyana (March 2020) Vol. 18, Issue 2. Pages 1-16. Available at https://www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=3880&fbclid=IwAR0Pi3GfEp8d7lFCvircE...
8. Alicia Elias-Roberts & Rocky R. Hanoman, “CARICOM, the CSME, and absolute sovereignty: lessons learnt on the road towards regional integration,” Commonwealth Law Bulletin (2019). Pages 1 - 24. Available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050718.2018.1547654?scroll=top&needAccess=true
9. Alicia Elias-Roberts “Offshore Energy Development in Disputed Maritime Waters” Vol. 7 International Energy Law Review (2017) Vol. 7. Pages 262 – 271.
10. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Legal Reflection on the Guyana-Venezuela Maritime Issue, Caribbean Journal of International Relations & Diplomacy Vol. 2, No. 1 pp.13-36 (2014).
11. Alicia Elias-Roberts, “A Comparative analysis of the UK and Commonwealth Caribbean approach towards Legitimate Expectation.” Commonwealth Law Bulletin (2013). Pages 1 – 10. Available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03050718.2012.734966
1. Alicia Elias-Roberts, “The Legal and Regulatory Framework to support Off-grid Renewable Electricity in Trinidad and Tobago” in Regulatory Support for Off-grid Renewable Electricity, edited by Dr. Ngozi Chinwa Ole, Eduardo G. Pereira, Peter Kayode Oniemola, and Luiz Gustavo Kaercher (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2023), pages 241-255.
2. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Gustavo Castro Ribeiro, Eduardo G Pereira, Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, Thaiz da Silva Vescovi, Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos, João Victor Correia Lopes, “Regulatory and technical opportunities for reducing flaring and venting operations in oil and gas fields in Brazil” in The Palgrave Handbook of Natural Gas and Global Energy Transitions, ed. Damilola s. Olawuyi and Eduardo Pereira (Palgrave, Macmillian, 2022). Pages 415 – 438. Available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91566-7?page=2&oscar-books=true#toc
3. Alicia Elias-Roberts, “Guyana PSA” in Production Sharing Agreements: A Global Legal Handbook, edited by Flavio G I Inocencio (Globe Law and Business, 2021). Pages 93 – 105. Available at https://www.globelawandbusiness.com/books/production-sharing-agreements-a-global-legal-handbook
4. Alicia Elias Roberts, “Challenges of the legal and regulatory framework of decommissioning activities in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana” in The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Re-Use Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry, edited by Eduardo G. Pereira, Keith Hall, Alexandra Wawryk, Heike Trischmann and Catherine Banet (Wolters Kluwer Publishing, 2020) Pages 369 - 390. Available at https://law-store.wolterskluwer.com/s/product/regulation-decommissioning-abandonment-reuse-initiatives-oil-and-gas-industry/01t4R00000NqlKZ
5. Alicia Elias Roberts, ‘The Development and Implementation of Local Content in the Extractive Industries in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana’ in Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR – Developments in the Extractive Sector in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance Series, Eduardo Pereira, et al (eds.) Springer International (2020) Switzerland under the Series - CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. Series Editors: Samuel Idowuand RenéSchmidpeter. Vol. 0, Eduardo G. Pereira et al: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR, 978-3-030-56091-1, 499758_1_En. Pages 343 – 358. Available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56092-8?page=2&oscar-books=true#toc
6. Alicia Elias Roberts, ‘The Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana’ in Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR – Developments in the extractive Sectors. Editors, Eduardo Pereira, Rochelle Spencer and Jonathon Moses. Published by Springer International (2020) Switzerland in the Series - CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. Series Editors: Samuel Idowuand RenéSchmidpeter. Pages 527 – 544. Available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56092-8?page=2&oscar-books=true#toc
7. Alicia Elias Roberts and Indira Rampaul-Cheddie, ‘The Experiences of Managing the Heritage and Stabilisation fund in Trinidad and Tobago and the Sovereign Wealth Fund in Guyana’ in Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR - Development of Extractive Sector. Editors, Eduardo Pereira, Rochelle Spencer and Jonathon Moses. Published by Springer International (2020) Switzerland in the Series - CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. Series Editors: Samuel Idowuand RenéSchmidpeter. Pages 127 – 146. Available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56092-8?page=2&oscar-books=true#toc
8. Alicia Elias Roberts, CARICOM Regional Integration and Challenges in Maritime Law with Guyana’s Offshore Energy Developments in Current challenges of trade, transnational law and governance facing EU-CARICOM edited by Alicia Elias-Roberts, Professor Stephen Hardy, and Professor Winfried Huck. Publisher: gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development Routledge Book Series – Transnational Law and Governance. Pages 137 to 150. United Kingdom. Series Editor: Professor Paolo Davide Farah (2020). http://www.glawcal.org.uk/research/eu-and-caricom-dilemmas-versus-opportunities-on-development-law-and-economics?fbclid=IwAR2qpGjPO2AEP1qY8QJfPLIj-CfkEW2zVieLoRKkwSm4ywSpmDK1WOybGRU.
9. Alicia Elias Roberts, Professor Stephen Hardy and Professor Winfried Huck ‘Introductory Chapter: EU CARICOM in Context’ in Current challenges of trade, transnational law and governance facing EU-CARICOM, edited by Alicia Elias-Roberts, Professor Stephen Hardy, and Professor Winfried Huck. Publisher: gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development Routledge Book Series – Transnational Law and Governance. Pages 3 to 12. United Kingdom. Series Editor: Professor Paolo Davide Farah (2020). http://www.glawcal.org.uk/research/eu-and-caricom-dilemmas-versus-opportunities-on-development-law-and-economics?fbclid=IwAR2qpGjPO2AEP1qY8QJfPLIj-CfkEW2zVieLoRKkwSm4ywSpmDK1WOybGRU.
Alicia Elias-Roberts, Professor Stephen Hardy, and Professor Winfried Huck (eds.), EU and CARICOM: Dilemmas versus Opportunities on Development, Law and Economics. Publisher: gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development Routledge Book Series – Transnational Law and Governance. United Kingdom http://www.glawcal.org.uk/research/eu-and-caricom-dilemmas-versus-opportunities-on-development-law-and-economics?fbclid=IwAR2qpGjPO2AEP1qY8QJfPLIj-CfkEW2zVieLoRKkwSm4ywSpmDK1WOybGRU. Series Editor: Professor Paolo Davide Farah (2020)
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