Gold, Edgar

Professor Edgar Gold is recognized as one of the world's leading specialists in the areas of international ocean law and marine and environmental policy development. He commenced his career in the merchant marine, serving on most types of vessels in worldwide trade for sixteen years. Professor Gold was admitted to the Nova scotia Bar in 1973 and has been a practising lawyer since then.He was a Professor of Law at Dalhousie University from 1979 to 1994 and was the inaugural director of the Faculty of Law's prestigious Marine and Environmental Law Program (MELP). He was also the founding executi...