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Neil Boister

University of Canterbury

Professor at University of Canterbury, Faculty of Law. His research interests lie at the intersection between the fields of criminal law and international law.
His initial specialisation was in international drug control law, the topic of his PhD, and he retains an interest in the international drug control system, but he has since written extensively on international tobacco smuggling, the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, and the law of extradition.
He is particularly interested in the developing field of transnational criminal law, as that part of international criminal law in a general sense which is concerned with the suppression of transnational crime by states, and has published extensively on this topic.
In addition, he has worked in international criminal law in a strict sense, particularly on the law and history of the International Tribunal for the Far East.