Biography

Prof. Proshanto K. Mukherjee

Dalian Maritime University, China

Professor of Law and Foreign Expert


Email: pkm@wmu.se


Qualifications:

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Dalhousie University Law School

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Wales,

Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), Lund University


Publications (selected)


  1. P.K. Mukherjee “Mirage at Sea”, The Marine Observer, Journal of the Meteorological Office, Bracknell, U.K., May 1975.
  2. P.K. Mukherjee, “The Charting and Safe Keeping of Oceans and Waterways: Legal Implications”, Vol. 6, No. 3, May 1981 edition of Dalhousie Law Journal, Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  3. P.K. Mukherjee, “The Consent Regime of Oceanic Research in the New Law of the Sea”, April 1981 issue of Marine Policy, I.P.C. Science and Technology Press Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, U.K.
  4. A.J. Kerr and P.K. Mukherjee, “Who is Qualified to Survey Canada's Off-shore?”, The Canadian Surveyor, April 1984, Journal of the Canadian Institute of Surveyors, pp. 15 – 25.
  5. Ron McNab, P.K. Mukherjee, Richard Buxton, “Canada’s Continental Shelf: An Ocean Mapping Challenge”, in Geos, Vol. 16 No. 1, 1987, published by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, p. 18.
  6. P.K. Mukherjee, “Overtaking or Crossing: Judicial Interpretation and the Mariner's Dilemma”, Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, U.S.A., April 1992, pp. 247-262.
  7. P.K. Mukherjee, “Flagging Options: Legal and Other Considerations”, Mariner, Journal of the Master Mariners’ Society of Pakistan, Vol. 4, No.1, January/March 1993.
  8. P.K. Mukherjee, “Maritime Cases and Rules of Statutory Construction”, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol. 25, No. 2, April 1994, U.S.A.
  9. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The Use of Model Legislation in the Development of a Modern Maritime Regime” WMU Alumni Journal, 2000.
  10. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “New Horizons for Flag States”, Maritime Review, London; Pacific Press Limited, 2000, pp. 110-114.
  11. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The Law of Maritime Liens and Conflict of Laws”, Journal of International Maritime Law (JIML), Issue 3, December 2003.
  12. (Cited extensively by McKerracher J. in Reiter Petroleum Inc. v. The Ship “Sam Hawk” [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep.253 at pp. 267-268 (FCA); per Allsop C.J. in [2016] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 639 at p. 652 (FCAFC).
  13. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Selected Issues of Law and Ergonomics in Maritime Security”, Journal of International Maritime Law,10 [2004] 316.
  14. Proshanto K. Mukherjee and M.Q. Mejia Jr., "The Legal Framework of Maritime Security in International Law", in V.N. Eremeev and V.N. Redchenko (Eds.) A Gateway to Sustainable Development, International Ocean Institute, Sevastopol, 2004, pp.147-157.
  15. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Transformation of Conventions into National Legislation: Piracy and Suppression of Unlawful Acts” Journal of International Commercial Law, University of Wales, Swansea, 2004.
  16. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The Anachronism in Maritime Law that is General Average”, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, October 2005, Vol. 4, No. 3 at pp. 195-209.
  17. Maximo Q. Mejia and Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The SUA Convention 2005: A Critical Evaluation of its Effectiveness in Suppressing Maritime Criminal Acts” (2006) 12 Journal of International Maritime Law, 170-191.
  18. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The New SUA Convention in Perspective” in Shipping and Transport International, London: Guthrum House, August 2006, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.12-15.
  19. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Criminalisation and Unfair Treatment: The Seafarer’s Perspective”, Journal of International Maritime Law, September-October 2006, Volume 12, Issue 5, pp. 325-336.
  20. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Essentials of General Average: A Synoptic Overview of an Ancient Maritime Law” in WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, April 2007, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 21-36.
  21. Mejia M.Q. Jr., Mukherjee P.K., Akselsson R., “The ISM Code in the Context of Swedish Port State Control Statistics” in Ocean Yearbook 2007, Vol. 21, pp. 405-426.
  22. J.U. Schroeder, M.Q. Mejia, Jr., P.K. Mukherjee, F.M. Manolis, S. Dreessen, "Potential Consequences of Imprecise Security Assessments, IAMU Journal, Vol. 4(2), pp. 31-38.
  23. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The ISM Code and ISPS Code – A Critical Legal Analysis of Two SOLAS Regimes” WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, October 2007, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 147-166.
  24. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Abhinayan Basu Bal, “A Legal and Economic Analysis of the Volume Contract Concept under the Rotterdam Rules: Selected Issues in Perspective” Vol. 40, No. 4, October 2009 issue of Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, U.S.A., pp. 579 – 607.
  25. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Abhinayan Basu Bal, “A Legal and Economic Analysis of the Volume Contract Concept under the Rotterdam Rules: Selected Issues in Perspective”, Vol. 77 Journal of Transportation Law Logistics & Policy [1], 2010, Annapolis MD: Association of Transportation Law Professionals Inc., pp. 27-51.
  26. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Olena Bokareva, “Multimodal Maritime Plus: Some European Perspectives on Law & Policy”, (2010), 16 Journal of International Maritime Law.
  27. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Abhinayan Basu Bal, “To Implement or not to Implement: Ship-source Marine Pollution Law in the Baltic Sea Region”, Baltic Transport Journal, 3/2010 (35), May/June 2010.
  28. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Enhancement of Maritime Law Education in the Indian Context”, (2010), NUJS Law Review, Vol.3, Number 4, Kolkata, India.
  29. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Abhinayan Basu Bal, “The Impact of the Volume Contract Concept on the Global Community of Shippers: The Rotterdam Rules in Perspective”, (2010), 17 Journal of International Maritime Law.
  30. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Ying Li, “Multimodality, Short Sea Shipping and the Rotterdam Rules in the Chinese Context: Selected Law and Policy Issues in Perspective”, Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, Vol.79, Number 3, Annapolis, MD, 2012 at pp. 223-244.
  31. Jingjing Xu, David Testa & Proshanto K. Mukherjee, "The Use of LNG as a Marine Fuel: The International Regulatory Framework", Ocean Development and International Law, (2015), Vol. 46:3 pp. 225- 240.
  32. Jingjing Xu, David Testa & Proshanto K. Mukherjee, "The Use of LNG as a Marine Fuel: Civil Liability Considerations from an International Perspective" Journal of Environmental Law, (2016).
  33. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “The Fundamental and Human Rights of Seafarers: Legal Issues in Perspective”, Human Rights Law Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, May 2016 Cuttack: National Law University of Odisha, pp. 56-75.
  34. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Conflict of Laws: The Maritime Dimension in Perspective”, Chinese Journal of Maritime Law (translated into Chinese), 2017.
  35. Proshanto K. Mukherjee and Huiru Liu, “South China Sea Arbitral Award: Critique and Commentary on Selected Legal Issues”, NLUO Law Journal, Cuttack: National University Odisha, July 2018.
  36. Proshanto K. Mukherjee & Huiru Liu, “The Enigmatic Maritime Lien: A Critical Overview of Common Law, Convention Law and Chinese Law”, Il Diritto Maritimo, Genova, Bologna, April 2018, pp. 330 -355.
  37. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Criminalization and Human Rights of Seafarers” Human Rights Law Journal, Cuttack: National Law University Odisha, 2020.
  38. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “MARPOL, London Dumping and BASEL:Interrelationships in Regulatory Ship-Source Pollution Law”, Through the Lens of Maritime Law: A World View, Cuttack: National University Odisha, Centre for Maritime Law 2020.
  39. Proshanto K. Mukherjee, “Thomas Aboagye Mensah, 1932–2020 – In Memoriam” WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Vol. 19(2), pp. 271-273.


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