Law School Staff Research Interests at Lancaster University

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Richard Austen-Baker

Dr Austen-Baker's interests are in common law, particularly contracts (history, theory and doctrine), also commercial law and the law of torts and of common law remedies. Currently, he is conducting work into implied terms in contracts, and continuing his researches in the field of relational contract theory.

Sarah Beresford

Sarah Beresford's research interests focus upon Gender, Sexuality and Law; Family Law and Society; Religion and Law.

Ian Bryan

Dr Bryan's research interests centre on the following: Administration of Criminal Justice; Laws of Evidence; Criminal Law; Culpability; Criminalisation; Procedural Justice; Legal History; Freedom of Expression; Civil Liberties; Domestic, Regional and International Human Rights; Law and Religion; Legal Theory.

Mark Butler

Dr Mark Butler's research interests are centred on UK employment law and EU Labour law, with a particular emphasis on employee rights. Currently he is conducting research in the area of age discrimination, viewing the protections afforded to workers through comparative analysis. The primary focus of his research is on the position of the age discrimination protections in the context of retirement.

Amanda Cahill-Ripley

International human rights, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights; human rights and development; human rights, conflict and transitional justice; the rights of women and children; international humanitarian law; international refugee law; human rights, civil liberties and public law in UK and Ireland; methods of human rights research.

Bela Bonita Chatterjee

Law, Cyber, Gender, Sexualities, New Media, Socio-Legal

Catherine Easton

Catherine Easton completed her PhD on access to the Internet, citizenship and disabled people in 2010. Her research interests include Internet governance, domain name regulation, intellectual property, access to technology and human/computer interaction. In 2012 Catherine was awarded an HEA international scholarship to carry out research on educational technology in the USA.

Catherine Easton

Conference Papers: Easton, C. (2012) The digital divide and the disabled European ecitizen: The post-Lisbon future British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Conference Northumbria University 29-30 March 2012 Easton, C. (2011) Revisiting the law on website accessibility in the light of the Equality Act 2010 and the UNCRPD British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University Russell, C. (2008) An analysis of policy in relation to technology and disability: towards a universal service model Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Manchester 19th March Russell, C. (2007) Online accessibility: the W3C Guidelines ? a smokescreen for bad practice? Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Kent 4th April Russell, C. (2004) An examination of IT policy in a developing nation: case study South Africa Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Glasgow 8th April Russell, C. (2003) An examination of socio-legal issues surrounding access to technology Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Nottingham15th April Funding: MMU Promising Research Fellow Socio-Legal Studies Association Small Travel Grant Other: Drafted the SCRIPT/BILETA Response to the Government Consultation "A Communications Review for a Digital Age" 2011:http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/research/itforesightforum/BILETA%20Communications%20Review.pdf Organiser of the 2011 BILETA conference held at MMU: http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/bileta/ Guest Editor of the Vol 3(1) 2012 of the European Journal of Law and Technology http://ejlt.org/index.php/ejlt/ Legal Teaching and Learning Activities Conference Papers: Easton, C. (2011) Embedding ever-evolving interactive clicker technology in the legal curriculum: a best practice guide British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University Easton, C. (2009) Asking the Audience: Using Clicker Technology in Legal Education British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 21-23 April 2009, University of Winchester Easton, C. (2009) An exploratory study into the use of interactive technology to teach law Learning in Law Association Conference Warwick University 24th January Funding: BILETA Interactive Technology Grant Institutional Teaching and Learning Fellow HEA Discipline-based Seminar Series http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/seminars/disciplines/DW158 Other: Presenter of CPD sessions on the use of interactive technology to teach law Co-ordinator of the National Law Students Forum Creator of online interactive materials for Routledge and Pearson Publishers

Sara Fovargue

My research largely centres around two areas, biotechnology and reproduction, and I am particularly interested in xenotransplantation. Themes within my work include autonomy, risk, regulation, and the relationship between law and ethics. My research explores legal and ethical aspects of clinical research, regulation and risk, and I have published on the legal regulation of xenotransplantation, and issues surrounding consenting to risk. I am also interested in decision making processes and practices with regard to the 'vulnerable'.

Sophia Kopela

Public international law, international law of the sea, international environmental law, international dispute settlement.

Philip Lawton

My areas of interest are Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Equity and Trusts.I am particuarly interested in aspects of culture and corporations, comparative and transplantation issues in corporate law and governance. The legal dimensions of modelling the life cycles of family firms and the governance aspects of small to medium sized enterprises.

Angus MacCulloch

Research interests primarily in Competition Law, particularly cartels and wider antitrust enforcement issues, but also in a number of other areas; including EU Law, Regulation, White Collar Crime, Intellectual Property, and Video Games.

Barbara Mauthe

Public Law

Gearoid O Cuinn

Gearóid's research focuses on the governance of infectious disease and new technologies. He also has a strong interest in the sociology of human rights law and practice. Gearóid is co-director of Ceartas, Irish Lawyers for Human Rights, a non-profit organisation that develops innovative legal actions to protect and promote human rights internationally.

Suzanne Ost

My main research interests are the legal and societal responses to child pornography, the sexual grooming of children and child sexual exploitation more broadly, health care/medical law and bioethics (particularly assisted dying), related aspects of criminal law, law and literature, the impact of criminal law on bioethics and health care practice and exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship.

Clemens Rieder

My current research interests cover EU law, health care, identity and nationalism.

Sigrun Skogly

My main research interest lie in International Law, International Human Rights Law - in particular human rights obligations and economic, social and cultural rights, Law of International Institutions. I recent years I have focused my research on states' extraterritorial human rights obligations.

David Sugarman

He is best known for his contributions to legal history, the legal profession, legal education, corporate law, and international human rights (with particular reference to the national and transnational struggle to prosecute Augusto Pinochet and to the "human rights turn" in Post-Pinochet Chile). He has been a visiting researcher or professor in Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United States as well as the UK, and has held positions in Law, History, and Politics Departments, and in Faculties of Business, Social Science, the Humanities, and Public and International Affairs. He has authored and edited 18 books (including special issues of law reviews) and over 90 articles and book chapters in academic journals and scholarly collections.

Tom Webb

Tom is conducting research into public law, particularly the theory of constitutionalism, and the use of complexity theory (a systems theory) as a critical device in law. In addition to this Tom has also written on the theory of autopoiesis. Tom is also interested in administrative justice in the tribunals system, particularly as regards immigration and mental health tribunals.

Steven Wheatley

I am interested in how the idea of legitimate political authority is understood in international law. This includes both the idea of democratic authority within and beyond the state, and the idea of authority when applied to other political communities, including ethno-cultural minorities and indigenous peoples.

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Home About Undergraduate Postgraduate Staff Research Current Students News & Events Contact Us Information for: Alumni Business Media	Summary of Staff Research Interests Richard Austen-Baker Dr Austen-Baker's interests are in common law, particularly contracts (history, theory and doctrine), also commercial law and the law of torts and of common law remedies. Currently, he is conducting work into implied terms in contracts, and continuing his researches in the field of relational contract theory. Sarah Beresford Sarah Beresford's research interests focus upon Gender, Sexuality and Law; Family Law and Society; Religion and Law. Ian Bryan Dr Bryan's research interests centre on the following: Administration of Criminal Justice; Laws of Evidence; Criminal Law; Culpability; Criminalisation; Procedural Justice; Legal History; Freedom of Expression; Civil Liberties; Domestic, Regional and International Human Rights; Law and Religion; Legal Theory. Mark Butler Dr Mark Butler's research interests are centred on UK employment law and EU Labour law, with a particular emphasis on employee rights. Currently he is conducting research in the area of age discrimination, viewing the protections afforded to workers through comparative analysis. The primary focus of his research is on the position of the age discrimination protections in the context of retirement. Amanda Cahill-Ripley International human rights, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights; human rights and development; human rights, conflict and transitional justice; the rights of women and children; international humanitarian law; international refugee law; human rights, civil liberties and public law in UK and Ireland; methods of human rights research. Bela Bonita Chatterjee Law, Cyber, Gender, Sexualities, New Media, Socio-Legal Catherine Easton Catherine Easton completed her PhD on access to the Internet, citizenship and disabled people in 2010. Her research interests include Internet governance, domain name regulation, intellectual property, access to technology and human/computer interaction. In 2012 Catherine was awarded an HEA international scholarship to carry out research on educational technology in the USA. Catherine Easton Conference Papers: Easton, C. (2012) The digital divide and the disabled European ecitizen: The post-Lisbon future British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Conference Northumbria University 29-30 March 2012 Easton, C. (2011) Revisiting the law on website accessibility in the light of the Equality Act 2010 and the UNCRPD British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University Russell, C. (2008) An analysis of policy in relation to technology and disability: towards a universal service model Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Manchester 19th March Russell, C. (2007) Online accessibility: the W3C Guidelines ? a smokescreen for bad practice? Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Kent 4th April Russell, C. (2004) An examination of IT policy in a developing nation: case study South Africa Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Glasgow 8th April Russell, C. (2003) An examination of socio-legal issues surrounding access to technology Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Nottingham15th April Funding: MMU Promising Research Fellow Socio-Legal Studies Association Small Travel Grant Other: Drafted the SCRIPT/BILETA Response to the Government Consultation "A Communications Review for a Digital Age" 2011:http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/research/itforesightforum/BILETA%20Communications%20Review.pdf Organiser of the 2011 BILETA conference held at MMU: http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/bileta/ Guest Editor of the Vol 3(1) 2012 of the European Journal of Law and Technology http://ejlt.org/index.php/ejlt/ Legal Teaching and Learning Activities Conference Papers: Easton, C. (2011) Embedding ever-evolving interactive clicker technology in the legal curriculum: a best practice guide British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University Easton, C. (2009) Asking the Audience: Using Clicker Technology in Legal Education British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 21-23 April 2009, University of Winchester Easton, C. (2009) An exploratory study into the use of interactive technology to teach law Learning in Law Association Conference Warwick University 24th January Funding: BILETA Interactive Technology Grant Institutional Teaching and Learning Fellow HEA Discipline-based Seminar Series http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/seminars/disciplines/DW158 Other: Presenter of CPD sessions on the use of interactive technology to teach law Co-ordinator of the National Law Students Forum Creator of online interactive materials for Routledge and Pearson Publishers Sara Fovargue My research largely centres around two areas, biotechnology and reproduction, and I am particularly interested in xenotransplantation. Themes within my work include autonomy, risk, regulation, and the relationship between law and ethics. My research explores legal and ethical aspects of clinical research, regulation and risk, and I have published on the legal regulation of xenotransplantation, and issues surrounding consenting to risk. I am also interested in decision making processes and practices with regard to the 'vulnerable'. Sophia Kopela Public international law, international law of the sea, international environmental law, international dispute settlement. Philip Lawton My areas of interest are Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Equity and Trusts.I am particuarly interested in aspects of culture and corporations, comparative and transplantation issues in corporate law and governance. The legal dimensions of modelling the life cycles of family firms and the governance aspects of small to medium sized enterprises. Angus MacCulloch Research interests primarily in Competition Law, particularly cartels and wider antitrust enforcement issues, but also in a number of other areas; including EU Law, Regulation, White Collar Crime, Intellectual Property, and Video Games. Barbara Mauthe Public Law Gearoid O Cuinn Gearóid's research focuses on the governance of infectious disease and new technologies. He also has a strong interest in the sociology of human rights law and practice. Gearóid is co-director of Ceartas, Irish Lawyers for Human Rights, a non-profit organisation that develops innovative legal actions to protect and promote human rights internationally. Suzanne Ost My main research interests are the legal and societal responses to child pornography, the sexual grooming of children and child sexual exploitation more broadly, health care/medical law and bioethics (particularly assisted dying), related aspects of criminal law, law and literature, the impact of criminal law on bioethics and health care practice and exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship. Clemens Rieder My current research interests cover EU law, health care, identity and nationalism. Sigrun Skogly My main research interest lie in International Law, International Human Rights Law - in particular human rights obligations and economic, social and cultural rights, Law of International Institutions. I recent years I have focused my research on states' extraterritorial human rights obligations. David Sugarman He is best known for his contributions to legal history, the legal profession, legal education, corporate law, and international human rights (with particular reference to the national and transnational struggle to prosecute Augusto Pinochet and to the "human rights turn" in Post-Pinochet Chile). He has been a visiting researcher or professor in Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United States as well as the UK, and has held positions in Law, History, and Politics Departments, and in Faculties of Business, Social Science, the Humanities, and Public and International Affairs. He has authored and edited 18 books (including special issues of law reviews) and over 90 articles and book chapters in academic journals and scholarly collections. Tom Webb Tom is conducting research into public law, particularly the theory of constitutionalism, and the use of complexity theory (a systems theory) as a critical device in law. In addition to this Tom has also written on the theory of autopoiesis. Tom is also interested in administrative justice in the tribunals system, particularly as regards immigration and mental health tribunals. Steven Wheatley I am interested in how the idea of legitimate political authority is understood in international law. This includes both the idea of democratic authority within and beyond the state, and the idea of authority when applied to other political communities, including ethno-cultural minorities and indigenous peoples.	Research Menu About our research Research Clusters Staff research interests Projects Impact and Visibility Publications Research Centres, Groups & Networks Centre for Law and Society Centre for Bioethics and Medical Law British Association for Canadian Studies Legal Studies Group Law and Systems Theory Network (LaSTNet)
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