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PhD Supervision - Areas of Interest

Richard Austen-Baker

Law of contracts; contract theory, especially relational contract theory; history of contracts; outsourcing/insourcing contracts; framework (umbrella) contracts.

Sarah Beresford

Sarah Beresford would be happy to receive applications from potential doctoral students in the areas of Family, Gender, Sexuality and Religion.

Dr Bryan would be happy to supervise doctoral students in most areas within the broad field of Criminal Justice Studies (including Criminal Law and the Laws of Evidence). Prospective research students should go to: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law/prospective/postgrad/admissions.htm

Mark Butler

EU Labour Law: Free Movement of Workers, Discrimination law, the rights of employees to participate in management decisions, Health and Safety, family-friendly rights, and social policy. UK Employment Law: any aspect of UK employment law will be considered on the strength of the application.

Amanda Cahill-Ripley

International human rights, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights; human rights and development; human rights, conflict and transitional justice.

Bela Bonita Chatterjee

Dr Chatterjee welcome expressions of interest from potential doctoral students in the following areas: Socio-Legal studies, in particular: Gender, Sexuality and Law Film/Media and the Law

Agata Fijalkowski

I am interested in research proposals from students writing dissertations or theses under the following headings: Comparative criminal justice Legal transition Post-totalitarian law Terrorism

Georgina Firth

Criminal law - particularly feminist perspectives, penology and sexual offences Immigration law - particularly feminist perspectives, issues relating to children and asylum issues

Sara Fovargue

Health care law and ethics generally. I am particularly interested in clinical research involving human and non-human animals, developing biotechnologies such as xenotransplantation (especially issues of risk and regulation), reproductive technologies, and decision making for the 'vulnerable' Family law - especially issues around parents, parenthood and reproductive technologies, children and childhood - particularly children and health.

Neil Kibble

I would be happy to receive applications from potential Doctoral students in the areas of: criminal evidence (especially in sex offence cases,evidence proof and facts, and evidence of bad character; criminal law (especially rape and other sex offences); comparative criminal law & procedure; judges, juries & lay participation in criminal trials; judicial independence & accountability; affirmative action.

Philip Lawton

I have experience of supervising several successful Phd candidates and I welcome for consideration MPhil/Phd proposals on corporate law, corporate governance and also trusts law including legal transplantation and law in a post colonial context in these areas. I particuarly enjoy comparative studies but in addition to theoretical emphasis I am also prepared to consider a wide range of socio-legal and/or empirical approaches.

Angus MacCulloch

Competition Law, EU Law, and Regulation

Barbara Mauthe

Public Law

David Milman

Company Law Partnership Law Securities Law Bankruptcy Law Insolvency Law European Commercial Law International Business Law Education Law Fiscal Law Legal History Interface between Islamic law and western commercial law

Suzanne Ost

I am happy to supervise research degrees on the subjects of assisted dying, end of life and other aspects of medical law and bioethics, legal and social issues surrounding child pornography/sexual grooming and child sexual exploitation and other areas related to my research interests.

Peter Rowe

International Humanitarian Law (Law of Armed Conflict or Laws of War) Human Rights relating to Armed Forces Comparative Military law

Sigrun Skogly

I welcome applications in the broad fields of Public international law;International Human Rights Law; Economic, social and cultural rights; International human rights obligations; Extraterritorial human rights obligations International institutional law Current or recent topics covered in PhD supervision: The Right to Water as a Human Right. The Implementability of the Right to Water.Foreign Direct Investment and Human Rights WTO.Human Rights and the Right to Health in Thailand. The Right to Participation in Human Rights.Indigenous Peoples and International Law. Language rights of immigrant minorities.International law, internal conflict and the duty to protect.The right to development and poverty. Trafficing in women in international law and the United Arab Emerets. Economic variables and the right to social security.Rights of Women in Pakistan.Discrimination in the right to education - experience from a European settting

David Sugarman

I welcome postgraduate and doctoral applications from students in the areas of: Responses to massive violations of human rights. Universal jurisdiction, especially with respect to senior state officials. The domestic and transnational struggle to bring General Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, to justice, its impact and larger significance. Human rights struggles in Latin America, notably, Chile and Argentina. ? Transitional justice. ? Law and globalization. ? Law and society in England since 1780. ? Lawyers and Society. ? Visual images of law and lawyers. ? Law and politics. ? Legal education. - Law and literature. . Research Supervision Current and recently completed PhD and Post-Doctoral Students include: Dr Christos Boukalas, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, is extending his research on the counterterrorism measures introduced in the United States post-9/11 and their socio-political implications. R. Gwynedd Parry completed his dissertation on David Hughes Parry - A Jurist in Society, in 2009. Ben Mayfield is completiing his dissertation on the emergence of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Alex Murray, a Faculty Research Scholar, is completing a comparative analysis of the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunals and the European Court of Human Rights.

James Summers

Any field of international law

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Home About Undergraduate Postgraduate Staff Research Current Students News & Events Contact Us Information for: Alumni Business Media	PhD Supervision - Areas of Interest Richard Austen-Baker Law of contracts; contract theory, especially relational contract theory; history of contracts; outsourcing/insourcing contracts; framework (umbrella) contracts. Sarah Beresford Sarah Beresford would be happy to receive applications from potential doctoral students in the areas of Family, Gender, Sexuality and Religion. Ian Bryan Dr Bryan would be happy to supervise doctoral students in most areas within the broad field of Criminal Justice Studies (including Criminal Law and the Laws of Evidence). Prospective research students should go to: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law/prospective/postgrad/admissions.htm Mark Butler EU Labour Law: Free Movement of Workers, Discrimination law, the rights of employees to participate in management decisions, Health and Safety, family-friendly rights, and social policy. UK Employment Law: any aspect of UK employment law will be considered on the strength of the application. Amanda Cahill-Ripley International human rights, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights; human rights and development; human rights, conflict and transitional justice. Bela Bonita Chatterjee Dr Chatterjee welcome expressions of interest from potential doctoral students in the following areas: Socio-Legal studies, in particular: Gender, Sexuality and Law Film/Media and the Law Agata Fijalkowski I am interested in research proposals from students writing dissertations or theses under the following headings: Comparative criminal justice Legal transition Post-totalitarian law Terrorism Georgina Firth Criminal law - particularly feminist perspectives, penology and sexual offences Immigration law - particularly feminist perspectives, issues relating to children and asylum issues Sara Fovargue Health care law and ethics generally. I am particularly interested in clinical research involving human and non-human animals, developing biotechnologies such as xenotransplantation (especially issues of risk and regulation), reproductive technologies, and decision making for the 'vulnerable' Family law - especially issues around parents, parenthood and reproductive technologies, children and childhood - particularly children and health. Neil Kibble I would be happy to receive applications from potential Doctoral students in the areas of: criminal evidence (especially in sex offence cases,evidence proof and facts, and evidence of bad character; criminal law (especially rape and other sex offences); comparative criminal law & procedure; judges, juries & lay participation in criminal trials; judicial independence & accountability; affirmative action. Philip Lawton I have experience of supervising several successful Phd candidates and I welcome for consideration MPhil/Phd proposals on corporate law, corporate governance and also trusts law including legal transplantation and law in a post colonial context in these areas. I particuarly enjoy comparative studies but in addition to theoretical emphasis I am also prepared to consider a wide range of socio-legal and/or empirical approaches. Angus MacCulloch Competition Law, EU Law, and Regulation Barbara Mauthe Public Law David Milman Company Law Partnership Law Securities Law Bankruptcy Law Insolvency Law European Commercial Law International Business Law Education Law Fiscal Law Legal History Interface between Islamic law and western commercial law Suzanne Ost I am happy to supervise research degrees on the subjects of assisted dying, end of life and other aspects of medical law and bioethics, legal and social issues surrounding child pornography/sexual grooming and child sexual exploitation and other areas related to my research interests. Peter Rowe International Humanitarian Law (Law of Armed Conflict or Laws of War) Human Rights relating to Armed Forces Comparative Military law Sigrun Skogly I welcome applications in the broad fields of Public international law;International Human Rights Law; Economic, social and cultural rights; International human rights obligations; Extraterritorial human rights obligations International institutional law Current or recent topics covered in PhD supervision: The Right to Water as a Human Right. The Implementability of the Right to Water.Foreign Direct Investment and Human Rights WTO.Human Rights and the Right to Health in Thailand. The Right to Participation in Human Rights.Indigenous Peoples and International Law. Language rights of immigrant minorities.International law, internal conflict and the duty to protect.The right to development and poverty. Trafficing in women in international law and the United Arab Emerets. Economic variables and the right to social security.Rights of Women in Pakistan.Discrimination in the right to education - experience from a European settting David Sugarman I welcome postgraduate and doctoral applications from students in the areas of: Responses to massive violations of human rights. Universal jurisdiction, especially with respect to senior state officials. The domestic and transnational struggle to bring General Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, to justice, its impact and larger significance. Human rights struggles in Latin America, notably, Chile and Argentina. ? Transitional justice. ? Law and globalization. ? Law and society in England since 1780. ? Lawyers and Society. ? Visual images of law and lawyers. ? Law and politics. ? Legal education. - Law and literature. . Research Supervision Current and recently completed PhD and Post-Doctoral Students include: Dr Christos Boukalas, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, is extending his research on the counterterrorism measures introduced in the United States post-9/11 and their socio-political implications. R. Gwynedd Parry completed his dissertation on David Hughes Parry - A Jurist in Society, in 2009. Ben Mayfield is completiing his dissertation on the emergence of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Alex Murray, a Faculty Research Scholar, is completing a comparative analysis of the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunals and the European Court of Human Rights. James Summers Any field of international law	Postgraduate Postgraduate Home About Postgraduate Study Taught Degrees & Modules Studying for a PhD/MPhil PhD Library Find a Supervisor Postgraduate Funding Postgraduate Admissions Information Student Opinions AND Student Profiles Contact Us See also: University Postgraduate Site FASS Graduate School University Graduate School International Students Downloads Masters Degrees FAQs (pdf)
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