Past research topics
See a list of past research titles from our PhD graduates.
Company, Commercial and Financial Law
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminology
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Roxanna Dehaghani | Vulnerability in Police Custody: Definition, Identification and Implementation in the Context of the Appropriate Adult Safeguard | Steven Cammiss Mandy Burton |
| Brian Manarin | Discriminatory and Unfair Practices Against the Indigenous Peoples of Canada in the Selection of Criminal Juries | Sally Kyd Mandy Burton |
| Olson Alleyne | Criminalising identity theft: a comparative study of Barbados, England and Australia | Sally Kyd Chris Clarkson |
| Shawna Coxon | Criminal fantasies: risk of harm in Canadian child pornography law | Sally Kyd |
| Kevin Crosby | Jury independence and the general verdict: a genealogy | Steven Cammiss |
| Robert Barron | How scientific evidence has caused injustices in the English criminal legal system | John Hartshorne |
| Abidah Abdul Ghafar | Legal protection for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses: a critical analysis on the UK and Malaysian law from the perspective of human rights | Mandy Burton Steven Cammiss |
| James Roffee | The law on incest: a new legal realist approach to understanding the English and Welsh prohibitions | Sally Kyd |
Dispute Resolution
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Marie-Odile Sander | Modern European forms of non-voluntary mediation: The case of England in comparative perspective | Pablo Cortés Masood Ahmed |
| Dean Lewis | Testing the harmonisation and uniformity of the UNCITRAL model law on international commercial arbitration | Masood Ahmed François du Bois |
| Levi Ode | Party autonomy and enforceability of arbitration agreements and awards as the basis of arbitration | Masood Ahmed François du Bois |
| Iris Truman | A proposal for International Court of State and Corporate Disputes - the ICSCD | Malcolm Shaw Katja Ziegler |
Employment Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ruksar Sattar |
Reconciliation of work and family life in an evolving United Kingdom labour market: A role for grandparents? | Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Pascale Lorber |
| Robert Wilks | Can the official recognition of sign language offer a solution to the apparent conflict between disability law and deaf identity, and if so, how? | Lisa Rodgers Pascale Lorber |
| Sara Benedi Lahuerta | Examining the effectiveness of the EU Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) in Britain and Spain | Oxana Golynker |
| Lisa Rodgers | Can a legal theory of vulnerability in employment be constructed which represents a valid organising principle for labour law? | Mark Bell |
European Law and Policy
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ewa Zelazna | The EU International Investment Policy after the Treaty of Lisbon 2009: An Institutional Perspective | Adam Cygan Paolo Vargiu |
| Gautier Busschaert | Participatory democracy in the European Union: a civil perspective | Adam Cygan |
Human Rights
International Law
Law and Theory
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Paula Barrantes-Reynolds | Legal pluralism in the Constitution of Bolivia of 2009: between multiculturalism and plurinationalism | Stefano Bertea Hilary Sommerlad |
| Yavuz Alkan | Facilitative secularism: the place of religious arguments in public political debate | Peter Cumper Stefano Bertea |
| Henry Jones | The failures of Liberalism in international law | |
| Joe Wills | Socioeconomic rights as counter-hegemonic praxis in an era of neo-liberal globalization: a Neo-Gramscian analysis | Loveday Hodson |
| Charlotte Woodhead | A critical analysis of the legal and quasi-legal recognition of the underlying principles and norms of cultural heritage | Dawn Watkins Janet Ulph |
| Stuart Wright | A global governance approach to postmodern self-determination | Loveday Hodson |
Medico-legal
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aikaterini Kazou |
The implementation of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in English mental health law |
Liz Wicks Tracey Elliott |
| Ebikaboere Bolanle Olaosebikan | An Investigation Of Surrogate Decision-Making In Relation To Dementia Patients In Care Homes And The ‘Best Interests’ Test Under The Mental Capacity Act 2005 | José Miola Tracey Elliott |
| Nataly Papadopoulou | Assisted dying as the last human right: a critical review of the eligibility criteria for an assisted dying framework in England and Wales | Liz Wicks Tracey Elliott |
| Brendan Kelly | Human rights protection for the mentally ill through mental health law in England and Ireland | José Miola Liz Wicks |
Private Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Ball (graduation January 2022) | Private law protection methods such as the tort of conversion and the protection of digital assets and intangibles | Martin George François du Bois |
| Mavis Ku (graduation July 2021) | “Core Values” and management of museum collections: An analysis of the legal and ethical guidance provided to English and Taiwanese museums | Janet Ulph Stephen Riley |
| Ann Marie Mangion |
Socio-Legal Study of Divorce in Malta | Mandy Burton Dawn Watkins |
| Serife Esra Kiraz | Third Party’s Intellectual Property Rights And The Seller’s Liability Under The United Nations Convention On International Sale Of Goods (CISG) And The Sale Of Goods Act (SGA) |
François du Bois Barbara Bogusz |
| Haward Soper | Contract, conflict and co-operation - a critical analysis of the common law approach to the breakdown of mutual or symbiotic contracts | François du Bois Richard Craven |
| Rita D'Alton Harrison | Governance of the legal and domiciled parent: international surrogacy, border controls and the ‘disconnected’ family | Dawn Watkins |
| Michael Filby | Cyber piracy: can file sharing be regulated without impeding the digital revolution? | Barbara Bogusz |