Leicester Law School
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Armstrong |
The issue of prior record as a consideration in sentencing in Canada |
Sally Kyd Melissa Bone |
| 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
Employment Law
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
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Shirley Llain Arenilla | Colombia’s Nationality Law: A Historical Interpretation | Bernard Ryan Alan Desmond |
| Andrea Harrison (graduation January 2024) |
Legal reviews and judicial oversight in non-international armed conflicts |
Katja Ziegler Onder Bakircioglu |
| Claiton Fyock (graduation July 2023) |
International Law and Foreign Direct Investment: Transitioning States and Law’s Impact on the Movement of Capital |
Paolo Vargiu |
| Oluwabusayo Wuraola (graduation January 2023) |
The Implications of the Grant of Legal Personhood to Natural Entities in New Zealand and The United States of America |
Joe Wills Stephen Riley Stefano Bertea |
| Stavroula Kalopsidiotou (graduation 2021) |
Regional Organisations and ‘Humanitarian Intervention’: Towards Unilateral Enforcement Rights? | Eki Omorogbe |
| Aristi Volou |
Interaction of legal orders in the context of socio-economic rights: Moving towards justiciability? |
Katja Ziegler |
| Siavash Askarirad | A legal analysis of the move toward economic liberalization and foreign investment in Iran | Tony Cole Masood Ahmed |
| Ying-Jun Lin | The intersection of treaty interpretation and the boundary of sovereign power in international economic agreements | Masood Ahmed Tony Cole |
| Charlotte Wick | Incitement to commit genocide | Steven Cammiss Troy Lavers |
| Carlos Canales | Petroleum conservation: do international framework agreements for the development of transboundary hydrocarbon resources effectively apply conservation principles? | Malcolm Shaw Thoko Kaime |
| Colin Flynn | Sentencing at the international criminal court: a practice in search of a rationale | Troy Lavers Yassin Brunger |
| Samuel Akorimo | An assessment of the suitability of the ICT of Rwanda as a criminal justice response to the genocide of 1994 |
Eki Omorogbe Malcolm Shaw |
| Catherine Ovo Imoedemhe | National implementation of the complementary regime of the Rome statute: obligations and challenges for domestic legislation with Nigeria as a case study | Eki Omorogbe |
| Abdelnaser Ali | Smuggling of migrants in contemporary international law | Katja Ziegler |
| Farhad Mirzayev | UTI Possidetis v self-determination: the lessons of post-Soviet practice | Malcolm Shaw Loveday Hodson |
| Eldirdiri (Dirdeiry) Mohamed Ahmed | The African territorial regime: establishing its customary existence and arguing for its augmentation by a tight to egalitarian secession | Eki Omorogbe Katja Ziegler |
| Mojeed Alabi | Analysis of the role of the ECOWAS court in regional integration in West Africa | Erika Szyszczak |
Law and Theory
Medico-legal
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Shweta Luthra (graduation July 2023) | Considering the consequences for mentally disordered defendants in India and England |
Sally Kyd Tracey Elliott |
| 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 |