We have some of the top law academics in the UK working on world-leading research as part of the wider School of Social Sciences.
Our researchers have expertise across:
Corporate and commercial law
Criminal law and justice
Environmental law
Human rights
Private international law
Public international law
Public law
Scots law
Current research topics includes:
Human Rights and Liberal Democracy
Towards an International Law of Energy
Domestic assaults and abuse: a comparison of two or more jurisdictions’ criminal procedures as they impact on the victims of domestic violence
Developments and specific issues associated with corporate insolvency
Environmental Accountability
Subnational Constitutionalism
The polluter pays principle in energy law
Law and visuality
Cultural legal studies
Critical legal theory / critical legal studies
Private international law
Water services governance and regulation