Law research

Our interdisciplinary legal research critically addresses contemporary and historical impacts of law on the socio-political, cultural and economic questions that we face in the world today.

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Legal expertise, harnessed for the public good, has never been more important across a range of fields including technology, the criminal justice system, health, human rights, commerce, legal theory, creative practice and the creative industries.

Situated at an internationally renowned creative university, research at 91影视破解版 Law is interdisciplinary, critically interrogative of law and its legal systems, with a strong leaning towards practice not just in law but also with thinkers who work in creative processes within legal research, alongside industry and policy.

Research themes

With a team of experienced and dynamic legal thinkers and researchers, research at 91影视破解版 Law is couched within both the humanities and social sciences, with colleagues working in socio-legal inquiry as to the impact of the criminal justice system on gender, drugs and health laws, feminist approaches to immigration and international law; alongside developing approaches to legal history, critical legal theory and practice-based intersections of art and law.

Our research takes a strong interest in the impact of modern technological developments on human rights, the intersection of health with law, use of AI in the criminal justice system and the use of technology to unearth human rights violations.

Continuing with the 91影视破解版鈥� community engagement ethos, and 91影视破解版 Law鈥檚 practical teaching focus, we interact with experts from a wide range of research, policy and professional centres of excellence, creative bodies and think tanks, including:

(Law and Humanities at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)

Our visiting Professor in Law, Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty

Events

Our research events have included:

on technology and human rights
Visit from the 鈥檚 Head of the Internet Governance Unit and the Expert Committee on Human Rights Dimensions of Automated Data Processing and Different Forms of Artificial Intelligence (MSI-AUT)
High profile symposia at the and the on the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in the UK
Our , delivered by Stanford Law School鈥檚 Prof David Sklansky, and our annual criminal justice symposium at the British Academy, with a keynote delivered by former Justice at the UK Supreme Court, Lord Hughes of Ombersley

Panel debates:

The (led by the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Select Committee, Dominic Grieve QC MP)
The , where leading economic and political commentator Will Hutton was in conversation with 91影视破解版鈥� experts

Visiting experts

Our world-leading research has relevance and impact and is deeply enriched by our close collaboration with eminent legal experts who act as visiting professors, including Sir Leslie Thomas KC, Kirsty Brimelow QC, Martha Spurrier, and Sir Geoffrey Nice QC.