People & Expertise
*Please direct any enquiries about the activities of the Centre to the Co-directors, Dr Isla Callander and Dr Alisdair MacPherson.
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Dr Chike Emedosi
Research Areas:
- Corporate Finance Law
- Secured Transactions Law
- Banking and Financial Regulation
- International Tax Law
- Law and Economics
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Dr J.P. Fassnidge
Research Areas:
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Justice and Process
- Criminal Evidence
- Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
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Dr Tania Loureiro
Research Areas:
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Sexual offences
- Alternatives to imprisonment
- Community Sentences (Community Payback Orders)
- Impact of imprisonment on families
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Dr Clare Frances Moran
Research Areas:
- International Criminal Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Criminal Law
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Dr Catherine Ng
Research Areas:
- Passing-off
- Trademarks
- Copyright
- Publicity
- Privacy
- Defamation
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Prof Roderick Paisley
Research Areas:
- Land Law
- Succession
- Servitudes
- Inheritance
- Trusts
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Prof Margaret Ross
Research Areas:
- Private Law
- Adjectival Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Civil Justice and Procedure
- Evidence
- Mental Health Procedures
- Family Law (Including Sharia)
Dr Elizabeth Shaw
Research Areas:
- Criminal Responsibility
- Moral Enhancement
- Free Will
- Theories of Punishment
- Moral Uncertainty
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Prof Andrew Simpson
Research Areas:
- Scottish Legal History
- Scots Private Law
- Scots Property Law
- Scots Succession Law
- Comparative Law
- Comparative Legal History
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Mitchell Skilling
Research Areas:
- Housing Law
- Land Law
- Contract Law
- Tribunals and Non-Judicial Process
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Dr Robert Taylor
Research Areas:
- Public Law
- Devolution
- Constitutional Reform
- Constitutional Conventions
- Judicial Review
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Dr Euan West (Associate Director)
Research Areas:
- Private Law
- Unjustified Enrichment
- Delict/Tort
- Cautionary Obligations (Guarantees)