The Centre’s profile in international law research remains strong, and covers a broad spectrum, intersecting with EC law, public law, environmental law, criminology and legal theory. For a full list of individual staff publications see www.law.ed.ac.uk/publications/

Professor Alan Boyle, Professor of Public International Law. Alan specialises in international environmental law, law of the sea, international law-making, and international dispute settlement. He is a practising barrister representing governments in the ICJ, the ITLOS and the PCA. Alan was General Editor of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly until 2006. 

Professor Bill Gilmore, Professor of International Criminal Law. Bill specialises in international criminal law, international law on the use of force and law of the sea. He has served as legal adviser to the Commonwealth Secretariat and consultant to the IMF and the Council of Europe on money laundering, extradition, and mutual assistance in criminal investigations. He is also an external Director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and the representative of the Scottish Executive on the Board of Trustees of the Academy of European Law.  

Dr. Cormac Mac Amhlaigh, Lecturer in Public Law. Cormac specialises in the theory of sovereignty and state in European integration and globalization. He is currently working on a project involving approaches to sovereignty in European integration from the perspective of legal and political and international relations theory. He teaches european and international human rights law.

Dr. Stephen Neff, Reader in Public International Law. Stephen specialises in history of international law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law. He is a qualified solicitor and consultant to the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch. 

Professor Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory. Stephen specialises in theory of international law, human rights law and comparative constitutional law. He served as rapporteur of the International Law Association (British Branch) Committee on Theory and International Law from 2001-2004.

Dr. Elisa Morgera, Lecturer in European Environmental Law. Elisa specializes in international environmental law (biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, global governance, corporate accountability) and the relationship between international and EU environmental law. She is a regular contributor to the Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Environmental Policy and Law, and the Review of European Community and International Environmental Law. She has worked with the UN, IUCN and the International Institute for Sustainable Development on questions related to the development and implementation of international environmental law.

Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Lecturer in Public Law. As well as his interests in constitutional and administrative law, Navraj specialises in international environmental law and the law of climate change at the national, regional and international level.  

Dr. James Harrison, Lecturer in International Law. James specialises in international investment law, WTO law, international dispute settlement, and the law of the sea. James is an Editorial Associate of the Journal of Environmental Law to which he contribues annual summaries of significant international environmental law cases.  

Dr. Simona Stirling, Honorary Fellow. Simona specialises in the relationship between public international law and national law; time in international law; minorities and indigenous people; development law; relationship between human rights and general international law; and international competence of state subdivisions. 

Shawn H.E. Harmon, Research Fellow, Innogen, ESRC Cenrte for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics, and Research Associate, SCRIPT, AHRC Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Shawn focuses on the governance and regulation of new and emerging technologies, particularly those which revolve around human health and biomedicine.  He is concerned with a variety of ethico-legal issues, including consent, privacy, access, and the interaction of the research and governance setting with commercial interests (particularly intellectual property), and he adopts a comparative and international approach. His writings cover the activities of numerous international organizations, including the World Health Organization and UNESCO.