Moral and legal aspects of stem cell research in Argentina
Mr Andrew Farrer
Lecturer in Mental Health Law & Tutor Mentor
LLB, MSc, PGCAP, FHEA
Office hours:
Tel: +44 (0)131 651 4529
Email: a.farrer@ed.ac.uk
View my publicationsI entered the Law School as an undergraduate mature student after a career in Social Work. I hold an LLB and an MSc from Edinburgh. I have been teaching in the Edinburgh Law School for over ten years. My areas of teaching include European Union law at Ordinary and Masters level, and Mental Health Law Honours. I am a member of the Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE).
Dr Ruiqiao Zhang
Senior Lecturer in Corporate Finance, Corporate and Commercial Law
DCL, LLMs, LLB, BSC
Solicitor of England and Wales / Qualified Chinese Lawyer
Office hours:
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6957
Email: Ruiqiao.Zhang@ed.ac.uk
View my publicationsDr Ruiqiao Zhang possesses a comprehensive educational background, rigorous academic training, and extensive research and practice experience across multiple legal traditions and jurisdictions in Asia, Europe, and North America.
She holds two bachelor’s degrees in Law and Science, three master’s degrees in Civil and Commercial Law, International Commercial and Trade Law, and Comparative Law from universities in China, the Netherlands, and Canada respectively, and a doctoral degree in law from McGill University, where she was supervised by Professor Lionel Smith.
Her scholarly work includes monographs and articles published with leading academic presses such as Hart Publishing and Oxford University Press, as well as in prominent peer-reviewed journals across comparative law, general jurisprudence, and specialised legal domains.
Dr Ruiqiao Zhang is dually qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as a lawyer in China. She regularly advises a range of organisations, including the China-Britain Business Council and the Cross Party Group on China of the Scottish Parliament, where she integrates academic scholarship with cross-jurisdictional practice.
She has held visiting appointments at the Oxford Law Faculty (Academic Visitor, 2026) and at Peking University Law School (Visiting Professor, 2019).
Miss Samera Yasin
Clare Polson
Senior Programme Administrator, Online Learning
Email: law.online@ed.ac.uk
Professor David Cabrelli
Professor of Labour Law
Deputy Head of School
LLB, DipLP, Solicitor, NP
Office hours:
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 2068
Email: david.cabrelli@ed.ac.uk
View my publicationsDavid Cabrelli joined the School of Law in June 2007 having lectured at the University of Dundee for four years. Prior to being appointed a lecturer, David practised commercial law and corporate law for six years. David's teaching and research interests lie in the fields of labour law/employment law, company law, commercial law and private law. He has published papers in numerous academic and practitioner journals in the field of labour/employment law, corporate law, commercial law and private law, together with a book on the Scots law of commercial agreements and student textbooks on employment law (now in its fourth edition) and Scots commercial law.
One of David’s employment law articles was cited with approval by Lords Hope, Wilson and Sumption in the UK Supreme Court in Société Générale (London Branch) v Geys [2012] UKSC 63; [2013] 1 AC 523 and various other articles published by David have been cited by the Federal Court of Australia, The Supreme Court of South Australia, the Hong Kong High Court, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission.
Twitter: @CabrelliDavid
Google Scholar: David Cabrelli
Dr Leandro Mancano
Senior Lecturer in European Union Law
Director of Internationalisation
Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza (Università di Pisa), Diploma di Licenza (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa), PhD in Law (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)
Email: leandro.mancano@ed.ac.uk
View my publicationsDr Leandro Mancano is Senior Lecturer in EU Law at Edinburgh Law School, former Head of EU Law Subject Area and former Programme Director of the LLM in European Law.
Leandro’s main research interests lie in EU constitutional Law, EU fundamental rights Law, the law and policy of the EU Area of Freedom Security and Justice. He teaches and is course organizer of courses in EU Law, EU Criminal Law, EU Asylum and Immigration Law.
Leandro’s publications focus on the interaction amongst different areas of European law and policy, such as crime, migration, and human rights. His first monograph analyses the legislative and judicial approach of the EU to deprivation of liberty in the fields of substantive and procedural criminal law, immigration, citizenship and free movement.
Before joining the University of Edinburgh, Leandro received his PhD from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa). He has been visiting researcher at Queen Mary University of London, Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Copenhagen. Leandro is UK’s Deputy Contact Point for the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN).
Leandro is regularly involved in public engagement, has drafted policy papers and provided evidence to Scottish institutions
Professor Claudio Michelon
Professor of Philosophy of Law
Head of Subject Area: Legal Theory
LLB, M.Phil, PhD
Tel: +44 131 650 2026
Email: c.michelon@ed.ac.uk
SSRN: Papers
View my publicationsProfessor Michelon's research currently focuses on (a) legal argumentation and on (b) the underlying normative structure of private law doctrines, rules, and concepts.
In relation to legal argumentation, his work investigates several related topics, including:
(i) the role of subjectivity, in particular practical perception, in legal decision-making. He is interested on the role character dispositions (such as virtues and vices) play in the deployment of sound legal arguments;
(ii) the underlying structure of various types of legal argument (legal analogies, inferences to the best explanation, arguments from exemplars, etc.) and the commitments implicit in their use.
His work on private law theory addresses the relationship between private law and justice and the role of private law in structuring the private sphere, among other topics. His legal doctrinal work focuses on the comparative law of unjustified enrichment and contract.
At Edinburgh Law School he teaches courses on general jurisprudence, legal argumentation, and private law theory.
For more details about legal philosophy in Edinburgh check the Centre for Legal Theory pages