Public Law
The public law research area at Edinburgh Law School provides cutting-edge research and teaching in some of the most pressing issues in contemporary law and politics.
It covers a wide variety of issues, including: questions of sub-state nationalism, plurinational constitutionalism, and the constitutionality of independence and secession of states; the legal and constitutional issues emerging from societies transition from conflict, such as inclusive peace process design and the role and status of peace agreements in constitutional and international law; the regulation and administration of environmental issues including climate change law; as well as the legal and constitutional implications of suprastate governance and adjudication, especially with respect to the EU and ECHR.
It has also been a major hub of research in pressing issues facing the constitutional futures of the UK, such as the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Sanja Badanjak, Chancellor's Fellow
Kathryn Nash, Chancellor's Fellow
Christine Bell, Professor of Constitutional Law
Elisenda Casanas Adam, Senior Lecturer in Public Law and Human Rights
Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law
Cormac Mac Amhlaigh, Professor of Public Law
Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory
Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations
Asanga Welikala, Lecturer in Public Law
Research Project Staff:
Juline Beaujouan, Senior Research Fellow
Tim Epple, Managing Director, Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep)
Adam Farquhar, Research Associate and Data Officer
Niamh Henry, Research Data Engineer, Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PCREP)
Jinrui Wang, PeaceRep PeaceTech Visualisation Research Assistant
Robert Wilson, PeaceRep Research Fellow and Policy Co-ordinator
Laura Wise, PeaceRep Senior Research Fellow and Programme Coordinator
Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law
The Centre for Constitutional Law provides a focal-point for research in public law and constitutional theory in the United Kingdom and beyond.
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Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory
The Centre for Legal Theory combines an openness to diverse areas and styles of theoretical research with a deeply collegiate atmosphere.
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Global Justice Academy
The Global Justice Academy is an interdisciplinary research network at the University of Edinburgh and beyond exploring global justice in its broadest sense.
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