Departmental Research Interests

The Department is able to offer supervision to research students in most of the major areas of law, including:

  • African Legal Theory
  • Anti-Discrimination Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Constitutional Theory
  • Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Devolution and Human Rights
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Environmental Regulation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
  • Evaluation of Crime Control and Reduction Measures
  • Family and Gender Issues
  • Forensic Application of Technology
  • Governance of Criminal Justice and Crime Policy
  • History of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and the Penal System
  • Human Rights Protection
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • International Organisations
  • Interaction of Theory and Practice in Criminology
  • IT Aspects of Contracting, Dispute Resolution, Crime, and Regulation
  • Jurisdictional Issues
  • Medical Aspects of Criminal Law
  • Mental Health Law
  • Person Trafficking
  • Protection of Cultural Property and Heritage
  • Protection of Vulnerable Persons
  • Refugee Protection
  • Regulation of Health and Safety at Work
  • Regulation of Business Cartels
  • Regulation of Biotechnology
  • Rural Crime
  • Security Issues
  • Treatment of Offenders
  • Welsh legal Dimension

Discussion of Research may be found in the issues of Research Forum: 

Research Forum 2007
Research Forum 2008 

A more detailed list of staff research interests can be found under the Staff Directory.