Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research

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Steering Committee

Dr Dan Armstrong – School of History
Dr Elizabeth Ashford – School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies
Dr Adam Bower (CGLG co-Director) – School of International Relations
Dr Alex Davis – School of English
Dr Melissa Demian – School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies
Lady Drummond – Senator of the College of Justice
Dr Will Eves – Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham
Jim Gallagher – Chair of the Think Tank Our Scottish Future
Karen Katiyo – School of International Relations
Professor Colin Kidd – School of History
Dr Myles Lavan – School of Classics
Dr David Miles – School of International Relations
Dr Victoria Miyandazi – School of History
Stuart Pemble – Mills and Reeve
Dr Mateja Peter (CGLG co-Director) – School of International Relations
Dr Malcolm Petrie – School of History
Dr Jacqueline Rose – School of History
Paul Seils – European Institute of Peace

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Honorary Professors

Lady Drummond Senator of the College of Justice
Jim Gallagher Chair of the Think Tank Our Scottish Future
Professor Janet McLean Professor of Law, University of Auckland
Prof. John Robertson (University of Cambridge, Emeritus) History of Political Thought / Intellectual History
Professor William I. Miller Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Michigan
Aidan O’Neill KC (Scotland and in England & Wales) Matrix Chambers
Professor Malik Dahlan Principal Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy

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Honorary Research Fellows

Hugh Dillon Former Deputy State Coroner, New South Wales; Committee Member, National Judicial College of Australia; Visiting Professorial Fellow, Law, UNSW, Sydney
Hannah Friedman Henry Bates Overseas Fellow, Michigan Law

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Research Staff & Postdoctoral Researchers

Professor Ali Ansari School of History
Dr Milinda Banerjee School of History
Dr Bernhard Blumenau School of International Relations
Dr Adam Bower School of International Relations
Dr Rory Cox School of History
Dr Ana del Campo School of History
Dr Andrew Cecchinato (Marie Curie Fellow) School of History & University of Michigan Law School
Professor Oliver Crisp School of Divinity
Dr João Rafael Cunha School of Economics and Finance
Shuvatri Dasgupta (University of Cambridge/St Andrews)
Dr Adam Etinson School of Philosophy, Social Anthropology, Film and Music
Dr Tim Greenwood School of History
Professor Knud Haakonssen School of History
Professor James Harris Head of Department, School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, and Professor of the History of Philosophy
Dr Tristan Henderson School of Computer Science
Dr Jon Hesk School of Classics
Dr Felicity Hill School of History
Dr Konrad Lawson School of History
Dr Jacqueline Rose School of History
Dr Ben Sachs School of Philosophy, Social Anthropology, Film and Music
Dr Gabriella Slomp School of International Relations
Professor Christopher Smith School of Classics
Dr Taylor St John School of International Relations
Dr Alex Woolf School of History
Dr Akhila Yechury School of History

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Corresponding Members

Jonathan Ainslie (University of Edinburgh) PhD student
Dr Merridee Bailey (University of Adelaide) Centre for the History of Emotions, Adelaide; Associate Member, Faculty of History, Oxford University
Samuel Barley MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2017/8)
Nathan Beck-Samuels MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2020/21)
Olivia Bousquette MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2020/21)
Anna Brainin MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2021/22)
Professor John W. Cairns (University of Edinburgh) Professor of Civil Law, University of Edinburgh School of Law
Erin Casey MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2021/22)
Paolo Celeridad MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2019/20)
Christine Cheng MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2019/20)
Chan Shiu Chung MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2016/17),  Lecturer at Hong Kong Shue Yan University and a SJD student at the University of Hong Kong
Dr Kimberley Czajkowski (University of Edinburgh) Lecturer, University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics & Archaeology
Dominic Dark MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2017/8), Clyde &Co LLP
Alix De La Motte De Broons De Vauvert MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2020/21)
Dr Lisa Eberle  Assistant Professor in Ancient History, University of Tübingen
Dr Lorren Eldridge  Assistant Professor in Private Law, University of Cambridge
Professor Mark Elliot Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, University of Glasgow
Dr Will Eves Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham
Esther Goldschlagner, Legal Professional
Dr Sarah Greer Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford
Olimpia Gribincea MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2020/21)
Jakub Gutkowski MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Gavin Hadfield Partner, HFW
Adela Halo (Queen Mary University of London) PhD Student
Edward Heaton General Counsel, LGT Vestra
Dr Louise Heren (Oxford Brookes) Visiting Researcher in Crime History
Dr Rachel E. Holmes (Wolfson College, University of Cambridge) College Assistant Professor, Director of Studies, and Fellow in English
Dr Ingrid Ivarsen Postdoctoral Researcher at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Vittorio Jacinto (Roma Tre) Erasmus+ Exchange Student (2019)
Dr Chloë Kennedy (University of Edinburgh) Senior Lecturer in criminal law
Teoman Kucuk MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Dr Harshan Kumarasingham (University of Edinburgh) Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science
Jane Lambert Barrister
Michael Lobban (London School of Economics) Professor of Legal History
Elikem Logan MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2020/21)
Maks Del Mar (Queen Mary University of London) Reader in Legal Theory
Alicia Mavor (University of Cambridge) MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2016/7), PhD
Dr Matthew McHaffie Civil Servant, Cabinet Office
Dr Sara Menzinger (Roma Tre) Substitute Professor of Legal History in the Department of Jurisprudence at Roma Tre
Alex Miller-Pelletier MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Emily Miller MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Gerald Montagu Counsel, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Florian Müller (Zeppelin University) MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2016/7), PhD
Simon Murray Barrister
Richard Nicholl (BPP London) MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2016/7), One Essex Court
Kathrin Nickel D.Phil Student, University of Oxford
Dr Joan Lockwood O’Donovan (University of Edinburgh and University of St Andrews) Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh in the School of Divinity, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews in the School of Divinity
Sarah Palmer-Scoon
Philip Paschalides Partner, Walkers
Sandy Philip, Lord Philip Former Senator of the College of Justice
Stuart Pemble Partner, Mills and Reeve Solicitors
Professor Paul J. du Plessis (University of Edinburgh) Senior Lecturer in Civil Law and Legal History, University of Edinburgh School of Law
Edwin Ploye MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2019/20)
David Ponwitz MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2019/20)
Harry Potter Barrister, 25 Bedford Row, and broadcaster
Jonathan Powell PhD Student, King’s College, London
John Priddy MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2019/20)
Friederike Ritzmann (University of Warwick) MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2016/7)
Kenneth Rogers MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2017/8), Kanda Consulting
Dr Guido Rossi (University of Edinburgh) Lecturer in European Legal History, Edinburgh Law School
Meridith Roy Lawyer, New York
Dr Jenna Sapiano Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre
Yazmin Sisay MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Daniel Lord Smail (Harvard University) Professor of History; Donald Bullough Fellow 2019-2020, University of St Andrews
Francisca Soromenho Ascenso LLM, of Counsel at AAMTLegal | TA and Guest Lecturer at Lisbon Law School
George Sprague Principal Associate, Mills & Reeve
Dr Attilio Stella School of History, University of Verona
Jenny Stewart FRSA, Non-Executive Director and former KPMG Partner, member of University Court
Prof. Dr. Jörg Philipp Terhechte Chair for Public Law, European and International Law, Regulation and Competition Law at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany and Professor for European and International Economic Law at the University of Glasgow
David Brynmor Thomas, KC (Queen Mary University of London) Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers, and Honorary Professor in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Rondene Vassell MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Hattie Watson MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Dr Sarah White Lecturer in History, University of Lancaster
Alasdair Wilde MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018/9)
Mark Wonnacott KC
Xiaojing Zhu (Shandong University of Arts, China) Visiting Scholar, University of St Andrews (2017/8)
Matthew Bruce Trainee Solicitor, the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Abertay University
Alexander Geisler MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Claude De Surville MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Cooper Smith MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Neyve Egger MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Ridley Thomas MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Sarah Garde MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)
Nathan Kett MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies (2023/4)

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Current and Past Research Students

Nathan Alexander “Atheists and Racial Thought in Britain and the United States, c. 1850-1914” [Prof. Colin Kidd]
Dan Armstrong “Anglo-Papal Relations, c.1066-c.1135” [Prof. John Hudson]
David de Concilio “Aspects of ius commune in northern Italy” [Prof. John Hudson]
Jamie Cumby “The Law Book Publishing Industry in Lyon: 1502-1562” [Prof. Andrew Pettegree]
Richard Daglish “Decolonising White Africa: Examining the Experiences of Algerians and Kenyans” [Dr Stephen Tyre]
Abe Davies “Early modern English poetics and dramaturgy of soul, spirit and ghost” [Dr Alex Davis]
Cinnamon Ducasse “Ecclesiastica Pragmata: Public Space and the Regulation of Property in the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of the Late Roman East, with a view to its ‘Reception’ in the Twelfth-Century” [Prof John Hudson and Prof Caroline Humfress]
Meghan Dulsky “Remembering the Dead on the Edge of Empire: Epitaphs and Social Change in Late Antique Italy (300-600 CE)” [Prof Caroline Humfress and Dr Carlos Machado]
Helga Hafliðadóttir [Prof. Tony Lang]
Joshua Hey “Political Oaths in England” [Prof. John Hudson]
Cory Hitt “Law and honour in medieval Iceland and France” [Prof. John Hudson]
Karen Katiyo “After Transition: Lessons from Constitutional Courts after Political Transition” [Prof. Tony Lang and Dr. Mateja Peter]
Poppy Kershaw ‘Maine and Maitland: Thinking about Law in Nineteenth Century England’ [Prof. John Hudson]
Saskia Limbach “Government Use of Print in the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th Century” [Prof. Andrew Pettegree]
Alexander Lombardo “Law in Late Antiquity”  [Prof. Caroline Humfress]
James McMordie “Neoclassical Realism and European Responses to the Ukrainian Crisis” [Dr. Ryan Beasley]
Lina Malagon “Transitional justice, constitutional law and human rights” [Dr. Javier Argomaniz. Second supervisor. Dr. Tim Wilson]
Stuart Neave “Alternatives to the Unitary British State: Federalism, Pluralism, and Non-A Statist Socialism, 1860-1950” [Colin Kidd and Richard Whatmore]
Andreas Papamichail [Prof. Tony Lang and Prof. Patrick Hayden]
Jonathan Paquette “Scottish Unionist and Tory Ideas in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries” [Prof. Colin Kidd]
Scott Reid “Constitutional Ideas in Scottish Political Thought, c. 1880-1914” [Prof. Colin Kidd, St Andrews and Prof. Ewen Cameron, Edinburgh]
Christof Royer “R2P, the International Criminal Court, and the Struggle against Evil in International Relations” [Prof. Tony Lang]
Lydia Schriemer “I Ask you to Give Me a Guardian: Female Guardianship and the Influence of Christianity in Late Antiquity” [Prof Caroline Humfress, cotutelle with University of Ottawa]
Freja Stamper “De-centering the Study of Divine Law in Late Antiquity: Junillus’ Instituta Regularia Divinae Legis and Cassiodorus’ Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum” [Dr Tim Greenwood and Professor Caroline Humfress].
Chao Xiao “The Formation of the Episcopalis Audientia (c. 260-438CE), Compared with Han Dynasty ChunQiu Adjudication (202 BC – 200 AD)” [Prof Caroline Humfress and Dr Konrad Lawson]