People & Expertise
*Please direct any enquiries about the activities of the Centre to the Co-directors, Dr Isla Callander and Dr Alisdair MacPherson .
Dr Chike Emedosi
Research Areas:
- Corporate Finance Law
- Secured Transactions Law
- Banking and Financial Regulation
- International Tax Law
- Law and Economics
Dr J.P. Fassnidge
Research Areas:
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Justice and Process
- Criminal Evidence
- Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
Dr Tania Loureiro
Research Areas:
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Sexual offences
- Alternatives to imprisonment
- Community Sentences (Community Payback Orders)
- Impact of imprisonment on families
Dr Clare Frances Moran
Research Areas:
- International Criminal Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Criminal Law
Dr Catherine Ng
Research Areas:
- Passing-off
- Trademarks
- Copyright
- Publicity
- Privacy
- Defamation
Prof Roderick Paisley
Research Areas:
- Land Law
- Succession
- Servitudes
- Inheritance
- Trusts
Prof Margaret Ross
Research Areas:
- Private Law
- Adjectival Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Civil Justice and Procedure
- Evidence
- Mental Health Procedures
- Family Law (Including Sharia)
Dr Elizabeth Shaw
Research Areas:
- Criminal Responsibility
- Moral Enhancement
- Free Will
- Theories of Punishment
- Moral Uncertainty
Prof Andrew Simpson
Research Areas:
- Scottish Legal History
- Scots Private Law
- Scots Property Law
- Scots Succession Law
- Comparative Law
- Comparative Legal History
Mitchell Skilling
Research Areas:
- Housing Law
- Land Law
- Contract Law
- Tribunals and Non-Judicial Process
Dr Robert Taylor
Research Areas:
- Public Law
- Devolution
- Constitutional Reform
- Constitutional Conventions
- Judicial Review
Dr Patricia Živković
Research Areas:
- Data Protection
- Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
- Death & Law
- Dispute Resolution