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*Please direct any enquiries about the activities of the Centre to Dr Alisdair MacPherson.

Dr Alisdair MacPherson (Director)

Research Areas:

Law of Debt
Insolvency Law
Secured Transactions Law
Property Law
Modern Legal History

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Dr Jonathan Ainslie (Associate Director)

Research Areas:

Private Law
Law of Obligations
Roman Law
Scottish Legal History
Law & Economics

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Dr Euan West (Associate Director)

Research Areas:

Private Law
Unjustified Enrichment
Delict/Tort
Cautionary Obligations (Guarantees)

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Prof Derek Auchie

Research Areas:

Law of Evidence
Arbitration
Dispute Resolution
Statutory Interpretation
Witness Reliability
Corroboration

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Dr Douglas Bain

Research Areas:

Property
Leases
Charities
Co-ownership
English Property

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Dr Ilona Cairns (Co-director 2020-2023)

Reseach Areas:

Family Law
Evidence, Criminal Law,
Gender & the Law

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Prof Peter Duff

The Centre mourns the loss of Professor Peter Duff.

Dr Chike Emedosi

Research Areas:

Corporate Finance Law
Secured Transactions Law
Banking and Financial Regulation
International Tax Law
Law and Economics

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Dr J.P. Fassnidge

Research Areas:

Criminal Law
Criminal Justice and Process
Criminal Evidence
Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law

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Prof John Ford

Research Areas:

Scottish Legal History
Maritime Law History

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Dr Alice Krzanich

Research Areas:

Legal History
Private Law
Law and Gender

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Dr Tania Loureiro

Research Areas:

Criminal Justice
Criminal Law
Sexual Offences
Alternatives to Imprisonment
Community Sentences (Community Payback Orders)
Impact of Imprisonment on Families

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Prof Donna McKenzie Skene

Research Areas:

Insolvency
Company Law
Countryside Law

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Dr Clare Frances Moran

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International Criminal Law
International Humanitarian Law
Criminal Law

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Dr Catherine Ng

Research Areas:

Passing-off
Trademarks
Copyright
Publicity
Privacy
Defamation

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Prof Roderick Paisley

Research Areas:

Land Law
Succession
Servitudes
Inheritance
Trusts

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Prof Margaret Ross

Research Areas:

Private Law
Adjectival Law
Dispute Resolution
Civil Justice and Procedure
Evidence
Mental Health Procedures
Family Law (Including Sharia)

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Dr Elizabeth Shaw

Research Areas:

Criminal Responsibility
Moral Enhancement
Free Will
Theories of Punishment
Moral Uncertainty

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Prof Andrew Simpson

Research Areas:

Scottish Legal History
Scots Private Law
Scots Property Law
Scots Succession Law
Comparative Law
Comparative Legal History

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Mitchell Skilling

Research Areas:

Housing Law
Land Law
Contract Law
Tribunals and Non-Judicial Process

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Dr Patricia Živković

Research Areas:

Data Protection
Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Death & Law
Dispute Resolution

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