Family law, legislation related to personal rights (esp. protection of personality rights, law of associations and foundation law), medical law, adult protection legislation, inheritance law

Competition Law, Contract Law, Consumer Law

Contracts, consumer law, comparative law, antitrust law, European private law, compliance, unfair commercial practices and advertising law

Civil procedure law, ADR (alternative dispute resolution), criminal trial law

Arbitration, mediation, economic analysis of legislation and the judiciary, provisional measures, IP and fair trade law Restorative justice, mediation in criminal law, agreement, criminal compulsory measures

International law

International human rights protection Democratisation, right to political participation Rights of indigenous peoples International investment law International law of treaties

Public law

Constitutional law, public economic law, particularly energy legislation

Sociology

Sociological Theory, Sociology of Law, History of Sociology

International law, Trade law, International Economic Law, European and International Communications and Media law, Internet law, Copyright Law, Data protection Law

Data-driven economy, Digital trade, Data protection and Cultural policies in the digital age

Discrimination and Human Rights Law, Employment Law, Labour Law, Comparative Law, Legal Theory

Access to justice, worker voice, feminist legal theories, Critical Race Legal Theory, comparative law

Comparative constitutional law, European constitutional law, fundamental rights law, constitutional courts

fundamentals of constitutional law, the impact of European integration on national Constitutions and on the constitutionalisation of Europe balancing between the development of common values and European integration on the one hand, and diversity and national identity on the other area of fundamental rights law: the interaction between national constitutional law, the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

International and european law, esp. human rights, social security and health law public law, comparative law

Public health law, global health law, social security, pharmaceutical regulation, human rights esp. social rights

Civil law (incl. family law and inheritance law), business law and corporate law

German and European contract law, German and European marriage property law Corporate governance Professionalisation of supervisory boards / diversity Methodology for teaching law

The legal history of Europe from the early modern period to the 20th century

History of legislation and codification (Europe from the 18th to the 20th centuries) History of jurisprudence and organisation of the court Comparative history of European copyright and intellectual property rights Legal history of the reception of the Huguenots Prosopography of jurists University history History of Hessen Legal archaeology Legal iconography

Labour law, Employment law

Ruth Dukes’ research interests lie in the field of labour law, particularly collective labour law, and theories and systems of worker representation. She has published widely on trade union law, theories of labour law, employee information and consultation, and British, German and European labour history. She is known in particular for her work on the ‘founding fathers’ of the discipline of labour law: Hugo Sinzheimer, Otto Kahn-Freund, and Lord Wedderburn.

Tax law, VAT law, value added tax law

The interaction between VAT law and income tax law, VAT grouping, human rights and fundamental rights in tax law

International and German Migration and Citizenship Law, Comparative Constitutionalism, German and European Constitutional Law

Solidarity Conflicts in Europe, Migration and Refugee Law in Europe, Citizenship Law, Constitutional Courts in Europe, Social Rights Jurisprudence

Civil law (including law of obligations and family law), comparative law, European private law, business law, international private law

National, European, and international contract law National, European, and international business law National and European family law Protection against violation of personality rights (comparative law) National and international guardianship law

The relationship between technology and human rights, specifically how use of technology impact on, challenge or empower individuals´ ability to enjoy human rights

Human rights and technology, online public life, freedom of expression, privacy and surveillance, Social media platforms, the role of private actors, rights of internet users, and the relationship between human rights law and regional/national information and communication technology (ICT) policy, Commercialized public sphere, new expressions of power, and norm development

Criminology

The use of advanced information and communication technologies in contemporary crime control strategies, border controls in particular. Globalization processes and their impact on criminology and criminal justice.

International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice, Human Rights Law, Legal Philosophy and Anthropology.

The forms, meanings and functions of law in relation to mass crimes and plural justice mechanisms (international / national, traditional / alternative, judicial / extrajudicial). The relationship between law, history and science in the legal treatment of contemporary mass crimes and of their traces and legacies, their denial and their memorialization. The right to truth, the State obligation to investigate associated with it and the obstacles to its implementation in situations of mass crimes impunity. The legal status of human remains and the law of the dead. Criminal law, forensic science, genetics and human rights investigations.

Fundamental rights law, Constitutional law, Equal treatment law, European Convention on Human Rights

The research conducted by Janneke Gerards focuses on fundamental rights, equal treatment law, judicial review and comparative public law. The interrelation of the European Convention on Human Rights, EU law and national law plays a central role in her research. She aims to combine legal theory, comparative law and extensive case-law analysis in her research projects.

The interdisciplinary study of Intellectual property, especially patents

Intellectual property, classification, knowledge-circulation, academic writing, the cultural history of Champagne/champagne

Anthropology of Law

Cultural expertise, Women's rights, International human rights, Law and customs, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Divorce at the woman's initiative, South Asian laws

Criminal law, criminal procedure, legal philosophy, comparative law

Sexual criminal law Pornography criminal law Religious offences Criminalisation Taboo protection through criminal law Theories of punishment Sanctions Sentencing Dignity in criminal law and bioethics

Private international law, international and comparative family law

Women's human rights, law & religion, cross-border families, EU-law

Sociology, criminology

Criminology and criminal justice International comparative criminology, in particular interpersonal and governmental violence Corruption and white-collar crime Criminality in the middle class Criminal justice International crime and justice Transitional justice Emotion and criminality Democracy Criminality and criminal justice

International law, Linguistics study, Refugee resettlement, Humanitarian Law, Human rights, Foreign policy and diplomacy

Law, Linguistics, Human rights, Health literacy, Refugees, International Criminal Law, Diplomacy.

EU law and policy and its interplay with national and international law

Competition law and policy, including EU, national, international and comparative competition law Environmental law and policy, including EU, national and international environmental law EU economic law, particularly EU internal market and taxation law EU human rights law The role of the EU courts

Legislation of European integration (interface between constitutional and EU law); international maritime and environmental law; constitutional and human rights protection

Intellectual or intangible property law (trademark law, copyright law, patent law, unfair competition law)

Basic questions of the protection of intellectual property International agreement on the protection of intellectual property

Feminist Social and Legal Philosophy

Human Rights, Intersectionality, Discrimination, Gender Equality Policies, Cultural Diversity, Social Inclusion, Citizenship Regimes

Corporate and Financial Markets Law, Legal Theory

Corporate Governance Corporate Governance of Banks Investor Protection on Financial Markets Theoretical Issues of Law and Economics

Disability equality, Human rights

Accessibility, Equality, Discrimination, Reasonable accommodation, Access to justice, Public space

German and European legal history, church legal history

History of litigation and lawsuits Constitutional history of the middle ages Scientific history of jurisprudence

Public law, philosophy of law, constitutional history

National and European constitutional law Comparative constitutional studies Internationalisation of law Democracy theory Human rights Environmental law Fighting corruption History of legal thought Legal and moral philosophy Conditions for the development of legal institutions

Private international lawconsumer protection

Contract law, consumer law, European private law, private international law, property law, legal theory, comparative law, behavioral economics

Medical law, public health law, child law, elder law, social welfare law and human rights law.

Medical law, public health law, bioethics law, child law, elder law, social welfare law and human rights law.

European Union law; Law and language; European Union institutions; Multilingual law production

My research focuses mainly on the field of law, language and translation in multilingual legal orders - in particular the EU and EU institutions. I am also interested in the functioning of EU institutions, the relationship between law and language and the role and use of language within a legal system. My current research can be divided into three distinct areas: Post-Enlargement Dynamics of Law and Language in European Union Institutions The Relationship Between Language, Law and Translation in the EU Legal Order Developmental Social Neuroscience, Ethics and the Law

Political regimes and system transition & transformation; International Human Rights; Regimes and Law; Glocal Governance, Democracy and Good Governance; Transitional Justice; Comparative social science research methods

Glocalization of regimes and societies: The Local & The Global Human Rights Regimes and Laws Glocal Governance Sustainable Transition and Transformation of regimes Climate Justice & Cyber Justice

European Constitutional History from the Early Middle Ages to the 20th century, Legal History, Civil Law

Comparative constitutional history, Comparative legal history

International law, International investment law, Global public health law, WTO law, Natural resources law, Sustainable development

The intersection between international economic law and general international law Positive obligations of states Legal aspects of body weight Investment and human rights Data transfer

Law

Law and gender, procedural law, human rights

Prison Sociology and Cultures of Punishment

Prison Sociology, Russian Area Studies, cultures of punishment, rights consciousness amongst prisoners, ethnographic research in prisons and carceral spaces, penal reform, Russian prisons

Legislative studies; Constitutional law; European law ; Fundamental rights and freedoms

Federalism, Constitutional Courts, Rule of law and legal certainty, Quality of Legislation; Parliaments, Multilevel governance

data protection, privacy, law and technology

economics of privacy, economics of data protection, data economy, new health technologies

Private Law

Comparative Private Law including in particular the law of Delict/Tort

Law

Migration, Citizenship, EU law, Public administration, Human rights, AI, Estonian law

Criminal law, criminal procedure, legal philosophy, comparative law, practical philosophy

Criminalisation Theories of punishment Sanctions Sentencing Criminal Law Doctrine Norm Theory Bioethics Artificial Intelligence/Legal Tech

Civil law, in particular family and inheritance law, European and international private law

Family law, Body and law, Theory of law

Contract law (including consumer law),Private International Law,International Civil Procedure (including arbitration and ADR)

(Digitial) Cross-border judicial cooperation (Digital) Access to Justice Corporate due diligence and human rights Effects of Brexit on cross-border trade

Private law, comparative law

International obligation law International sales law Arbitration law Family law

Public law, legal history, legal theory, comparative law, business administration

Laws pertaining to research and education, laws pertaining to innovation, patent law and copyright law, research in the area of (comparative) federalism, (comparative) administrative law, (comparative) constitutional law, mediation

International and European law, esp. Human Rights; Constitutional law and Comparative law

Public International Law International and European protection of human rights Justice and the rule of law International Dispute Settlement Comparative constitutional law

European Union law and constitution, Citizenship of the European Union and its Member States, EU enlargement and neighbourhood policies, Social and gender policies of the EU, Citizenship and constitutional regimes

For many years, my main research projects have focused on citizenship in the European context, cutting across the EU, its Member States and candidate states, with a particular focus in recent years on citizenship in South East Europe. From 2017, I commenced a new project that seeks to reconceptualise citizenship regimes on a global scale. I am blogging about this project here, and in 2020 I published a major new study in this field entitled The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times, with Bristol University Press.

public procurement law, EU law, economic law

public procurement law, EU law, economic law

Forensic toxicology

Hair analysis Analysis in alternative matrices Postmortem analysis Drug interactions Alcohol abuse markers LC/MS

Company Law, EU company law, corporate governance, regulation of financial institutions, regulatory competition

Active ownership, the role of institutional investors in company law and corporate governance, shareholders' duties, Private international law and company law

Public International Law, (Comparative) Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legal Theory, European Law

state sovereignty, state responsibility, sustainability, international environmental law, European constitutional law, external relations of the EU, European and international human rights law, secession, "the unwilling or unable state", hybrid sovereignty, history of international law, use of force, environmental law, comparative constitutionalism, German constitutional law, Polish constitutional law, theory of international law, European law, attribution, international investment law, German administrative law

Criminal law, criminal procedure law, fair trials

Criminal justice, criminal trial law, medical law, (business) ethics

Criminal justice; Criminal trial law Medical and biomedical law, medical and biomedical ethics Issues at the beginning and end of life Handling the human body, severed body parts and body substances, handling corpses Business (criminal) law, business ethics Labour (criminal) law Preserving autonomy Outside funding, sponsoring Comparative law Interdisciplinary communication Issues in higher education policy

Comparative and International Criminal Law

international crimes (war crimes, terrorism, crimes against humanity, genocide) international criminal courts and tribunals criminal responsibility principles of criminal law extradition

International law, public law, philosophy and theory of law, foreign public law, European law

General international law International wartime law International security law International environmental law International maritime law Law concerning the Antarctic Biomedical law Questions of democratic legitimation The relationship between ethics and law

Criminal law

European criminal law Comparative law Empirical and international comparative studies of criminal law, criminal trial law and the rule of law Crime prevention and reform of the criminal justice system Video surveillance

International economic law and human rights focusing on international investment law and states' right to regulate.

International economic law, foreign investments and political risk, investment arbitration (investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS), long-term contracts, human rights, CSR and sustainable development

International economic law and human rights focusing on international investment law and states' right to regulate.

International economic law, foreign investments and political risk, investment arbitration (investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS), long-term contracts, human rights, CSR and sustainable development

Forensic Science

Private and commercial law

Tort law Labour law Contract law Medical law & life sciences law Innovation & risk

Civil and commercial law, corporate law and corporate governance, labor law, comparative law

Comparative corporate governance; corporate groups; interdisciplinary: soft law, economic, psychological and cultural connections

International private law, national and international private law in Islamic countries

Family law Inheritance law Civil trial law