Academic Staff

Head of School:

Professor Andrew Sanders

Professor Andrew Sanders

Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Head of School

Professor Andrew Sanders has specialised in teaching, and researching on, criminal justice from a socio-legal perspective. His publications include a textbook (with Richard Young) Criminal Justice (now in its 4th edition) and numerous journal articles and contributions to edited collections. He has used his knowledge to develop and implement policy by advising on several governmental and 3

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6318

Email a.h.l.sanders@bham.ac.uk

Academic Staff:

Professor Anthony Arnull

Professor Anthony Arnull

Barber Professor of Jurisprudence

Anthony Arnull specialises in the law of the European Union. He worked at the European Court of Justice from 1989-92 and was Head of Birmingham Law School between 2006 and 2009. Professor Arnull is the author of The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual (Leicester University Press, 1990) and The European Union and its Court of Justice(Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 6295

Email a.m.arnull@bham.ac.uk

Kim Barker

Teaching Fellow

Kim Barker is a teaching fellow in equity and trusts, contract law and intellectual property law. Her research focusses upon intellectual property rights, copyright, moral rights, digital media, cyberlaw and the internet. She is also interested in the legal system.

Telephone 0121 414 5778

Email k.barker@bham.ac.uk

Sophie Boyron

Sophie Boyron

Senior Lecturer

Sophie Boyron is a Senior Lecturer whose interest lies mainly in public law and European law. She adopts a comparative approach to all her work.

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3579

Email s.n.y.boyron@bham.ac.uk

Dr Gavin Byrne

Dr Gavin Byrne

Lecturer

Dr Gavin Byrne is the director of undergraduate admissions for Birmingham Law School and teaches Political and Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Property Law subjects.

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6301

Email g.d.byrne@bham.ac.uk

N. Jansen Calamita

N. Jansen Calamita

Lecturer

Mr Calamita combines research with practice in the field of public international law.   His work includes advising governments on issues related to international investment law and the settlement of international disputes.

He is presently seconded to the British Institute of International & Comparative Lawin London, where he serves as the Director of the ...

Email n.j.calamita@bham.ac.uk

Dr Aleksandra Cavoski

Teaching Fellow

Dr Aleksandra Cavoski’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of Environmental and EU law. She has particular interest in EU accession countries.

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Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 3585

Email a.cavoski@bham.ac.uk

Professor Sean Coyle

Professor Sean Coyle

Professor of English Laws

Professor Coyle writes and teaches on aspects of legal and political philosophy. In 2004 his work won one of the SLS Prizes for Outstanding Legal Scholarship, and his most recent book, From Positivism to Idealism, was shortlisted for the 2008 Inner Temple Book Prize. He has lectured and spoken at universities throughout the UK and elsewhere, most recently including Emory University, LSE, ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 6321

Email s.coyle@bham.ac.uk

Professor Robert Cryer

Professor Robert Cryer

Professor of International and Criminal Law

Professor Cryer's expertise is in international and criminal law. He has lectured and spoken widely at both national and international level, primarily on international criminal law and public international law more generally.

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6303

Email r.cryer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Dominic de Cogan

Dr Dominic de Cogan

Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow

Dominic de Cogan specialises in the interaction of taxation and public law and is carrying out a Leverhulme-funded project entitled Tax professionals and the law: a healthy partnership?  He has completed a doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge and is interested more generally in unusual perspectives on taxation.  Dominic is the author and editor of the blog 'UK ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 2886

Email d.a.decogan@bham.ac.uk

Dr Katherine Doolin

Lecturer

Dr Katherine Doolin researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law, criminal justice and criminology. She has particular expertise in the theory and practice of restorative justice in a criminal justice context. She has published in this area and has given papers at international conferences and seminars, most recently in Leuven (with British Academy funding), Bilbao (with Society of ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6298

Email k.doolin@bham.ac.uk