The relationship between law, transitional justice and conflict transformation including; apologies, truth recovery, politically motivated prisoners, ex-combatants, victims, amnesties, human rights, restorative justice and the role and agency of lawyers.
Lionel Smith’s latest book, 'The Law of Loyalty', was published by OUP in 2023. He is the author of 'The Law of Tracing' (OUP 1997) and a co-author of 'Waters’ Law of Trusts' in Canada, 5th edn (Carswell 2021).
Legal and constitutional theory, particularly the moral ideal of the rule of law; public law and civil liberties, especially the common law constitution of the United Kingdom (common law constitutionalism)
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