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Professor Elizabeth Fisher FBA

Elizabeth Fisher's research interests include the study of law and legal and scholarly imagination with a particular focus on environmental and administrative law in national legal cultures.
Headshot of Professor Elizabeth Fisher FBA
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2026
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Summary

Professor Liz Fisher, BA/LLB (UNSW), D Phil (Oxon) is Professor of Environmental Law at the Faculty of Law and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. Originally from Australia, the focus of her scholarship and teaching is on administrative and environmental law in national jurisdictions with a specific focus on the UK, US, and Australia.

She also writes and researches on the nature of legal scholarship. Fisher has served in a number of editorial roles including as General Editor of the 'Oxford Journal of Legal Studies' from 2021-2025 and General Editor of the 'Journal of Environmental Law' from 2012 to 2022. 

She is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Office for Environmental Protection and an Overseas Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She has won awards for both teaching and scholarship.

Current post

Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford Professor of Environmental Law

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