Professor Jeremy Horder FBA

The history and theory of criminal and regulatory liability in English law; liability for bribery, corruption and homicide

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2014
Subjects: Law
Sections: Law
Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/staff/jeremy-horder.htm

Summary

My research interests concern English criminal law and penal regulation (their history, and philosophical foundations), and in anti-corruption law world-wide. I am currently working on the application of the offence of 'misconduct in a public office' to elected public officials.

Current post

Professor of Criminal Law, London School of Economics

Publications

Excusing Information-Provision Crimes in the Bureaucratic State 68 Current Legal Problems 2015

When Sexual Infidelity Triggers Murder: Examining The Impact Of Homicide Law Reform On Judicial Attitudes In Sentencing 74 Cambridge Law Journal 2015

Bureaucratic “Criminal” law: Too Much of a Bad Thing? RA Duff et al (eds), Criminalisation: The Political Morality of the Criminal Law 2014

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Professor Andrew Burrows FBA

English law of obligations, especially the law of restitution/unjust enrichment and remedies for breach of contract and torts.

Professor Davina Cooper FBA

Sociolegal studies and contemporary political theory; specialising in state activism (particularly in British local government); gender and sexuality equality governance; everyday utopias and prefigurative institutions; and new conceptual methodologies

Professor James Fawcett FBA

Private International Law: principles, theory and comparative aspects; application to intellectual property and international sale of goods; influence of human rights law on private international law

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