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

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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Paul Roberts FBA

Criminal evidence and procedure, especially philosophical, comparative, socio-legal and jurisprudential dimensions; legal argumentation, inferential reasoning, fact-finding and proof; forensic science evidence and expert witnesses; criminal law theory

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Professor Gráinne De Búrca FBA

Transnational governance and European integration, focusing on understanding the causes, consequences and processes of transnational governing

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Mr John Eekelaar FBA

Public Law Sociology of Law Private Law (Family, Persons) Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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