Leicester Law School
Past research topics
See a list of past research titles from our PhD graduates.
Company, Commercial and Financial Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
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| Ahmed Hasan (graduation 2024) |
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Ben Adodo Masood Ahmed |
| Niki Petridou (graduation January 2024) |
An analytical and comparative study of the mens rea of money laundering offences in British, Greek and Cypriot legal systems |
Tracey Elliott Stephen Riley Janet Ulph |
| Tajeldin Mukhtar (graduation January 2024) |
Ben Adodo Horace Yeung |
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| Marcelo Henrique Andrade (graduation January 2024) |
François du Bois Nicky Jackson |
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| Mutaz Alkhedhairy (graduation January 2023) |
Ben Adodo Patrick Masiyakurima |
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| Onyeka Nwoha (graduation July 2021) | Ben Adodo Horace Yeung |
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| Sheriff Abiodum Adesanya (graduated July 2020) |
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Cosmo Graham Maribel Canto-Lopez |
| Siavash Askarirad | Tony Cole Masood Ahmed |
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| Tom Egbe | Ben Adodo Masood Ahmed |
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| Laura Rodes Saldana | Cosmo Graham Horace Yeung |
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| Julia Jennings | Horace Yeung Greg Allan |
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| Lisa Benjamin | Horace Yeung | |
| Bader Almaskari | Diana Sancho Villa | |
| Nevi Agapiou | Masood Ahmed | |
| Fatma Banu Kring | Minority shareholder rights in the context of M and A transactions | Cosmo Graham |
| Reza Beheshti | The termination of international commercial contracts under CISG, English Law, UNIDROIT and DCFR |
François du Bois |
| Irem Tore | Paolo Vargiu |
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| Sangwani Patrick Ng'ambi | Paolo Vargiu François du Bois |
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| Nisar Ahmad | ||
| Fatemah Alshuraian | Cosmo Graham | |
| Omar Daoud | ||
| Zaid Mahayni | Janet Ulph | |
| Wasim Al-Jerafi | Paolo Vargiu | |
| Jacqueline Walsh | Adam Cygan | |
| Zhenyun (George) Chen | ||
| Yeside Oyetayo |
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminology
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Akpotaire (Graduated 2024) |
Onder Bakircioglu Eki Omorogbe |
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| Megan Philips | Criminalising association after Jogee | Sally Kyd Dan Bansal |
| Jennifer Armstrong |
The issue of prior record as a consideration in sentencing in Canada |
Sally Kyd Melissa Bone |
| Roxanna Dehaghani | Steven Cammiss Mandy Burton |
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| Brian Manarin | Sally Kyd Mandy Burton |
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| Olson Alleyne | Sally Kyd Chris Clarkson |
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| Shawna Coxon | Criminal fantasies: risk of harm in Canadian child pornography law | Sally Kyd |
| Kevin Crosby | Steven Cammiss | |
| Robert Barron | How scientific evidence has caused injustices in the English criminal legal system | John Hartshorne |
| Abidah Abdul Ghafar | Legal protection for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses: a critical analysis on the UK and Malaysian law from the perspective of human rights | Mandy Burton Steven Cammiss |
| James Roffee | Sally Kyd |
Dispute Resolution
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Cemre Kadioglu kumtepe |
Decentralization of Justice by Use of Blockchain and Smart Contracts in Online Dispute Resolution |
Pablo Cortés Rossana Deplano |
| Valentina Dimitriou (Graduated 2024) |
Pablo Cortés Tony Cole |
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| Chudi Nelson Ojukwu |
Pablo Cortés Maribel Canto-Lopez |
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| Harry Meliniotis (Graduated January 2024) |
Tony Cole Pablo Cortés |
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| Anna Kyprianou Spiliakou (Graduated January 2023) |
Tony Cole Paolo Vargiu |
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| Md Maher Abbasy (Graduated July 2022) |
Masood Ahmed Pablo Cortés |
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| Marie-Odile Sander | Pablo Cortés Masood Ahmed |
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| Dean Lewis | Masood Ahmed François du Bois |
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| Levi Ode | Masood Ahmed François du Bois |
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| Iris Truman | Malcolm Shaw Katja Ziegler |
Employment Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Taylor (Graduated July 2023) |
Lisa Rodgers Pascale Lorber |
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| Naomi Njuguna (Graduated July 2022) |
Lisa Rodgers Joe Wills Stefano Bertea |
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| Arwen Joyce (Graduated July 2022) |
Bernard Ryan Lisa Rodgers |
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| Ruksar Sattar |
Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Pascale Lorber |
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| Robert Wilks | ? | Lisa Rodgers Pascale Lorber |
| Sara Benedi Lahuerta | Oxana Golynker | |
| Lisa Rodgers | Mark Bell |
European Law and Policy
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ewa Zelazna | Adam Cygan Paolo Vargiu |
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| Gautier Busschaert | Adam Cygan |
Human Rights
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Coker (Graduated January 2024) |
Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Katherine Wade |
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| Oluwabusayo Wuraola (Graduated January 2023) |
The Implications of the Grant of Legal Personhood to Natural Entities in New Zealand and The United States of America |
Joe Wills Stephen Riley Stefano Bertea |
| Charlotte Mills (Graduated January 2023) |
Loveday Hodson Troy Lavers |
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| Arwen Joyce (Graduated July 2022) |
Bernard Ryan Lisa Rodgers |
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| Shaimaa Ragab Hassan Abdelkarim (Graduated July 2021) | Loveday Hodson Joe Wills |
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| Claire Bessant (Graduated July 2021 | Mandy Burton John Hartshorne |
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| Cristina Saenz Perez (Graduated July 2021 | Adam Cygan Katja Ziegler |
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| Daniel Weston (Graduated January 2021) |
Stefano Bertea Peter Cumper |
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| Aristi Volou |
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Katja Ziegler |
| Jean-Claude Kalume Misenga |
Loveday Hodson Troy Lavers |
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| Khalida Azhigulova |
Asia: efficiency of the regional inter-state cooperation in balancing human rights obligations against national security concerns | Bernard Ryan Onder Bakircioglu |
| Anna Kweskin | Loveday Hodson | |
| Burcu Zeynep Akbaba | Sally Kyd Liz Wicks |
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| Mohammad Alhaddad | David Bonner Robin White |
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| Gift Sotonye-Frank | Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Anna Carline |
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| Gayatri Patel | Loveday Hodson Peter Cumper |
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| Maribel Canto-Lopez | Robin White | |
| Tutku Tugyan | Extraterritorial jurisdiction on human rights treaties | Loveday Hodson |
| Patricia Streeter | Malcolm Shaw |
International Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alethea Peall | Onder Bakircioglu Ed Bates |
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| Yavuz Yildiz |
The underlying trends influencing the (birth of the?) “Unwilling or Unable” doctrine and its wider implications |
Onder Bakircioglu Katja Ziegler |
| Valentina Dimitriou | The effect of repeatedly appointed arbitrators to the evolution of international investment law | Pablo Cortés Tony Cole |
| Ahmed Hasan (Graduated 2024) |
Ben Adodo Masood Ahmed |
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| Shirley Llain Arenilla | Bernard Ryan Alan Desmond |
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| Andrea Harrison (graduation January 2024) |
Legal reviews and judicial oversight in non-international armed conflicts |
Katja Ziegler Onder Bakircioglu |
| Claiton Fyock (graduation July 2023) |
Paolo Vargiu |
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| Oluwabusayo Wuraola (Graduated January 2023) |
The Implications of the Grant of Legal Personhood to Natural Entities in New Zealand and The United States of America |
Joe Wills Stephen Riley Stefano Bertea |
| Stavroula Kalopsidiotou (graduation 2021) |
Eki Omorogbe |
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| Aristi Volou |
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Katja Ziegler |
| Siavash Askarirad | Tony Cole Masood Ahmed |
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| Ying-Jun Lin | Masood Ahmed Tony Cole |
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| Charlotte Wick | Steven Cammiss Troy Lavers |
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| Carlos Canales | Malcolm Shaw Thoko Kaime |
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| Colin Flynn | Troy Lavers Yassin Brunger |
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| Samuel Akorimo | An assessment of the suitability of the ICT of Rwanda as a criminal justice response to the genocide of 1994 |
Eki Omorogbe Malcolm Shaw |
| Catherine Ovo Imoedemhe | Eki Omorogbe | |
| Abdelnaser Ali | Katja Ziegler | |
| Farhad Mirzayev | Malcolm Shaw Loveday Hodson |
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| Eldirdiri (Dirdeiry) Mohamed Ahmed | The African territorial regime: establishing its customary existence and arguing for its augmentation by a tight to egalitarian secession | Eki Omorogbe Katja Ziegler |
| Mojeed Alabi | Erika Szyszczak |
Law and Theory
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Claiton Fyock (graduation July 2023) |
Paolo Vargiu |
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| Oluwabusayo Wuraola (Graduated January 2023) | The Implications of the Grant of Legal Personhood to Natural Entities in New Zealand and The United States of America |
Joe Wills Stephen Riley Stefano Bertea |
| Maria Paula Barrantes-Reynolds | Stefano Bertea Hilary Sommerlad |
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| Yavuz Alkan | Peter Cumper Stefano Bertea |
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| Henry Jones | The failures of Liberalism in international law | |
| Joe Wills | Loveday Hodson | |
| Charlotte Woodhead | Dawn Watkins Janet Ulph |
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| Stuart Wright | Loveday Hodson |
Medico-legal
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Shweta Luthra (Graduated July 2023) |
Sally Kyd Tracey Elliott |
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| Aikaterini Kazou |
Liz Wicks Tracey Elliott |
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| Ebikaboere Bolanle Olaosebikan | José Miola Tracey Elliott |
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| Nataly Papadopoulou | Liz Wicks Tracey Elliott |
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| Brendan Kelly | José Miola Liz Wicks |
Private Law
| Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tajeldin Mukhtar (graduation January 2024) |
Ben Adodo Horace Yeung |
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| Marcelo Henrique Andrade (graduation January 2024) |
François du Bois Nicky Jackson |
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| Oluwabusayo Wuraola (Graduated January 2023) | The Implications of the Grant of Legal Personhood to Natural Entities in New Zealand and The United States of America |
Joe Wills Stephen Riley Stefano Bertea |
| Coleen Lewis (graduation July 2022) |
John Hartshorne Peter Cumper |
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| Victoria Ball (graduation January 2022) | Martin George François du Bois |
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| Mavis Ku (graduation July 2021) | “Core Values” and management of museum collections: An analysis of the legal and ethical guidance provided to English and Taiwanese museums | Janet Ulph Stephen Riley |
| Ann Marie Mangion |
Mandy Burton Dawn Watkins |
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| Serife Esra Kiraz | François du Bois Barbara Bogusz |
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| Haward Soper | François du Bois Richard Craven |
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| Rita D'Alton Harrison | Dawn Watkins | |
| Michael Filby | Barbara Bogusz |