As the centre of one of the strongest teams of researchers on issues relating to European law and internationalisation the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI) brings together a wide-ranging group of academics to research in the area of European law and internationalisation. The Centre receives academic visitors, participates in collaborative research projects and organises lectures, seminars and conferences for postgraduate students, academics and practitioners.

Research Interests

All the members of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation are active researchers. Details of work in progress and recent publications can be found under Work and Publications. Members of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation have a wide range of teaching and research interests in European law, ranging from the institutional, social, labour and economic law of the European Union, the commercial law of the European Union, especially company law and intellectual property law, the Council of Europe and human rights issues, and international law issues, including international economic law. There is a strong interest in the legal issues of wider European Internationalisation, particularly the accession of new States to the European Union.

European Law Review

Law School members have played a significant role in the success of the European Law Review, one of the leading law journals disseminating research on European law and Internationalisation issues. The European Law Review was established in 1975 by Professor Alan Dashwood who was a member of the Law School from 1980-1987. Professor Robin C.A. White was joint editor of the European Law Review until 2002 and remains a member of its Editorial Board. Professor Erika Szyszczak was the UK correspondent for the European Law Review and now sits on the Editorial Board.

In addition to the European Law Review several members of the Centre sit on editorial boards of internationally recognised journals. The Law School has established links and research projects with a number of academic institutions in Europe and a number of individuals have acted as consultants for international and European Institutions.

European Law Courses

European law is taught on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Law School. The School is one of the pioneers and leading providers of distance learning Masters' courses in European Law.

The Law School offers a LLB degree in Law with French Law and Language . Students on this degree graduate with an LLB degree and spend a year abroad at one of the partner universities (Strasbourg, Paris and Lyon) where they may obtain a Diplôme d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises. The double degree in English and French Law (LLB/Maîtrise) under the direction of Véronique Voruz, is run jointly with the Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg. The double degree leads to the award of two qualifying law degrees for the purposes of professional examination over four years and provides students with equal competence in English, French and European law.

The Law School also offers the LLB Law with a year aborad degree under the auspices of the ERASMUS/SOCRATES programme with students spending their third year abroad at one of the partner institutions in Europe.