Law, regulation and the economy - University of Birmingham

This theme describes the work of colleagues engaged in the law and governance of economic relations, and the relationship between law, governance and the economy.

This includes, legal, political and theoretical approaches to business forms, particularly the corporation, the public and private terms and conduct of domestic, European and international trade, finance, money and debt, regulation, contractual relations, tort, procurement, sustainability, environment, insurance, gaming, intellectual property, employment and labour markets.

Staff researching in this theme

Georgia Antonopoulou is interested in private international law and commercial dispute resolution.
Henok Amsleash's research focuses on legal and policies issues at the intersection of trade, energy and the environment.
Kate Bedford's research focuses on law and development, and gender and political economy. She also researches gambling law and regulation.
Emily Carroll's research is to do with law and property; she is interested in exploring how land interacts with a wide spectrum of private and public law principles, including land law, equity, company and insolvency law, and planning law and policy.
Aleksandra Cavoski is a Professor of Law whose research interests are in the field of environmental law and EU law, including the intersection of law and other disciplines, in particular politics, science, public policy and language.
Peter Coe's research focusses on the changing nature of journalism, and how this impacts on free speech, the public sphere and democracy, and press freedom and regulation.
Louis Dawson's research has, to date, primarily focused on the circular economy and extended producer responsibility, although he also holds an interest in chemical regulation and biodiversity.
Hailemichael Teshome Demissie's area of research interest is the human-centric regulation of emerging technologies.
Mohammad Shahabuddin is an international commercial lawyer whose research focuses on analysing the impact of social norms and legal rules on the transition of trade transactions from paper to digital formats, aiming to improve digital platform design and legal policies to ensure trustworthiness and efficacy. He is also the author of a book on letters of credit, which serves as a reference for courts and practicing lawyers.
Andreas Kokkinis examines the impact of law and regulation on decision-making in large corporations and financial institutions
Bob Lee researches on technology regulation looking at net zero transitions and also at chemical safety
Maureen Mapp researches relational law, gender and pluriversal justice in the physical and digital world.
Catherine Mitchell's interests are in contract law, particularly contract interpretation and the relationship between contract law and commercial activity.
Katharina Möser's research focuses on personal insolvency and wider issues concerning the law and policy of household debt.
Walters Nsoh's research focuses primarily on the intersection of property (land) law and environmental law as it relates to the governance and sustainable management of natural resources/ecosystem goods and services.
Emma Oakley's research uses socio-legal approaches to investigate legal and regulatory decision-making
Chukwuma Okoli's research is focused on commercial conflict of laws and private international law, with an emphasis on global comparative perspectives.
Samantha Schnobel's research focuses on torts and regulation, in particular the theoretical and doctrinal nature of obligations, and the regulation of human and nonhuman animal bodies.
Professor Talbot approaches company law and corporate governance from a law in context position, with particular emphasis the corporation as a social, economic, cultural, moral and aesthetic phenomenon, and the dehumanising consequences of an identity which is distinct from the living actors.
Martin Trybus' research focusses on public procurement and EU law and defence integration.
Xinyue Xue's research focuses on legal instruments and policies that support small businesses, particularly in government procurement.
Chen Zhu's research focuses on intellectual property law (especially music copyright), computational legal research methods and legal pedagogy.

Our researchers have been cited in courts around the world, and delivered keynote speeches at prestigious international conferences. We have collaborated with a variety of businesses, governments and international law-making institutions. Research has been published in Modern Law Review, European Law Review, Legal Studies Environmental Law Review, and Journal of Contract Law. Law, Governance, Economy forms a subject stream at our Annual Research Conference.