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MPhil/PhD Students in the School of Law

This page lists all current PhD candidates in the School of Law together with their area of research.  For information about research degrees in the School of Law, visit the following page.

Current PhD students
Mimi Ajibadé
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Corporate governance in emerging economies: a case study of domestic small and medium size enterprises listed in the People's Republic of China.

Abiola Atinuke Akiyode-Afolabi
Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi

Gender and Armed Conflict in Africa: Sierra Leone and Liberia


Janan Al-Asady
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The new Iraqi oil law: An analysis of the constitutional and commercial basis underlying oil agreements and concessions.


Sulaiman Al-Turki
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Codification of Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia


Abdulbari Altamni
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Reservations to International Human Rights Treaties, with Specific Reference to Islamic States’ Practice



Fu-Lin Cheng
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The Reform of the International Climate Regime and its Linkage to National Policies of Taiwan and China



Hamzah Dawood Adesola
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Impact of International Law on Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia

Vincent Depaigne
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Human rights and cultural identity in a constitutional framework: a comparative approach


Jean-Philippe Dequen
Jean-Philippe deQuen

Inherent conflict within Muslim succession personal law in India


Moataz El Fegiery
Moataz El Fegiery

Islamic Law and International Human Rights in the Thought and Practice of the Society of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.


Laila Fathi
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Re-thinking transitional justice in a post-colonial context - analysis of the Franco-Algerian war and the reconciliation process (working title)


Khanapoj Joemrith
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Investor-State Arbitration: the interface between the enforcement of arbitral awards and sovereign immunity doctrine.


Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa
Jonathan Bashi

The harmonisation of commercial law in Africa through OHADA: Considerations on the expansion of the OHADA framework to the ECOWAS English speaking member states

Chifundo Kachale
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Judicial (In)activism in Malawi? A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Constitutional Jurisprudence on Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law


Adeeba Khan
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Democracy in the context of clientelism: the role of electoral laws in Bangladesh


Al Khanif
Al Khanif

Protecting Religious Minorities within Islam in Indonesia: A Challenge for International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law


Demetra Loizou
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The impact by the International Criminal Court's establishment on the further and future development of crimes within the court's jurisdiction and those left outside.



Mwanakitina Mohamed Bakari
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The development of the Law of Wakf In Kenya


Antonia Mulvey
Antonia Mulvey

International Justice: Solution or Obstacles to Peace in Housing, Land and Property Conflicts


Mridhula Dharshini Pillay
Mridhula Dharshini Pillay

India and Malaysia: Accommodating the Religious 'Others'


Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
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Sentencing Policy and Practice in Bangladesh: A Study on the Sentencing Decisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in Murder Cases

Ebbe Rogge
Ebbe Rogge

Moving Towards Good Corporate Governance at UK Banks: A Comparative Analysis including Case Studies of Japan's Financial Sector Reforms and of State-owned Banks.


Virginie Rouas
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The Development of Foreign Direct Liability Litigation for Corporate Responsibility in Europe

Mudasra Sabreen
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Rights of a Minor in the Case of Separation between Parents (Comparative study of Islamic law and Pakistani law)


Anselmo Ricardo Augusto Samussone
Anselmo Samussone

Corporate Governance and the Legal Protection of Employee-Shareholders in Mozambique

Federica Sona
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In the Shadow of uniformity: Islamic and Muslim marriages in contemporary Europe.


Elizabeth Stubbins Bates
Elizabeth Stubbins Bates

Testing the Effectiveness of the British Army’s Training in the International Humanitarian Law Principles of Distinction and Proportionality


Fatima Swehli
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The role of the property law in post-conflict Libya

Aida Tamer-Chammas
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Accountability for environmental damage arising out of armed conflict under international law


Owen Taylor
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Revolution and International Law


Preet Kaur Virdi
Prit Kaur Virdi

Accessing justice when Families Breakdown: Divorcing South Asian women in Ontario, Canada

Micha Wiebusch
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The Emerging Normative Framework of the African Union on Constitutionalism – The Legal Process and the Contribution to Peace, Security and Democratic State Building


Clare Williams
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Law as a Determinant of External Finance: Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka

Jiaqi Xie
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Transitional Economic Law and China's Economic Legal System reform


Hani Zedan
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A Critical Analysis of State Legal Policy Making in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Systems, Reforms, and Determining Factors