James Harrison


James Harrison

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Associate Professor

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Law
Room 2.28
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: 02476 523170
Fax: 02476 524105
Email: J.Harrison.3@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


Human rights law, environmental law and international economic law. Methodologies for conducting human rights impact assessments. The use of legal norms by non-governmental organisations.

BACKGROUND


James Harrison is Associate Professor in the School of Law at the University of Warwick and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice. He has previously qualified as a solicitor at one of the leading human rights law firms in the UK, Bindman and Partners Solicitors. He completed his PhD at the European Institute in Florence and has also worked as a consultant for a number of international organisations including the Council of Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Article 19, the Canadian Council for International Cooperation and the Scottish Human Rights Commission. In 2011 he was awarded the Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence (Butterworth Award)

RESEARCH PROJECTS


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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Harrison J (2012) 'An Evaluation of the Institutionalisation of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence', SSRN, [Working Paper] [view]
  • Harrison J , Stephenson M-A and Stewart A (2012) 'Getting off Lightly or Feeling the Pinch? A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Older Women in Coventry', 1 - 64, [Report] [view]
  • Stephenson M-A and Harrison J (2011) 'Unravelling Equality: The Impact of the United Kingdom?s Spending Cuts on Women' Political Quarterly 82 (4), 645 - 650
  • Harrison J and Stephenson M-A (2011) 'Human Rights Impact Assessment: Review of Practice and Guidance for Future Assessments', 1 - 98, [Report] [view]
  • Harrison J and Stephenson M-A (2011) 'Unravelling Equality? A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Women in Coventry ', 1 - 64, [Report] [view]

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Room No: S2.28
Office Hours:
Wednesday 11.30-12.30pm

Thursday 12.00 - 1.00pm

 


For more details of Dr. Harrison's project work on equality and human rights impact assessment, see the Centre for human Rights in Practice website by clicking here