Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams

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University of Warwick
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Email: A.T.Williams@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


Andrew's research interests currently focus on three main areas:

Human rights and the European Union;

Human rights and clinical legal education;

International criminal law

He has established a Centre for Human Rights in Practice that aims to provide students with experience of human rights related work. Projects so far introduced include:

  • US death penalty internships
  • anti-discrimination advice clinics
  • internships with leading human rights practitioners
  • delivering human rights workshops in local schools

    • Details of the Centre's work can be found at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/chrp/

    BACKGROUND


    Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1986. He joined Warwick Law School in 1996. He obtained an LLM in Public Law from the University of Bristol in 1993 and a PhD from the University of Warwick in 2003 when he was also presented with the Warwick University Award for Teaching Excellence.

    CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


    • PO8: FRA Portal Framework: National Constitutional Law., with Prof Peter B Ratcliffe, Sociology, Dr Teresa A Staniewicz - Sociology Dr Andrew T Williams - Law, Funded by: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Project Start Date: 01/10/2012 Project End Date: 31/03/2013
    • PO7 FRA Portal Framework: Update for InfoPortal on FRA findings 2011, with Prof Peter B Ratcliffe, Sociology, Dr Teresa A Staniewicz - Sociology Dr Andrew T Williams - Law, Funded by: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Project Start Date: 01/04/2012 Project End Date: 01/09/2012
    • Subproject for Institution # 32949, Funded by: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Project Start Date: 01/04/2012 Project End Date: 01/09/2012
    • Subproject for Institution # 32947 - PO6 International EU Law, Funded by: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Project Start Date: 01/03/2012 Project End Date: 01/08/2012
    • PO6 International EU Law, with Prof Peter B Ratcliffe, Sociology, Dr Teresa A Staniewicz - Sociology Dr Andrew T Williams - Law, Funded by: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Project Start Date: 01/03/2012 Project End Date: 01/08/2012

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    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


    • Williams, A.(2010) The ethos of Europe: values, law and justice in the EU (9780521118286) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
    • Williams, A. T.(2010) 'Promoting justice after Lisbon: groundwork for a new philosophy of EU law' Oxford Journal Of Legal Studies (0143-6503)
    • Shiner, P. and Williams, A.(2008) The Iraq War and international law Editors: Shiner, P. and Williams, A. (9781841136691) Oxford: Hart
    • Williams A(2007) 'Human Rights and Law: Between Sufferance and Insufferability' Law Quarterly Review 123 132 - 157 (0023-933X)
    • Williams A(2007) 'Respecting Fundamental Rights in the New European Union' in Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law , , Oxford University Press

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    Update My Profile on the Warwick eRA Portal My Profile last updated: 22/05/2012

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