Welcome to European Law at Southampton

European Law is one of the research clusters of the Law School of the University of Southampton . We offer a platform for discussion of current legal issues; provide a focus for activities relating to European Union, European Human Rights law and comparative law and offer support for students of European and comparative law, including postgraduate research students.

The EUL team at Southampton consists of Professor Gerrit Betlem, Dr Renato Nazzini, Dr Emily Reid and Hedvig Schmidt. Part-time teaching staff include Andrea Lista and Sarah McKeown.

As a team, our research and teaching covers all the core areas of EU law. That is: examination of the evolution of the EU as an entity and as an actor operating within the international context (comparison with WTO but also internal comparative work) as well as the substantive developments of the 'internal' law (including Private Law and Private International Law or the Conflict of Laws). In addition and more generally, we have expertise in comparative law. In particular, comparative antitrust law, commercial arbitration and litigation, evidence and consumer law and comparative tort law.

We also closely cooperate with Ed Bates, whose research focuses primarily on the work of the European Court of Human Rights and the protection of civil and political rights in Europe . He is currently working on a book charting the evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights from 1948 to 1998 and which is to be published by Oxford University Press. Dr Bates is wiling to supervise PhD students in the protection of human rights in Europe under the ECHR or other Council of Europe mechanisms.

European law research

European law teaching

European law publications

European Law Forum