Centre for the Study of Law in Theory and Practice members, expertise and supervision
LTAP hosts a number of research units which are the backbone of our platform for academic research and public engagement in its multiple forms, as well as doctoral and post-doctoral supervision and mentoring: International, European and Comparative Public Law, Business, Corporate, Banking and Finance Law and Legal Practice.
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LTAP hosts a number of research units: International, European and Comparative Public Law, Business, Corporate, Banking and Finance Law and Legal Practice.
PhD Projects in the School of Law and Justice Studies
Reem Abdulhakim
Unveiling Pathways to Equitable Justice: Understanding Access to Justice and the Enforcement of Human Rights in the Legal System
Lead Supervisor Michelle Waite. Co-supervisor 1 David Ong Khai Long, Co-supervisor 2 Rachel Stalker
Ghada Al-Ali
Prospects of the new Qatari Arbitration Law (Law no.2 of 2017) to accommodate international commercial arbitration: A critical comparison between Qatari and England and Wales frameworks
Lead Supervisor Emmanuel Guinchard. Co-supervisor 1 Tasnim Ahmed
Rajib Chanda Bhowmick
AI and Corporate Governance
Lead Supervisor Jennifer Graham. Co-supervisor 1 Alison Lui , Co-supervisor 2 Richard Ridyard
Julie Elizabeth Boyd
Is the UK approach to the illegal wildlife trade in endangered species sufficient especially in view of Brexit, and could a ‘wild law’ approach be formulated to re-evaluate the control of the illegal trade in endangered species?
Lead Supervisor David Ong Khai Long. Co-supervisor 1 Gary Wilson, Co-supervisor 2 Matthew Millings
Olivia Brennan
Internal Self-determination (Wales)
Lead Supervisor Gaetano Pentassuglia. Co-supervisor 1 Thomas Phillips, Co-supervisor 2 Sofia Cavandoli
Joshua Bryan
UNSC involvement in the hostility between Israel and Palestine since the body’s creation in 1945
Lead Supervisor Thomas Phillips. Co-supervisor 1 Gary Wilson, Co-supervisor 2 Sofia Cavandoli
Weilun Chen
Punitive Damages for Marine Ecological Harm through Public Interest Litigation in the People’s Republic of China
Lead Supervisor David Ong Khai Long. Co-supervisor 1 Yinan Yin, Co-supervisor 2 Kenneth Kang
Michele Goodbody
Gender critical speech, misogyny, and social media: A human rights approach to hate
Lead Supervisor Ben Stanford. Co-supervisor 1 Gary Wilson, Co-supervisor 2 Amber Pugh
Stephanie Heijdra
MPHIL
Lead Supervisor Michelle Waite. Co-supervisor 1 Liz Jones, Co-supervisor 2 David Ong Khai Long
Zeeshan Saeed
The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Poverty alleviation in Pakistan
Lead Supervisor Alison Lui. Co-supervisor 1 Rocio Valdivielso Del Real
Alex Seddon
The Asylum Procedure and Crises of Governance
Lead Supervisor Jules Bradshaw. Co-supervisor 1 Mary Guy. Co-supervisor 2 Gary Wilson
Tania Wehmeyer
Right to health, securitisation of migration and standards of immigration detention in South Africa and Australia
Lead Supervisor Triestino Mariniello. Co-supervisor 1 Hannah Baumeister, Co-supervisor 2 Jakkie Wessels, Co-supervisor 3 Mary Guy
Jonathan Willoughby
A legal comparative approach to the regulation of private debt
Lead Supervisor Alison Lui. Co-supervisor 1 Andros Gregoriou
Additional PhD Projects outside of the School of Law and Justice Studies
Anna Kaparaki
DBA Student
Co-supervisor David Ong Khai Long
International Relations/Law PhD student Hanna Nsugbe Matilde Ventrella, David Ong Khai Long
Garth Dallas: Business School
Blended Value Proposition: Towards a Regional Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Framework for the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Liverpool City Region'.
Co-supervisor Alison Lui
Victor Elemi: Business School
Investigating business survival in the Nigerian Financial Technology Industry: Is Strategic Management a key driver'.
Co-supervisor Alison Lui