POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS

function of human rights and humanitarianlaw in this relationship, and aims to evaluateproposals for the peace process with a specificfocus on their legal content. The programme isalso concerned with issues such as the equitableallocation of water resources, the questionof Palestinian refugees, the potential role ofthe European Union in the peace process andquestions of transitional justice. The broad goal isto generate policy-oriented scholarship that willsupport the development of practical strategiesfor a just and lasting peace in the region.RESEARCH DEGREESThe School of Law accepts students for researchwork leading to a PhD. The central feature ofPhD work is the close relationship between theresearch student and his or her supervisor, inwhich they meet regularly and consult closely.This relationship is supported and strengthenedin various ways. Every research student has anadjunct supervisor, another member of staff witha close interest in the student’s region and/or subfieldof the discipline.There is a research tutor with overall responsibilityfor research students who is available for adiscussion of general problems. In addition thereare a number of other activities which contributeto a research student’s work and training. Allincoming students are required to take the Schoolof Law’s Research Seminar Programme in theirfirst year.Research students are encouraged to contributeto the research activities of the department.Several of them are active in the various Centresrun in the School of Law and are encouragedto participate in conferences and other projectsorganised by the School. New research studentsare often encouraged, and may be required, topresent papers relating to their research on anannual basis for which they receive support andassistance from within the School of Law.Many SOAS research students spend some timedoing field work in the regions of their research.The School, and other members of SOAS, throughtheir various connections with individuals andinstitutions in the universities and governments ofAsia and Africa, facilitate this work with personalcontacts and introductions. The School’s languagetraining facilities are also available to students todevelop their facility in an appropriate languagefor research purposes.Applicants must normally have an advanceddegree equivalent in level and content to theSchool of Law’s LLM or MA.SOME RECENT RESEARCH THESESFahad al-Zumai – The Protection of Investors in GulfCooperation Council Stock Markets: A case study ofKuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab EmiratesJessica Carlisle – Rules, Negotiation, Claims andCounter Claims: Judicial Discretion in a DamascusShari‘a CourtMohammed Hoque – Judicial activism as a goldenmean: A critical study of evolving activist jurisprudencewith particular reference to BangladeshThoko Kaime – Protecting the Rights and Welfare of theAfrican Child: An Assessment of the Contribution of theAfrican Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the ChildCarol Tan – Weihaiwei: Colonialism, law and custom innortheast ChinaACADEMIC STAFF AND THEIR RESEARCH AREASDr Richard Alexander BA MA(CANTAB) DIP(CITY)PHD(LONDON)Financial Services Law and regulation, control ofeconomic crime, human rights law (especially EuropeanConvention on Human Rights – measures taken to fightorganised and economic crime and terrorism), EuropeanUnion LawProfessor Mashood Baderin LLB(NIGERIA)LLM PHD(NOTTINGHAM)Postgraduate Exams OfficerIslamic Law; Public International Law; International andComparative Human Rights Law; Human Rights andIslamic Law, especially interaction between internationallaw, human rights law and Islamic law in Muslim statesDr Fareda Banda BL LLB(ZIMBABWE) DPHIL(OXON)Comparative family Law; alternative dispute resolution;law and society in AfricaDr Gunnar Beck MA(HEIDELBERG) MPHIL DPHIL(OXON)European Union Law, legal theory; legal reasoning andmethod in common law and civil law jurisdictions;moral and political philosophyProfessor Matthew Craven BA LLM PHD(NOTTINGHAM)DIPEDPublic international law, human rights (particularlyeconomic, social and cultural rights), internationallegal theory, international legal history93LAW