Although the variety and depth of research in the Human Rights and Public Law Centre is difficult to capture, broadly speaking there are four main areas of concentration:
Members of Durham Human Rights and Public Law Centre frequently engage with public discourse on rights-related matters through both traditional and social or non-traditional media. This reflects the Centre's commitment not only to excellence in research and teaching, but also to enriching public debates by means of the provision of expert opinion and the translation of research into policy debate and proposals. Our recent work has included:
This project examines the phenomenon of unwritten constitutionalism from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, focussing on three jurisdictions: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Using a mixed-methods approach, this project examines the operation of the duty of candour in judicial review proceedings, which requires parties to judicial review to provide a full and accurate account of all the facts and information relevant to the issue under review.
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