In addition to its unmatched across-the-board strength
in the advanced study of English law, European Law, and
International Law, the Oxford Law Faculty supports a number of cross-disciplinary and cross-jurisdictional research
concentrations. Some are formally constituted as Centres or Institutes
while others operate as informal networks of exchange with scholars
in other academic departments and other institutions, in the UK
and abroad.
The
Centre for Criminology is at the forefront of empirical
research on criminal justice, studying and influencing public
policy nationally and globally.The
Institute for European and Comparative Law provides a focus
for the investigation of pan-European legal problems and a link
with many leading European universities. The Institute also
hosts a subsidiary Centre for Competition Law and Policy.The
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies is the home of social-scientific
research into law's effects, and more generally law's interaction
with its context.
Oxford
Intellectual Property Research Centre was founded in 1990 at St.
Peter’s College through a generous gift from the Hitachi Corporation. The
Centre’s mission is to facilitate and conduct advanced research into all aspects
of Intellectual Property, particularly the proper role of intellectual property
in the light of the new technologies.
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation examines the taxation of UK business and evaluates the effects on the business sector, the public finances, international competitiveness and the wider economy.
College-based
centres support work on Ethics and
Philosophy of Law, and on the development and significance of
the Internet.
Some
of the Faculty's other
academic concentrations are not constituted as centres
or institutes, but do have extensive informal networks with their
own public websites.
Oxford
Pro Bono Publico is a group of Faculty Members and postgraduate
students who volunteer to work on legal projects in the public interest
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