Edinburgh Napier University Law PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Supervisors: Dr YP Prisner-Levyne, Prof R Whitecross

Wildlife crime is one of the fastest growing transnational crimes in the world generating up to USD 20 billion per year according to INTERPOL behind drug trafficking, human trafficking and illicit trade in weapons. Read more

30 November 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

"Of Course, I know what domestic abuse is!”: Legal professionals and their understandings of Domestic Abuse

Supervisor: Prof R Whitecross

Scotland has been engaged in an ambitious strategy to tackle domestic abuse. There have been some significant developments. Read more

30 May 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD in the area of Child and Family Law Policy

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

We invite applications and proposals for a PhD in the area of Child and Family Law and Policy, addressing one or more of the following themes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Clucas

Transferring ownership of goods

When the ownership of goods is being transferred, it is important to know the precise point of time at which the transferee becomes owner of the goods, for example in case of the insolvency of one of the parties. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Regulating common property

The person who shares ownership of property along with others is in a somewhat paradoxical position. On the one hand, he or she is owner of the property, with all that implies for his or her right to use the. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Protection of possession

It is a difficult question whether, and to what extent, a legal system should protect the possession of property by someone who may well turn out not to have any right to it. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

The influence of Roman and English law on mixed legal systems

Sitting between the Civil Law and Common Law legal families is a smaller group of legal systems that have received influences from both of these. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only