Dr Emily Hancox
BA(Hons), LLM, PhD
Expertise
Emily is Co-Director of the Centre for European and Public Law and a Lecturer in Law. Her research focuses on EU constitutional law, especially the interaction between the sources of EU law, and on retained/assimilated EU law.
Current positions
Lecturer in Law
University of Bristol Law School
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Biography
Following her undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford, Emily undertook an LLM in European, Comparative and International Law at the European University Institute where she specialised in EU fundamental rights protection. Emily gained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2019 as a Principal's Career Development Scholar.
Prior to joining the University of Bristol she was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute and the Spencer-Fairest Fellow in Law at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Emily also has experience working for the EU institutions and for a research consultancy in London.
Research interests
My research focuses on EU constitutional law, especially on the interaction between the sources of EU law, the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice and EU non-discrimination law.
I am currently pursuing two lines of research. The first highlights the frequent coincidence of--what I term--overlapping norms of EU law and the lack of guiding principles for their resolution. I propose nuanced solutions addressing the implications for legal certainty, rights protection, and the hierarchy of norms. I have explored this idea in relation to EU non-discrimination law and internal market law and am currently working on developing these ideas in the field of competititon damages. This work has been published in the Common Market Law Review and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.
The second strand of research focuses on the interpretation and status of retained/assimilated law EU law in the UK after Brexit. My expertise in this area has led to invitations to give evidence before the Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee and the House of Lords APPG on the Rule of Law.
I am also part of a collaborative international research project on balancing private rights with public goals helping me expand my research through the identification of alternate ways rules can interact.
Publications
Selected publications
01/08/2021Judicial approaches to norm overlaps in EU law
Common Market Law Review
Interpreting the Post-Brexit Legal Framework
Cambridge Law Journal
EU Law in the UK After Brexit
EU Law Live
The Relationship Between the Charter and General Principles
Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies
Recent publications
01/02/2023Book review: Concurrence in European Private Law, by Ruben de Graaff. (The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2020)
Common Market Law Review
Interpreting the Post-Brexit Legal Framework
Cambridge Law Journal
UK citizens who had previously exercised their free movement rights do not retain the status or benefits of Union citizenship
EU Law Live
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022
Written Briefing on Retained EU Law for the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Written Briefing on Retained EU Law for the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Teaching
I am currently the Unit Coordinator on the MA course on Constitutional and Substantive EU Law. I also teach on the undergraduate course, Law and Policy of the EU. Previously, I have taught public and EU Law at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh as well as at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Together with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, I designed the FutureLearn course, Exploring Law. It is an innovative course for school students that offers an authentic disciplinary experience and supports my efforts to widening participation.