Dr Vaclav Janecek
Bc, Mgr, JUDr, MSt (Oxon), PhD, DPhil (Oxon)
Expertise
Law and technology expert with a private law and philosophy background. Currently visiting the Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Systems (IGSG-CNR, Italy), as the Leverhulme International Fellow.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Law
University of Bristol Law School
Contact
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Biography
Current role:
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of BristolLeverhulme International Fellow, IGSG-CNR, Italy
Associate Member, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Previous appointments:
Visiting Research Fellow in Law and Technology, Masaryk University, 2021Research and Course Development Fellow in Law and Technology, Oxford, 2019-21
Teaching Fellow in Contract Law, UCL, 2019-21
Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Ethics, Oxford, 2017-18
Research Associate, Charles University, 2016-18
Research interests
A law and technology expert with a strong background in private law and philosophy, working at the intersection of law and computer science.
Václav is the Programme Director of the University of Bristol Law School's LLM in Law, Innovation and Technology. Outside Bristol, he is an Associate Member of the Oxford University's Department of Computer Science and co-directs the Oxford LawTech Education Programme.
In 2025/26 academic year, Václav is on a sabbatical leave and holds the Leverhulme International Fellowship to conduct research at the Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Studies in Florence (IGSG-CNR), Italy.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
LawTech Industry Board 2024
Principal Investigator
Description
ESRC IAA project to advance the activities of the LawTech Industry Board.Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
15/04/2024 to 17/05/2024
LawTech Industry Board
Principal Investigator
Description
ESRC IAA project to set up a LawTech Industry Board.Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/09/2022 to 31/03/2023
Thesis supervisions
Property rights in cryptoassets
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
02/03/2022Mass Compensation Claims for Illegal Online Tracking
Law Quarterly Review
Education for the Provision of Technologically Enhanced Legal Services
Computer Law and Security Review
Ownership of Personal Data in the Internet of Things
Computer Law and Security Review
Recent publications
16/09/2025Non-compensatory damages in English law
Non-compensatory damages in English law
The Autonomous Concept of “Damage” According to the GDPR and Its Unfortunate Implications
Common Market Law Review
Judgments as Bulk Data
Big Data and Society
Rethinking Law, Regulation, and Technology. by Roger Brownsword
International Journal of Law and Information Technology
LawTech Education
Teaching Legal Education in a Digital Age
Teaching
Contract
Tort
Jurisprudence
Digital Ethics
IT Law
Legal Informatics
Law and Computer Science
Data Protection