The department is home to academics focused on a broad range of specialist areas, engaged in research and teaching in an exciting range of key public law areas; staff in the Department of Public Law are also members of Faculty research units.
Areas of expertise in the Department include (amongst other areas):
- Law & Society
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Human Rights
- Governance & the Judiciary
- Refugee Rights
- Land issues
- Access to Case Law
- Administrative Law
- Marine & Environmental Law
The Department is home to dedicated research units focused on these areas of Law.