Asma Vranaki
DPhil Law
I am currently in the final year of my DPhil in Law at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. I am aiming to submit my thesis in April 2013.My research focuses on the role of law in protecting privacy and copyright interests in Online Social Networking Sites and employs the Foucauldian and Actor-Network Theory analytic lens of power which I have developed.
In terms of my academic background, I am a law graduate from the London School of Economics where I graduated with an average of 68% with firsts in Jurisprudence and Company Law and a high 2:1 in Advanced Torts (68%), EU Law (67%) and Commercial Contracts (66%). After my LLB, I was awarded a scholarship by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary and Westfiled College to undertake a LLM in Computers & Communications Law. Following the successful completion of the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law(ICSL) (London), I was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003.
In terms of my professional background, I undertook the first half of my pupillage at Juristconsult Chambers (Mauritius) one of the leading commercial chambers in Mauritius. I undertook the second half of my pupillage at the first-tier commercial chambers, Fountain Court Chambers (London), under the tutelage of Akhil Shah QC and John Taylor. After being called to the Bar of Mauritius, I was a tenant at Juristconsult Chambers until late 2005, specialising in all aspects of commercial law with an emphasis on Corporate Finance, Contract,IT/IP &Telecommunications, IP and E-Commerce. I was appointed as a Bar Vocational Lecturer at ICSL from September 2006 to August 2008, where I lectured in various subjects including Civil Litigation & Evidence, Drafting, Opinion Writing, Commercial Law, Company Law and Civil Advocacy.
Publications
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Refereed journal publications
Vranaki Asma,‘Wilson v. Yahoo! UK Ltd & Anor and the law on online sponsored links,’ (2008) 13(4) Communications Law, 135.
Vranaki Asma, ‘Compensation of Commercial Agents,’ (2008)17(2) Modern Law Review, 271.
Journal working papers
Vranaki Asma, ‘An analysis of the copyright network of YouTube as a socio-legal-technological network,’ target journal Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (2012).
Vranaki Asma, ‘Connecting Foucault and Actor-Network Theory to analyse power effects in Online Social Networking Sites,’ target journal Journal of Law and Society (2013).
Refereed conference papers
Vranaki Asma, ‘Is “code” law in the copyright network of YouTube? An empirical analysis of the relationship between law and technology in YouTube,’ (Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, Cambridge, September 2011)
Vranaki Asma, ‘An analysis of the copyright network of YouTube as a socio-legal-technological network,’ (Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, Sussex, April 2011)
Vranaki Asma, ‘An alternative way of conceptualising the role of law and technological artefacts in protecting privacy and copyright interests in Online Social Networking Sites,’ (4th International Graduate Legal Research Conference, King`s College London, April 2010)
Vranaki Asma, ‘The role of law as a modality of power in the protection of privacy and copyright interests in the participative web,’ (CSLS Conference, Oxford, May 2009).
Working papers and participation in doctoral workshops
‘Material Worlds: Intersections between Socio-Legal Studies and Science and Technology Studies Workshop,’ (King`s College London, April 2011) (participant).
Vranaki Asma, ‘The role of socio-cyber ties as a modality of power in Social Networking Sites,’ Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments Workshop, (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, March 2009).
Research presentations
Vranaki Asma, ‘An analysis of the copyright network of YouTube as a socio-legal-technological network,’ (Socio-Legal Discussion Group, University of Oxford, March 2011).
Interests
Research: Cyber-regulatory theory, internet regulation, regulation, socio-legal studies, science and technology studies, actor-network theory and socio-legal theories and their impact on traditional regulatory models.
