Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Professor of European and Human Rights Law
Professor Douglas-Scott was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She studied philosophy, art history and aesthetics before taking a degree in law. Before coming to Oxford, she was Professor of Law at King's College London. She is a barrister and a member of Gray's Inn.
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott works primarily within the field of EU Public Law and legal and social theory, specializing, in particular, in EU human rights law. She is the author of the monograph, 'Constitutional Law of the EU', (2nd edition, forthcoming 2013). She has published widely on EU human rights law, including articles on freedom of expression (especially on hate speech), and on the importance of maintaining human rights in the face of EU and national fights against terrorism. She has held visiting posts at various institutions, including the University of Bonn, where she was visiting Jean Monnet professor. Since 1993, she has co-taught and developed a course on comparative US and EU human rights law with Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court at the Salzburg Forum for International Studies.
Her current projects include a monograph on European Human Rights law and she is also co-editing a Research Handbook on the European Union and Human Rights.
Professor Douglas-Scott has also recently completed a monograph, Law After Modernity (publication date April, 2013) which explores at a more abstract level many of the issues of pluralism, justice and human rights also to be found in her work on the EU, and unusually, for a work of legal theory, is illustrated with various images and artistic works.
Publications
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Journal Articles
2012
S Douglas-Scott, 'EU Admission to the ECHR' (2012) 19 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law
S Douglas-Scott, 'Pluralism and Justice in the EU' (2012) 65 UCL Current Legal Problems series 83
2011
S Douglas-Scott, 'The European Union and Human Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon' (2011) Human Rights Law Review 1
2009
S Douglas-Scott, 'The EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: a lack of fundamental rights, mutual trust and democracy?' (2009) 11, 2008-2009 Cambridge Yearbook of European Law studies
2007
S Douglas-Scott, 'Fundamental Rights in EU Justice and Home Affairs' (2007) EU Current Law
2006
S Douglas-Scott, ''Bosphorus Hava Yollari Turizm Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi v. Ireland' case comment ' (2006) Common Market Law Review
S Douglas-Scott, 'A Tale of Two Courts: Luxembourg, Strasbourg and the Growing European Human Rights Acquis ' (2006) Common Market Law Review 619
2004
S Douglas-Scott, '*The Rule of Law in the European Union - putting the security into the EU’s Area of Freedom Security and Justice ' (2004) European Law Review
2003
S Douglas-Scott, 'Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan' (2003) King's College Law Journal
S Douglas-Scott, 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a constitutional document ' (2003) European Human Rights Review
2001
S Douglas-Scott, 'Constituting Europe: in defence of public reason' (2001) King's College Law Journal
1999
S Douglas-Scott, 'In Search of European Citizenship' (1999) Yearbook of European Law
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Hatefulness of Protected Speech: a comparison of the European and American Approaches ' (1999) William and Mary Bill of Rights Review
1998
S Douglas-Scott, 'Psychoanalysis, Speech Acts and the language of ‘free speech'' (1998) Res Publica
1997
S Douglas-Scott, 'Affirmative action in the US Supreme Court ' [1997] Public Law
1996
S Douglas-Scott, 'Ruling out Affirmative Action' (1996) New Law Journal
S Douglas-Scott and John Kimbell, 'The Adams Exclusion Order case - new enforceable Civil Rights in the post-Maastricht European Union' [1996] Public Law
1994
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Konstantinidis case (casenote)' (1994) 5 KCLJ 173
S Douglas-Scott, 'What's in a name?: EC Law and human rights' (1994) King's College Law Journal
1993
S Douglas-Scott, 'Europe's Future' (1993) Maitres
S Douglas-Scott, 'Sunday Trading and EC Law (casenote)' (1993) 4 KCLJ 103
1992
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Francovich case (casenote)' (1992) 3 KCLJ 120
1991
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Factortame case: Fishing in Troubled Waters' (1991) Kings College Law journal
Books
2014
S Douglas-Scott, Constitutional Law of the European Union (2nd edition) (Pearson Longman 2014) (forthcoming)
S Douglas-Scott, EU Human Rights Law (Elgar Publishing 2014) (forthcoming)
2013
S Douglas-Scott, Law After Modernity (Hart Publishing 2013)
2002
S Douglas-Scott, Constitutional Law of the European Union (Longman's 2002)
2000
S Douglas-Scott, Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union Study Guide (University of London 2000)
Chapters
2014
S Douglas-Scott, 'Fundamental Rights and the EU Financial Crisis' in Douglas-Scott and Hatzis (eds), Research Handbook on EU Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar 2014) (forthcoming)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Fundamental Rights in the EU' in Schutze and Tridimas (eds), Oxford Principles of European Union Law - Volume I: The European Union Legal Order (Oxford University Press 2014) (forthcoming)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Justice and Injustice in the EU' in de Burca, Kochenov, Williams (eds), Europe's Justice Deficit (Hart Publishing 2014) (forthcoming)
2013
S Douglas-Scott, 'Human Rights in the EU' in Dennis Patterson (ed), Blackwell Companion for EU law and International Law (Oxford: Blackwell 2013) (forthcoming)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Rethinking Justice for the EU' in Maduro, Tuori , Walker (eds), Rethinking EU law (Cambridge University Press 2013)
S Douglas-Scott, 'The European Court of Justice and the ECHR after Lisbon' in Weatherill, de Vries, Bernitz (eds), The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU after Lisbon (Hart Publishing 2013)
2012
S Douglas-Scott, 'The problem of justice in the EU' in Dickson and Eleftheriadis (eds), The Philosophical Foundations of the EU (OUP 2012)
2011
S Douglas-Scott, 'Fundamental Rights in the EU: the ambiguity of judicial review' in Campbell, Ewing Tomkins (eds), The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Sceptical essays (Oxford University Press 2011)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Human Rights in the European Legal Space - utopia, dystopia, monotopia or polytopia?' in Shaw, Tierney, Walker (eds), Europe's Constitutional Mosaic (Hart Publishing 2011)
2007
S Douglas-Scott, 'Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the EU ' in Roger Smith and Maik Martin (eds), Fundamental Rights and Justice and Home Affairs (JUSTICE publications 2007)
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Law and Custom of a New Parliament: The European Parliament ' in Bradley, Baranger Ziegler (eds), Constitutionalism and the role of Parliaments (OUP 2007)
2003
S Douglas-Scott, 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ' in Andenas and Usher (eds), Legal Issues of the Treaty of Nice (Oxford: Hart 2003)
2000
S Douglas-Scott, Oliver and Tadros, 'Introduction to Faith in Law: Essays in Legal Theory' in Douglas-Scott, Oliver, Tadros (eds), Faith in Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2000)
1999
S Douglas-Scott, 'The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU' in Faculty of Law University of Uppsalla (ed), (Justus Forlag 1999)
1998
S Douglas-Scott, 'Reinforcing the European Identity: the Common Foreign Policy of the EU ' in Bergeron and Fitzpatrick (eds), Europe's Other (Ashgate: Dartmouth 1998)
1996
S Douglas-Scott, 'Environmental Rights - Taking the Environment Seriously' in Gearty and Tomkins (eds), Undertanding Human Rights (Mansell 1996)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Environmental Rights in the EU - Participatory Democracy or Democratic deficit?' in Boyle and Anderson (eds), Environmental Rights (OUP 1996)
1991
S Douglas-Scott, 'Conflict of Laws' in Charlesworth's Business Law (Sweet and Maxwell 1991)
S Douglas-Scott, 'Judicial review in the European Court of Justice' in Dine, Douglas-Scott, Persaud (eds), Procedure and the European Court (Law Chancery 1991)
Edited books
2014
S Douglas-Scott and N Hatzis (eds), Research Handbook on EU Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar 2014) (forthcoming)
2000
S Douglas-Scott (ed), Faith in Law (Oxford: Hart 2000)
1991
S Douglas-Scott (ed), Procedure and the European Court (Law Chancery 1991)
Internet Publications
2012
S Douglas-Scott, 'The EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on human rights and democracy' (2012) July 2102 LSE EUROPP blog
Others
2005
S Douglas-Scott, 'What is to be done about the European Constitution?' (2005) British Institute of International and Comparative Law annual conference papers 2005
Reviews
2013
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of E. Bates \'The Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights. From Its Inception to the Creation of a Permanent Court of Human Rights\'' (2013) 50 Common Market Law Review 649
2011
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of Alter: The European Courts Political power' (2011) Edinburgh Law Review
2007
S Douglas-Scott, 'Chalmers, Tomkins etc. ‘European Union Law ' (2007) European Public Law
2003
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of J Wakefield, 'Judicial Protection through the use of Article 288(2)'' (2003) European Law Review
1996
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of Waluchow, 'Inclusive Legal Positivism'' (1996) 105 Mind
1994
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of R Dworkin, 'Life's Dominion'' (1994) Medical Law Review 254
1993
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of Julie Inness, 'Privacy, Intimacy and Isolation'' (1993) Mind
1992
S Douglas-Scott, 'Review of 'Legal Issues of European Integration'' (1992) Journal of Common Market Studies
Reports
2003
S Douglas-Scott, 'Memorandum on the impact of the EU draft Constitution on the UK' (House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution 2003)
Interests
Teaching: European Union Law; Human Rights Law; Philosophy of Law; Constitutional and Administrative Law
Research: EU law, human rights, legal theory, social theory, public law
