Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Group

My research interests lie in the intersection between the fields of criminal law and international law. My initial specialisation was in international drug control law, the topic of my PhD, and I retain an interest in the international drug control system, but I have since written extensively on international tobacco smuggling, the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, and the law of extradition. I am particularly interested in the developing field of transnational criminal law, as that part of international criminal law in a general sense which is concerned with the suppression of transnational crime by states, and have published extensively on this topic. In addition, I have worked in the international criminal law in a strict sense, particularly on the law and history of the International Tribunal for the Far East.

James is broadly interested in how the state and other powerful actors are held accountable for the harms they cause. This includes the struggle for justice for, amongst others, prisoners, victims of police brutality and other marginalised groups.

He has published books on prison education, joint criminal enterprise and human rights defenders in Israel and Palestine.

Debra Wilson researches and publishes in Criminal Law and Medical Law.