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Professor Nick Grief
Professor, Director of Legal Studies, and Sub-Dean Medway
Kent Law School
- n.grief-98@kent.ac.uk
- +44 (1634) 888953
Research
Nick's research interests include
- Public international law, especially the legal status of nuclear weapons, air and space law and the domestic implications of international law
- Human rights, especially the right to protest, conscientious objection to the payment of taxes for military purposes and the use of international law by protesters in UK courts
- EU law, especially the protection of human rights under EU law and the domestic implications thereof
- Aviation law, especially international carriage by air
Some examples of Nick's media appearances are here.
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Articles
Grief, Nick (2011)
Nuclear weapons: the legal status of use, threat and possession.
Nuclear Abolition Forum (1). pp. 7-13.
Grief, Nick and Losy, A. (2010)
The Montreal Convention 1999: an increase in the limits of liability.
Journal of Business Law (6). pp. 529-532. ISSN 0021-9460.
Grief, Nick (2008)
The domestic reach of general principles of law: First City Trading revisited.
The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 2007-2008. pp. 199-214.
Book Sections
Grief, Nick (2011)
Deterrence: The Legal Context.
In: Johnson, R. and Zelter, A. Trident and International Law. Luath Press, pp. 172-176. ISBN 1-906817-24-3.
Grief, Nick (2008)
The Iraq War: Issues of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law.
In: Williams, A. and Shiner, P. The Iraq War and International Law. Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 95-116. ISBN 1841136697.
Grief, Nick (2008)
The "War Crimes" and "International Criminal Law" entries.
In: Cane, P. and Conaghan, Joanne The New Oxford Companion to Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Teaching:
Nick teaches Public International Law and EU Law
Supervision:
Nick is happy to supervise in the following areas:
- Public international law, especially international humanitarian law, international criminal law, air and space law
- Human rights, especially the right to protest and conscientious objection to the payment of taxes for military purposes
- EU law, especially the protection of fundamental rights
- Aviation law, especially international carriage by air
Professional practice
- Nick practises at the Bar from Doughty Street Chambers, London (www.doughtystreet.co.uk/).
- Cases in which he has appeared as counsel include R v Jones and others; Ayliffe and others v DPP; Swain v DPP [2006] UKHL 16 (on whether the crime of aggression was capable of being a crime in domestic law) and A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department (No 2) [2005] UKHL 71 (on the admissibility of evidence procured by torture of a third party by foreign agents).
- Nick has also been instructed as an expert witness on public international law and EU law.
Editorial Work
Nick is on the editorial board of The International Journal of Human Rights (Routledge).
Professional Societies
- The British Institute of International and Comparative Law
- The Society of Legal Scholars
External Appointments
- Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, USA
- Nick is a major contributor to the Government Legal Service's EU law training programme.
- He has also delivered EU law training for the Environment Agency, the Financial Services Authority, GLS Scotland and the Welsh Assembly Government; and human rights training for the States of Guernsey Civil Service Board and the Sovereign Base Areas Administration, Cyprus.