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Anne Davies (legal scholar)

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Anne Davies
Davies in 2007
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Alma materLincoln College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholar
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Institutions

Anne C. L. Davies FBA is a British legal scholar, who is Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford[1] and professorial fellow in law at Brasenose College, Oxford,[2] She was dean of the Faculty of Law from 2015 to 2020. She is also a senior research fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, where she chairs the Procurement of Government Outcomes Club.[3] She is a former general editor of the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.[4] As of 2021 she is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations.[5]

Biography

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Davies was a student at Lincoln College, Oxford, and won the Gibbs and Martin Wronker University Prizes for Law. She was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford (1995 to 2001), during which time she completed her doctorate on contractualisation in the National Health Service.[6]

After moving to Brasenose College, Oxford in 2001, she became reader in public law in 2006.[2] She was awarded a title of distinction as Professor of Law and Public Policy in 2011.[7]

She is a member of the editorial board of the Industrial Law Journal,[8] the European Labour Law Journal[9] and Current Legal Problems.[10]

She is a non-executive member of the Board of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman,[11] and a member of the advisory panel to the Welsh Language Commissioner,[12] and was formerly an independent member of the council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.[1] As of 2021 she is Honorary Secretary of The Society of Legal Scholars.[13]

In 2024, she was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[14]

Books

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  • Accountability: A Public Law Analysis of Government By Contract (Oxford University Press 2001)
  • Perspectives on Labour Law (Cambridge University Press 2004, 2nd edition 2009)
  • The Public Law of Government Contracts (Oxford University Press 2008)
  • EU Labour Law (Elgar European Law Series 2012)
  • Employment Law (Longman Law Series 2015)
  • Valuing Employment Rights (Hart Publishing 2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Anne Davies: Professor of Law and Public Policy". Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Academic Staff: Professor Anne Davies". Brasenose College, Oxford. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  3. ^ "Professor Anne Davies - Senior Research Fellow". Blavatnik School of Government. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  4. ^ "Oxford Journal of Legal Studies: Editorial Board". Oxford Journals. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  5. ^ "International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations". Kluwer Law Online. Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. ^ Davies, A. C. L. (1999). Accountability: a public law analysis of National Health Service contracts (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Recognition of Distinction 2010–2011: Successful Candidates", Supplement (1) to The University of Oxford Gazette, no. 4974, 18 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Industrial Law Journal: Editorial Board". Oxford Journals. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  9. ^ "European Labour Law Journal: Editorial Board". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  10. ^ "Current Legal Problems: Editorial Board". Archived from the original on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  11. ^ "Polly Curtis and Anne Davies join PHSO Board as non-executive members". Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Written Statement: Reappointment of Members to the Welsh Language Commissioner's Advisory Panel". Welsh Language Commissioner. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  13. ^ "The Executive". The Society of Legal Scholars. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  14. ^ "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024". News. British Academy. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
2015-2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Editor of the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Succeeded by