School of Law

Staff

Biography
Robin graduated from the University of Oxford in 2001, and in September of that year began a PhD at Queen's. He was appointed to a full-time lectureship in law at Queen's in September 2003. Robin's main research interest is in the law of personal property. At present he is completing a PhD thesis on 'Possession and Entitlement', exploring the relationship between the property interests generated at law as a result of actually having some thing and those ordinarily thought of as ownership interests. This is part of a wider concern with the nature of common law legal systems, and specifically with the way judges reach decisions in hard cases and classify the rights they deal with. Robin also has a general interest in legal theory, and teaches jurisprudence to undergraduates. He is also a member of the Forum for Law and Philosophy .

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Equity
• Introduction to Jurisprudence
• Introduction to Property Law
• Land Law
• Roman Law

Research

Personal Property, Ownership and Possession, Classification of Legal Rights, Common Law Reasoning

Selected Publications

‘Curbing the Enthusiasm of Finders’ Ch. 5 in E. Cooke (ed.) Modern Studies in Property Law, Vol. 4 (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007)

"Stealing Abandoned Goods:Possessory Title in Proceedings for Theft (2006) 26 Legal Studies 584".

"Dazed and Confused: Accidental Mixtures of Goods and the Theory of Acquisition of Title" (2003) 66 Modern Law Review 386

Administration

• Assistant Director of External Affairs 2007 - present
• Advisor of Studies Year 2 LLB 2007 - present
• Editorial Committee of the NILQ 2004 - present
• Legal Studies for Legal Assistants course co-ordinator 2004 - present
• Socrates/Erasmus co-ordinator 2004 - 2006
• International Liaison Officer 2004 - 2006