Ms Bal Sokhi-Bulley

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Lecturer

Contact details
E-mail : b.sokhi-bulley@qub.ac.uk
Direct Line :      (028) 9097 3466                     
Room 29 G07, 29 University Square

Degrees
PhD Candidate, University of Nottingham
LLM International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham
LLB European Law, University of Warwick

Biography
Bal graduated with a degree in European Law from the University of Warwick in 2003 and obtained a Masters in International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham in 2005. Bal’s research interests are in the areas of human rights, critical theory and governance, and socio-legal theory and method. In terms of her current research, Bal is completing her PhD at the University of Nottingham, which is entitled Human Rights and the European Union: A Foucauldian Analysis and critically examines the governance/rights discourse of the EU from a governmentality perspective. An article based on this doctoral research is forthcoming (International Journal of Law and Context, 2009) and Bal has previously published in the areas of women’s rights and non-discrimination whilst working as a Research Assistant at the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham (2005). Bal has been a partner, since 2006, in a project on Legal Research Methodologies in EU and International law. In terms of teaching, Bal has taught modules in European Union Law for the last three years at the University of Nottingham and Queen’s respectively, and supervised LLM dissertation workshops (Nottingham 2007-08). Bal joined the Law School at Queen’s in September 2008.

Teaching

Undergraduate:

Research
Critical approaches to human rights; rights and governance; human rights in the European Union; socio-legal theory and method.

Publications

‘The Optional Protocol to CEDAW: First Steps’ (2006) 6 Human Rights Law Review 143-159

‘Non-Discrimination and Difference: The (Non-) Essence of Human Rights Law’ (2005) Human Rights Law Commentary, online journal 

R. Cryer, T. Hervey, B Sokhi-Bulley, ‘Legal Research Methodologies in European Union and International Law: Research Notes (Part 2)’ (2008) 4(1) Journal of Contemporary European Research 48-51.

R. Cryer, T. Hervey, B Sokhi-Bulley, ‘Legal Research Methods in EU and International Law: Research Notes (Part 1)’ (2007) 3(2) Journal of Contemporary European Research 161-165.

R. Cryer, T. Hervey, B Sokhi-Bulley, ‘Workshop Preparatory Materials, Legal Research Methodologies in European Union and International Law’, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Training Project 1 Oct 2006-30 Sept 2008, Second Workshop 27-28 June 2008.