Anne Davies (legal scholar)

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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]

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Biography

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 siences. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anne Davies: Professor of Law and Public Policy". Faculty of Law, University of Oxford . Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  2. 1 2 "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.
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