Dr Amanda Spalding
- Position: Lecturer in Law
- Areas of expertise: Immigration Law; Human Rights Law; Criminal Law; EU Law; Family Law
- Email: A.Spalding@leeds.ac.uk
Profile
I am a Lecturer of Law with expertise in the broad field of public law including administrative law, human rights law, criminal law and EU law. I am particularly interested in how they overlap and interact, especially on issues related to administrative immigration law and it’s increasingly intertwined relationship with criminal law and human rights.I hold a specialist LLM in European Law from Kings College London and also have an interest in Family Law.
I joined the University of Leeds in July 2023, having previously worked at the University of Sheffield, Canterbury Christ Church University and SOAS. I am a graduate of King’s College London (PhD, LLM) and the Robert Gordon University (LLB Hons). I am currently the Deputy Editor for the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law.
Research interests
My research interest is in overlapping areas of law, particularly public law broadly defined, with a special emphasis on the extent to which migration issues create ‘exceptionalism’ within the law as well as the ‘humanrightzification’ of immigration law. My work frequently examines issues where immigration law, human rights law and criminal law intersect and the legal implications of this. My book ‘The Treatment of Immigrants in the European Court of Human Rights: Moving Beyond Criminalisation’ has been called a “precious addition to research at the intersection of human rights and criminal law.” My research has been published in the Modern Law Review, Legal Studies, the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, the European Journal of Migration and Law and the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law. I have also touched on Family Law having published on issues such as the extent to which the ‘best interests of the child’ standard is subject to immigration exceptionalism and how EU migration free movement laws have developed and can further develop rights and recognition for a wider range of family structures.
Qualifications
- PhD in Law (King's College London)
- LLM (King's College London)
- LLB (Hons) (The Robert Gordon University)
Student education
I currently teach on the following modules: EU Law, International Human Rights Law, Inequalities, Law and Justice and Gender and the Law. I have significant prior teaching experience of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Family Law as well.
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Law and Social Justice