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Professor Matthew Humphreys

Professor of Law and Head of School, Kingston Law School, Kingston University.

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Overview

Professor Humphreys is a Professor of Law and head of Kingston University's Law school. His research field is European environmental law, with a particular interest in aspects of social justice developed from the sustainable development principle. He is most interested in the European Union Law requirement that environmental protection be integrated in all aspects of union policy. His interest further extends to sustainability and urban regeneration, but starting from the premise that progress in these areas is based on the principle that sustainability and sustainable development is primarily about people.

To this end he is chair of the EC1 New Deal for Communities partnership, a £53 million government-funded urban regeneration project designed to kick-start the turnaround of a neighbourhood comprising around 4,800 households and their surrounding areas within the London Borough of Islington.

 

 

 

Qualifications

Year gained Subject
2000 Ph.D. Anglia Ruskin University.
1992 Certificat de connaissance de la langue francais (avancee), Universite de Toulouse-le Mirail.
1991 LL.B. (II.i), University of Exeter.

Career Highlights

Year Position held
2007 - Head of Kingston Law School, Kingston University.
2002 - 2007 Senior lecturer/lecturer, Lecturer in Law, University of Surrey.
2001 - 2001 Lecturer in Law, Anglia Polytechnic University.
1996 - 1998 P/T Lecturer in EC Law, University of East Anglia.
1993 - 1998 P/T Lecturer in Law, Anglia Polytechnic University.

Research

Publications

Work in progress

  • "Variable Environmental Protection in the European Union", article co-written with Clare Williams. Target journal: Common Market Law Review.
  • "Sustainable Communities", article on Sustainable Communities Act 2008, and relationship with regeneration projects. Target journal: Journal of Environmental Law.
  • "Equality concepts and theory in positive action cases", article, draft.
  • The European Union, SJ Berwin looseleaf being updated, see below.
  • Social Justice and Urban Regeneration, book, in progress, although probably to be dealt with following delivery of the Sustainable Transport in the European Union text.

Books (refereed)

  • Humphreys, M, Sustainable Transport in the European Union (Routledge, 2010).
  • Humphreys, M, The European Union (London: Thomson/Sweet and Maxwell, 2010).
    This is a loose-leaf SJ Berwin & Co sponsored publication as part of a Doing Business in Europe, aimed at US law firms. I have been asked to update this 2008 for a re-issue.

Other Books

  • Horspool M and Humphreys M, European Union Law (6th edition, Oxford: OUP, 2010), joint publication with Professor Margot Horspool. I also produced the 4th and 5th editions.
  • Field, Humphreys & Sokolov, Euroland: integrating European Capital Markets, (London: Deutsche Bank/Euromoney, 2000)
  • Kochan & Humphreys, Morocco - Meeting the Challenge, (London: Euromoney, 1999)

Refereed Articles (all sole authored)

  • "Participation in Governance: Representation and the changing structure of UK local democracy", (12,000 words) submitted to Legal Studies. Under review.
  • "Disproportionate and discriminating environmental protection: case 320/03 Commission v. Austria" [2007] Environmental Law Review 2, 137-148
  • "Leaseholder charges and urban renewal in regeneration" [2006] Journal of Planning and Environmental Law 1625-1642
  • "Free Movement and Road Blocks - the Right to Protest in the Single Market" [2004] Environmental Law Review 3, 190-205
  • "Congestion Charging" [2003] Environmental Law Review 5, 134-140
  • "Charging for Road Use" [2002] Journal of Business Law 195-209
  • "Member States and Infrastructure Obligations" 14 [2002] Journal of Environmental Law 1, 101-118
  • "The Polluter Pays Principle in Transport Policy" [2001] 26 European Law Review 451-467
  • "A Sustainability Analysis of the Common Transport Policy" [2001] Environmental Law Review 3, 170-185

Book Chapters

  • "François Gény" in Murray (ed.) Companion to Modern French Thought, (London and New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004).

Book Reviews

  • "Ball and McGivilray's Environmental Law" 19 [2007] JEL 1, 280-281
  • "N. Dohnt's Integration of Environmental Protection into other EC Policies" 16 [2004] JEL 1, 149-151.

Professional Body Membership

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Key Industry Roles

Professor Humphreys is chair of the EC1 New Deal for Communities project, a £53 million urban regeneration initiative. Under his leadership the project has gone from being one of eight NDC schemes deemed by central government as being "at risk" to now being classfied as "performing strongly".  

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