Dr Rupert Dunbar
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Law
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am currently module leader for Land law and EU law (both Level 5 modules). I have experience in teaching Contract law, Equity and Tort law. I am also the study abroad coordinator for the Department.
My research area currently concerns the relationship between international and domestic law, debating and testing notions of justice and legal certainty in domestic courts' case law. My PhD criticised the current approaches adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union for applying international law within the EU legal system. I also have an interest in the EU internal market and the accommodation of new initiatives/technologies within it.
I welcome PhD applications in the field of EU external relations law, UK external relations law, and EU law.
Qualifications
- PhD (The Application of International Law in the Court of Justice of the European Union)
- LLM European Law (King's College, London)
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Domains
Specialisms
- EU Law
- International Law
- Legal Theory
Publications
Box ticking justice: <i>Etridge (No. 2) </i>and the illusion of protection
Smyth, Claire-Michelle and Dunbar, Rupert, 2025, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (3)pp 255-269, Published
Learning from failure in 'an integral part' of EU Law: interpretation of international treaties in the CJEU
Dunbar, Rupert, 2024, European Law Openpp 1-43, E-pub ahead of print
Clear as mud: proprietary estoppel after 'Guest v Guest'
Dunbar, Rupert and Smyth, Claire, 2024, Trusts & Trustees (30), 5pp 1-8, Published
Article 3(5) TEU a decade on: revisiting 'strict observance of international law' in the text and context of other EU values
Dunbar, Rupert, 2021, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law (28), 4pp 479-497, Published
The application of international law in the Court of Justice of the European Union: proportionality rising
Dunbar, Rupert, 2021, German Law Journal (22), 4pp 557-592, Published
Ripe for justice?
Dunbar, Rupert (2024). In: Johnson, Ed, Smyth, Claire-Michelle, (eds.)[Accepted/In press]
Artificial intelligence and its regulation in the European Union
Sinha, Gauri and Dunbar, Rupert (2021). In: Bielicki, Damian, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.: Routledgepp 3-20 [Published]
International law in domestic courts: the argument for a shift from the contested realm of interpretation to the accepted realm of application in adjudication
Dunbar, Rupert and Jeanpierre, Eric(2016). [Published]
The 'case' for rethinking European courts' application of international law
Dunbar, Rupert(2011). [Published]
Proving that the application of international law in the Court of Justice of the European Union is unjust in prominent case law
Dunbar, Rupert Kenneth Lewis (2016), PhD thesis [Accepted/In press]