Robin White

Professor
MA (Oxford), LLM (Virginia), Solicitor of the Supreme Court

Robin C A White has been a Professor of Law since 1988, and a member of the academic staff since 1973. He holds a part-time judicial office as a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal, where he is assigned to the Administrative Appeals Chamber. He has served as Head of Department (1987-90), Dean of the Faculty (1990-3), Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1993-7), Public Orator (1998-2001), Dean of Law (1999-2003), and Head of Department (2005-8). He was editor or joint editor of the European Law Review from 1987 until the end of 2002, and a member of its Editorial Board until the end of 2007. The fifth edition of The European Convention on Human Rights written jointly with Clare Ovey for Oxford University Press is in press and is scheduled for publication in the Spring of 2010.

Research Interests

European Union Law, especially free movement of persons, including co-ordination of social security; the European Convention on Human Rights.

Selected Publications

'Judgments in the Strasbourg Court: Some Reflections' in M Andenas and S Vogenhauer (eds), A Matter of Style. The Form of Judgments in the United Kingdom and Abroad: Essays in Honour of Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Hart Publishing, forthcoming ssrn.com/abstract=1435197
(with I Boussiakou), 'Voices from the European Court of Human Rights', (2009) 27 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 167-89
(with I Boussiakou), 'Separate Opinions in the European Court of Human Rights', (2009) 9 Human Rights Law Review 37-60
(with D Bonner, I Hooker, R Poynter, N Wikeley and P Wood), Social Security Legislation 2009/10: Volume I: Non Means Tested Benefits and Employment and Support Allowance, [London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2009. lviii + 1423 pp. ISBN 9780414041165.]
(with M Rowland), Social Security Legislation 2009/10. Volume III: Administration, Adjudication and the European Dimension, [London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2009. lix + 1478 pp. ISBN 9780414041189].
The Strasbourg Perspective and its Effect on the Court of Justice: Is Mutual Respect Enough?' in A Arnull, P Eeckhout and T Tridimas (eds) Continuity and Change in EU Law. Essays in Honour of Sir Francis Jacobs, [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780199219032.] at 139-56.
'The Treaty of Lisbon: some human rights issues' in P Xuereb (ed), The Lisbon Treaty and its Implications. A Public Dialogue Document, [Malta: University of Malta, 2008, viii + 85 pp. ISBN 9789990967524] at 35-50.
'Free movement of persons and sport' in B Bogusz, A Cygan and E Szyszczak, The Regulation of Sport in the European Union, [Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007, ISBN 9781847203632] at 33-47.
(with C Ovey), The European Convention on Human Rights, [Oxford: Oxford University Press, Fourth edition, 2006. lxiv + 591 pp. inc. index. ISBN 0199288100]
'Citizenship of the Union, Governance and Equality' (2006) 29 Fordham International Law Journal 790-811.
'Free movement, equal treatment and citizenship of the Union' (2005) 54 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 885-906.
Workers, Establishment and Services in the European Union, [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. lxiv + 285 pp. inc. index. ISBN 0198267762].

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Selected Publications