Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - DynamInt

Postdoktorandin am Graduiertenkolleg DynamInt seit April 2025

Vita

Dr Emily Hancox has been a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol since August 2021 where she teaches EU and public law. She is also Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for European and Public Law at the University of Bristol.

Following undergraduate studies in law at the University of Oxford, Emily undertook an LLM in European, Comparative and International Law at the European University Institute where she specialised in EU fundamental rights protection. She received her PhD (without corrections) from the University of Edinburgh in 2019 as a Principal's Career Development Scholar.

Prior to joining the University of Bristol, Emily held positions as a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute and was the Spencer-Fairest Fellow in Law at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Emily also previously worked for and for a research consultancy in London.

Emily’s research focuses on EU constitutional law, especially on the interaction between the sources of EU law and the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice. Emily also works on the status and interpretation of retained/assimilated EU law in the UK after Brexit. Her expertise in this area has led to invitations to give evidence before the Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee and to the House of Lords APPG on the Rule of Law. She has published widely including in the Cambridge Law Journal, the Common Market Law Review and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

Fields of research

• European Constitutional Law
• EU Free Movement and Competition Law
• Retained EU law
• Legal Reasoning

Select Publications

‘It’s a complex world. Can courts help? Judicial review and complexity in Germany, the EU and the US’ (2025) Cambridge International Law Journal, forthcoming (with Sonja Heitzer)

‘British Nationals After Brexit: Interpreting the Citizens’ Rights Provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement’ (EU Law Live Weekend Edition No 108, 16 July 2022)

‘UK citizens who had previously exercised their free movement rights do not retain the status or benefits of Union citizenship: Opinion of AG Collins in Préfet du Gers’ (EU Law Live, 11 March 2022)

‘Interpreting the Post-Brexit Legal Framework: TuneIn v Warner [2021] EWCA Civ 441; Lipton v BA Cityflyer [2021] EWCA Civ 454’ (2021) 80(3) Cambridge Law Journal 428-433 (available here)

‘Case Comment: Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig’ (2015) 29(1) Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 62-65

‘The meaning of ‘implementing’ EU law under Article 51(1) of the Charter: Åkerberg Fransson’ (2013) 50(5) Common Market Law Review 1411–1432 (available here)