Education CV
2019-2020 Master of Laws (LLM), Harvard Law School
2018-2019 Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University of Oxford
2015-2018 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Law (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford
Fields of research
jurisprudence, legal history, public law
Towards a Jurisprudence of Evil Law
Summary
Law, with its ability to change one’s moral obligations and authorize coercion, has the capacity not only for eradicating, but also for producing evil. This, to use Leslie Green's words, ‘immorality that law makes possible’ – as well as the ways in which it can be resisted – has remained among the most intriguing subjects of study in jurisprudence. In my project, I ask: what is the relationship between this ‘immorality’ – or evil – and law? My dissertation will cover the following questions:
- What is evil law?
- Does law hinder or help evil regimes?
- Can evil law be resisted from the ‘inside’, or only from the ‘outside’?
- Does transitional justice necessitate a ‘clean break’ with evil law after the evil regime falls?
I am looking at these issues from a legal-historical as well as legal-theoretical perspective, focusing on law of Nazi Germany, Soviet Union under Stalin, and slavery in the antebellum United States.
My project is funded by the Institute for Humane Studies, Modern Law Review, and Cambridge Law Journal.
Supervisors
Dr Lars Vinx