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Steven Greer


Steven Greer
Steven Greer studied Law at the University of Oxford, Sociology at the London School of Economics, and has a PhD in Law from the Queen's University of Belfast. Before being appointed to a lectureship at the University of Bristol he taught at Queen's Belfast and at the University of Sussex, and since arriving at Bristol, he has held a Visiting Lectureship at the University of Hannover (West Germany), a Visiting Fellowship at the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Spain), and a Visiting Professorial Fellowship at the University of Wollongong (Australia). He has acted as consultant to various organisations, including the Council of Europe, is consultant editor (Human Rights) for Amicus Curiae, and has published widely, particularly in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, and law and terrorism. His most recent book, The European Convention on Human Rights: Achievements, Problems and Prospects (Cambridge University Press, 2006), was short-listed with two other titles for the Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2008.