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Lecturer in law, The Open University

Simon joined the Open University in 2013 while completing his PhD at the University of Nottingham. Prior to that he studied history (Sheffield) and law (University of Law, Birmingham), and briefly worked as a corporate/commercial solicitor (currently non-practising).

Simon's research covers the nexus between law, history and theory in relation to Nazi Germany, and aspects of public law.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in law, The Open University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of Nottingham, Phd law
  • 2010 
    University of Birmingham, LLM (General)
  • 2007 
    College of Law, Guildford, LLB
  • 2004 
    University of Sheffield, MA Historical Research
  • 2003 
    University of Sheffield, BA History

Publications

  • 2018
    The Distorted Jurisprudential Discourse of Nazi Law: Uncovering the 'Rupture Thesis' in the Anglo-American Legal Academy, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue
  • 2018
    ‘No one wants the taint of an association with the crimes of Nazism’: (Sometimes) in search of the meaning of Nazi Law, Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History

Grants and Contracts

  • 2010
    Postgraduate studentship
    Role:
    PhD student
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2003
    Postgraduate award
    Role:
    MA student
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • European Society for Comparative Legal History