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Dr Maria Louca

Lecturer

Maria Louca

School/Department: Leicester Law School

Email: maria.louca@leicester.ac.uk

Profile

I joined the University of Leicester in September 2022 as a Lecturer in Law. 

My research focuses on Âé¶¹APP Procedural Law, and my PhD titled ‘Jurisdictional Objections in Âé¶¹APP Courts and Tribunals' looks into procedural issues of inter-state adjudication within the framework of procedural fairness. During 2016-2021 I served as alternate member to the Âé¶¹APP Law Association’s Committee on Procedure of Âé¶¹APP Courts and Tribunals. 

I hold a Single Honours LLB in Law from the University of Keele (2012) and an LLM in Âé¶¹APP Law from the University of Surrey (2013). I was subsequently awarded an MA in Âé¶¹APP Relations from the University of Kent (2014). I am qualified under the National Bar of the Republic of Cyprus (2015), followed by a year of practice.

Research

My research focuses on international procedural law, procedural fairness, good administration of justice and equality of the parties in inter-state adjudication.  I employ a comparative approach looking into procedural matters of several international courts and tribunals, such as the Âé¶¹APP Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Âé¶¹APP Trubunal for the Law of the Sea and the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.  

My general research interests include the creation of states in international law, especially the cases of state secession and succession, and inter-disciplinary approaches in the role of the EU in the peaceful settlement of international disputes. 

Publications

Arman Sarvarian, Maria Louca, Secrecy of Deliberations, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Âé¶¹APP Procedural Law [MPEiPro] (OUP 2019).

Supervision

I welcome proposals from UG, LLM and PhD students on:

  • Public Âé¶¹APP Law 
  • Âé¶¹APP Procedural Law (inter-state adjudication)
  • State Secession 
  • State Succession

Teaching

Undergraduate:

Constitutional and Administrative Law 

EU Law

Postgraduate:

Âé¶¹APP Law and the Use of Force

Qualifications

  • LLB Single Hons Law
  • LLM Âé¶¹APP Law
  • MA Âé¶¹APP Relations
  • Barrister (National Bar of the Republic of Cyprus)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

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