Dr Antonios Platsas

Faculty: Business, Computing and Law

School: School of Law and Criminology

Subject Area: Law

Overall, my University and School functions of administrative nature can be encapsulated in the following:

• Governing Council Member
• Head of Postgraduate Research for Law
• Postgraduate Admissions Tutor for Law (MPhil/PhD)
• Pathway Leader for LLM in International and Comparative Law

Teaching responsibilities

I am the Module Leader for the following:

• Comparative Law (LLB level)
• Independent Studies (LLB level)
• Comparative Jurisprudence (LLM level)
• Commercial Theories (LLM level)
• National and International Sale of Goods (LLM level)
• Legal Scholarship (LLM level)
• Independent Studies (LLM level)

Professional interests

• Advocate

Research interests

• Comparative Law and in particular the Law Convergence Thesis, its Methods and Factors
• European Law
• International Law
• Law Reform
• Legal Sociology
• Legal Theory
• Legal Education

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

• British Society of Legal Scholars
• British Higher Education Academy (Fellow)
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• British Association of Comparative Law (Treasurer & School's Representative)
• Hellenic Bar Association
• Governing Council (Staff Governor), University of Derby
• University Court (ex officio), University of Derby
• BCL Faculty Research and Research Degrees Committee, University of Derby
• Research Ethics Committee/School of Law and Criminology, University of Derby
• International Law Association

Recent Conferences

• AE Platsas, 'The Dead Horse of Critical Legal Studies', Session 2:7 - In the Gardens of Justice and Beyond (2), Critical Legal Conference 2012, KTH Royal Institute for Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-16 September 2012 (Organisers: KTH Royal Institute for Technology, Department of Law of the University of Lund, Department of Law of the University of Gothenburg, Co-Chairs: Drs Riccardo Baldissone of Curtin University/Birkbeck College, London and Marc de Wilde of the University of Amsterdam) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Comparative Law as the Ideological Core of a Cosmopolitan Law Curriculum', Comparative Law Subject Section, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2012, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, 11-14 September 2012 (Organiser: Society of Legal Scholars, Chair: Dr David Marrani of the University of Essex) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'European Law as a Law of Principles', Session on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the EU, Conference on the Human Face of the European Union: Humane Enough?, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 20 July 2012 (Organisers: Professor Dora Kostakopoulou of the University of Southampton and Dr Nuno Ferreira of the University of Manchester, Chair: Dr Nuno Ferreira of the University of Manchester) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Artos for the Greeks, Brot for the Germans and Pain for the French: The Inherent Challenges of Legal Translatability and Legal Transferability', Session on Language, Law and Communication in Socio-Political and Economic Contexts, 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Professional Practice, University of Naples 2, Caserta, Italy, 10-12 May 2012 (Organisers: Faculty of Law and English
  Language Chair of the University of Naples 2, Chair: Professor Paul Gillaerts of the Catholic University of Leuven) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Values, Principles, Norms, Laws, Rules and Commands: A Critical Overview', Session 11: Theory of Norms and Law, International Conference on the Normative Anatomy of Society: Relations Between Norms and Law in the 21st Century, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden, 24-25 April 2012 (Organisers: Department of Sociology of Law of the University of Lund, Chair: Mr Karl Dahlstrand of the University of Lund) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'The Ideal of Democratic Law', Theme Session: Law and Democracy, 22nd Annual Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, Leicester, UK, 3-5 April 2012 (Organisers: Socio-Legal Studies Association - De Montfort Law School) [Attended and presented; chaired in the same session].
• AE Platsas, 'The Enigmatic but Unique Nature of the Israeli Legal System', Session III.B The Mediterranean, 3rd International Congress of World Society of Mixed Jurisdictions Jurists: Methodology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-23 June 2011 (Organisers: Faculty of Law & Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law of the University of Jerusalem - the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law of Tulane Law School - the International Association of Legal Science, Chair: Dr Seán Patrick Donlan of the University of Limerick) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'The Idea of Legal Convergence and Electronic Law', 4th International Conference on Information Law, Department of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, 20-21 May 2011 (Organisers: Department of Archive and Library Sciences of the Ionian University - the Section of History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia, Chair: Professor Bertel De-Groote of the University College Ghent) [Attended and presented; co-chaired in the same session].
• AE Platsas, 'The Fading Colours of the Nation State and the Rise of the Post-Nation State', Theme: 'It's a Funny Old World!' - Future Directions of the State', International Law Association (British Branch) Spring Conference, the Showroom, Sheffield, UK, 27-28 April 2011 (Organiser: Centre for International and European Law, University of Sheffield, Chair: Dr Russell Buchan of the University of Sheffield) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Opening the Gates of Law to Culture and Society:  The Responsibility of the Law Academic', Association of Law Teachers 46th Annual Conference: Crossing Borders: Legal Education United, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, UK, 18-20 April 2011 (Organiser: Association of Law Teachers, Co-Chairs: Amanda Fancourt of City University London and Helen James of the University of Winchester) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Comparatism and Lessons Non-Lawyers Can Learn from it for Internationalisation of Knowledge', Workshop of Law and Society and Organisational Change, 4th Annual Research Conference of the University of Derby, Riverside Centre, Derby, UK, 8 April 2011 (Organiser: Head of University Research, Professor Paul Bridges, Chair: Dr David Longbottom of the University of Derby) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'The Triple Role of the Modern Academic: An Ideal Model or Reality Itself?', University of Derby Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference, The Dome, Buxton, UK, 8 July 2010 (Organiser: Senior Teaching Fellows of the University of Derby, Chair: Fiona Holland of the University of Derby) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Principles as Comparative Constitutional Denominators', presentation at Theme 1 (Conceptualisations of the Purposes of Constitutions) / Workshop 1 (Constitutions/Constitutionalism General), WG Hart Legal Workshop 2010 on 'Comparative Aspects of Constitutions: Theory and Practice', Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, UK, 29 June-1 July 2010 (Organisers: Professors Martin Loughlin of the LSE/University of London, Dawn Oliver of UCL/University of London and Dr Helen Xanthaki of IALS and Dr Costas Stefanou of IALS, Chair: Dr Grégoire Webber of the LSE/University of London) [Attended and presented; chaired elsewhere (Human Rights in Constitutions)].
• AE Platsas, 'In Defence of the European Human Rights System as a World Paradigm: The Piano Needs Some Tuning but it Plays Fine Otherwise', presentation at session 4 (A Critical Look at Europe's Human Rights Regime: Lessons from Other World Regions), IPSA International Conference, Luxembourg 2010: Is There a European Model of Governance? A Comparative Perspective, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 18-20 March 2010 (Organisers: IPSA - University of Luxembourg - the EU - the Duchy of Luxembourg - the French Republic, Co-Chairs: Associate Professor Harlan Koff of the University of Luxembourg and Professor Deon Geldenhuys of the University of Johannesburg) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Functionality as the Epicentre of the Comparative Method in Law', Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Annual Conference: Advancing Legal Education - Celebrating One Hundred Years of Legal Scholarship, Keele University, UK, 7-8 September 2009 (Organiser: Society of Legal Scholars, Chair: Professor Paula Giliker of the University of Bristol) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Enhancing the Cosmopolitan Element in the Law Curriculum: The Lessons of Comparative Law', 6th International Conference on Law, Athens, Greece, 20-23 July 2009 (Organiser: Athens Institute for Education and Research, Chair: Dr Klearchos Kyriakides of the University of Hertfordshire) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Reflecting on the Teaching Informed by Research Initiative: Implementing a Curriculum Fit for the Future by Promoting a more Cosmopolitan Ethos for our Law Students', University of Derby Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference, The Dome, Buxton, UK, 9 July 2009 (Organiser: Senior Teaching Fellows of the University of Derby, Chair: Professor Michael Gunn of the University of Derby) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Making our Law Students Comprehend Foreign Legal Terminology: The Quest for Identifying Function, Context, the Semainon and the Semainomenon in the Teaching of Comparative Law', 4th Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Comparative Legi-Linguistics, Poznan, Poland, 1-4 July 2009 (Organiser: Laboratory of Legilinguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Chair: Mr Tomaž Longyka of the Adam Mickiewicz University) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'A Cosmopolitan Ethos within a Global Law Curriculum: Comparative Law As Its Promoter', 2nd Global Studies Conference, Dubai, UAE, 30 May-1 June 2009 (Organiser: Common Ground, Chair: Dr Carolina Matos of the London School of Economics) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'A Uniform Pan-Arabic Code of E-Commerce?:  The Legal and Legislative Implications', LETS 09 Forum: Legal and Legislative Structure of Electronic Transactions in The Arab Countries, Beirut, Lebanon, 24-26 February 2009 (Organiser: ExiCon under the High Patronage of HE, the President of the Republic of Lebanon, Michel Sleiman, Chair: Ms. Khédija Hamouda Ghariani, Secretary General of the Arab Information and Communication Technology Organization) [Attended and presented - by formal invitation].
• AE Platsas, 'The Idea of Legal Convergence and International Economic Law', 2nd International Law and Trade Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-5 September 2008 (Organiser: Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard, Chair:  Professor Rolf Weber of the University of Zurich) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Teaching in the Theoretical Disciplines: Amalgamating the Dogmatic and the Socratic Approach', University of Derby Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference on Flexibility: Current & Future Practice, The Dome, Buxton, UK, 10 July 2008 (Organiser: Senior Teaching Fellows of the University of Derby, Chair: Joel Klaff of the University of Derby) [Attended and presented].
• AE Platsas, 'Legal Convergence Around the World:  Fact or Fiction?', WG Hart Legal Workshop 2008 on "Theory and Practice of Harmonisation", Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, UK, 26 June 2008 (Organiser: Professor Mads Andenas of the University of Oslo, Chair: Dr Christian Twigg-Flesner of the University of Hull) [Attended and presented].

Additional Interests and Activities

I was previously the Comparative Law Tutor for the LLB students at Trinity College Dublin. I am keen to supervise MPhil/PhD research that falls within the scope of my research interests.

TIR (Teaching Informed by Research) Awardee of the University of Derby for the Academic Year 2008/2009.

External Roles

• Visiting Professor of English Commercial Law, Krakow, AFMKU, Poland (May 2012)
• Visiting Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (September 2012)
• External Examiner for Law, Department of Law, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (October 2012 onwards)
• National Reporter for the UK in relation to the Internationalisation of Legal Education (jointly with Dr David Marrani of the University of Essex-XIXth International Congress of Comparative Law, 2014)

Undergraduate qualifications

• LLB (Hons) in European Law, Coventry University and University of Potsdam

Postgraduate qualifications

• LLM in International Business Law, London School of Economics/ University of London
• PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Derby

Research qualifications

• PhD on Law Convergence Methods and Factors, Trinity College/ University of Dublin

Research posts

Institution	Project	Dates
International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Basque Country, Spain	'Juan Celaya' Research Project on Globalisation and Law	March 2008-March 2009

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