Anne C. L. Davies is a British

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, who is Professor of Law and Public Policy in the

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and professorial fellow in law at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The l ...

, She was dean of the Faculty of Law from 2015 to 2020. She is also a senior research fellow at the

Blavatnik School of Government The Blavatnik School of Government is the school of public policy of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The School was founded in 2010 following a £75 million donation from business magnate Len Blavatnik, supported by £26 million fro ...

, where she chairs the Procurement of Government Outcomes Club. She is a former general editor of the '' Oxford Journal of Legal Studies''. she is editor-in-chief of the ''International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations''.

Biography

Davies was a student at

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Flemin ...

, and won the Gibbs and Martin Wronker University Prizes for Law. She was a Prize Fellow at

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full me ...

(1995 to 2001), during which time she completed her doctorate on contractualisation in the

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. After moving to

in 2001, she became reader in public law in 2006. She was awarded a

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as Professor of Law and Public Policy in 2011. She is a member of the editorial board of the ''

Industrial Law Journal The ''Industrial Law Journal'' is a legal journal which publishes articles in the field of labour and employment law, published quarterly by the Industrial Law Society in the United Kingdom, and founded in 1971. The journal publishes articles o ...

'', the ''European Labour Law Journal'' and ''Current Legal Problems''. She is a non-executive member of the Board of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and a member of the advisory panel to the

Welsh Language Commissioner The Welsh Language Commissioner () is a Welsh Government officer, overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name. The position was created following the passing of the ''Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011'', effective on 1 April 201 ...

, and was formerly an independent member of the council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. she is Honorary Secretary of The Society of Legal Scholars. In 2024, she was elected as a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences.

Books

*''Accountability: A Public Law Analysis of Government By Contract'' (Oxford University Press 2001) *''Perspectives on Labour Law'' (Cambridge University Press 2004, 2nd edition 2009) *''The Public Law of Government Contracts'' (Oxford University Press 2008) *''EU Labour Law'' (Elgar European Law Series 2012) *''Employment Law'' (Longman Law Series 2015) *''Valuing Employment Rights'' (Hart Publishing 2024)

References

External links

Profile of Anne Davies in Oxford Law 2016
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Anne Living people Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the British Academy British legal scholars Labour law scholars Public law scholars