Dr Emily Hancox

My research focuses on EU constitutional law, especially on the interaction between the sources of EU law, the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice and EU non-discrimination law.

I am currently pursuing two lines of research. The first highlights the frequent coincidence of--what I term--overlapping norms of EU law and the lack of guiding principles for their resolution. I propose nuanced solutions addressing the implications for legal certainty, rights protection, and the hierarchy of norms. I have explored this idea in relation to EU non-discrimination law and internal market law and am currently working on developing these ideas in the field of competititon damages. This work has been published in the Common Market Law Review and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The second strand of research focuses on the interpretation and status of retained/assimilated law EU law in the UK after Brexit. My expertise in this area has led to invitations to give evidence before the Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee and the House of Lords APPG on the Rule of Law. 

I am also part of a collaborative international research project on balancing private rights with public goals helping me expand my research through the identification of alternate ways rules can interact.