Prof Tobias Lock
Biography
Tobias Lock joined the Department of Law in January 2019 as a Professor of
Law. In 2020 he was awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law and Fundamental Rights through the European Union's Erasmus+ programme.
Tobias' previous places of work include Edinburgh Law School, where he was a
Senior Lecturer in EU Law and co-director of the Europa Institute, University
College London, the University of Surrey and the University of Erlangen
(Germany), where he received most of his legal education.
Tobias’ research and teaching interests are in European law and human rights
law. He is mainly interested in the interaction between different legal orders.
Recently, he has focused much of his attention on the legal questions raised by
Brexit. He has given evidence to numerous parliamentary committees in the UK
and written commissioned reports for the Scottish Parliament and the National
Assembly for Wales. He is an advisor on EU constitutional law to the Scottish Parliament's Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. From 2019-2020 he served in a similar role to that committee's predecessor.
Tobias retains a keen interest in the Court of Justice of the European Union,
the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human
Rights.
In 2018 he was awarded a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award. During
2018 he also served as a member of the Scottish First Minister's Advisory
Group on Human Rights Leadership. He is a board member of the Irish Centre for European Law.
Research Projects
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Tobias Lock (2022) 'Citizenship beyond Irish and British' In: The Law and Practice of the Ireland–Northern Ireland Protocol. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009109840.017 | |
2022 | Tobias Lock (2022) 'Refining and Expanding Implied Powers of the Union: Kramer' In: EU External Relations Law: The Cases in Context. Oxford : Hart. | |
2021 | Tobias Lock (2021) 'Future Participation in the Single Market: Prospects for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales” Excerpt From: Tobias Baumgartner. “Current Challenges of European Integration' In: Current Challenges of European Integration. Zurich : EIZ Publishing. [Link] | |
2021 | Tobias Lock (2021) 'Industrie-, Technologie-, und Forschungspolitik' In: Enzyklopädie Europarecht, Band 8, Europäische Querschnittspolitiken, 2. Auflage. Baden-Baden : Nomos. | |
2021 | Tobias Lock (2021) 'EU Accession to the ECHR' In: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Oxford : Hart. | |
2020 | Tobias Lock (2020) 'In the twilight zone: the transition period in the Withdrawal Agreement' In: The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Brexit. London : Routledge. | |
2019 | Tobias Lock (2019) 'Articles 6, 9-12 TEU; Articles 1-19, 22, 24, 27-33, 35-38, 41-42, 47-54 CFR' In: The EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Oxford : Oxford University Press. | |
2019 | Tobias Lock (2019) 'Fishing for Better Rights Protection: the Court of Justice on the Application of the Charter in the Member States and the Reach of ne bis in idem' In: The Court of Justice and European Criminal Law. Oxford : Hart. | |
2018 | Tobias Lock (2018) 'Das Brexit-Experiment: ein verfassungsrechtlicher Härtetest' In: Verfassungskrisen in der Europäischen Union. Baden-Baden : Nomos. | |
2018 | Tobias Lock (2018) 'Scotland and Brexit' In: New Dynamics in the European Integration Process - Europe post-Brexit. Zurich : Schulthess. | |
2017 | Tobias Lock (2017) 'The EU before the European Court of Human Rights after accession' In: Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. | |
2017 | Tobias Lock (2017) 'The not so free choice of EU member states in international dispute settlement' In: The European Union and International Dispute Settlement. Oxford : Hart. | |
2017 | Tobias Lock (2017) 'A differentiated Brexit for Scotland?' In: Scotland, the UK and Brexit: A Guide to the Future. Edinburgh : Luath Press. | |
2016 | Tobias Lock (2016) 'Gasparini v Italy and Belgium, App. No. 10750/03, Admissibility Decision, European Court of Human Rights, 12 May 2009' In: Judicial Decisions on the Law of International Organizations. Oxford : OUP. | |
2016 | Tobias Lock (2016) 'Bosphorus Hava Yollari Turizm veTicaret Anonim Sirketi v Ireland, App. No. 45036/98, European Court of Human Rights, 30 June 2005' In: Judicial Decisions on the Law of International Organizations. Oxford : OUP. | |
2014 | Tobias Lock (2014) 'Industrie-, Forschungs- und Entwicklungspolitik' In: Europäische Querschnittpolitiken. Baden-Baden : Nomos. | |
2012 | Tobias Lock (2012) 'Accession of the EU to the ECHR Who Would Be Responsible in Strasbourg?' In: The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon. Cambridge : CUP. | |
2012 | Tobias Lock (2012) 'Of Crucifixes and Headscarves Religious Symbols in German Schools' In: Law, Religious Freedoms and Education in Europe. Farnham : Ashgate. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Tobias Lock (2023) 'Happy and Glorious? – Die interne Umsetzung des Brexit im Vereinigten Königreich'. Zeitschrift für Europarecht, 25 (6):G1-G24. [Link] [DOI] | |
2023 | Tobias Lock (2023) 'Gedanken zum Austausch zwischen der deutsch-und der englischsprachigen Europarechtswissenschaft'. European Papers, (1):93-97. [Link] [DOI] | |
2022 | Lock T. (2022) 'Irish Unity: Lessons from Germany?'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 33 (2):200-226. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2021 | Kirsty Hughes; Tobias Lock (2021) 'Scotland‐Ireland relations in a European context'. JOURNAL OF CROSS BORDER STUDIES IN IRELAND, . | |
2020 | Tobias Lock (2020) 'The Future of EU Human Rights Law: Is Accession to the ECHR Still Desirable?'. Journal of International and Comparative Law, (7):428-447. [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Tobias Lock (2020) 'Von Komplexität und politischem Kompromiss: das Austrittsabkommen zwischen der Europäischen Union und dem Vereinigten Königreich'. Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung, 35 (3):193-214. | |
2019 | Lock, T (2019) 'RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES IN THE EU CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS'. Common Market Law Review, 56 :1201-1226. [Full-Text] | |
2017 | Tobias Lock (2017) 'Human Rights Law in the UK after Brexit'. Public Law, (Brexit Special Extra):117-134. [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Tobias Lock (2016) 'The influence of EU law on Strasbourg doctrines'. European Law Review, 41 :804-825. [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Tobias Lock (2016) 'The EU Accession to the ECHR, by Vassiliki Kosta et al'. European Law Review, 41 . [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Tobias Lock (2015) 'The future of the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights after Opinion 2/13: is it still possible and is it still desirable?'. European Constitutional Law Review, 11 :239-273. [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Tobias Lock (2013) 'Are there Exceptions to a Member State's Duty to Comply with the Requirements of a Directive?'. Common Market Law Review, 50 :217-230. [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Tobias Lock (2013) 'Religious Freedom and Belief Discrimination in Germany and the United Kingdom: Towards a Common European Standard?'. European Law Review, 38 :655-676. [Full-Text] | |
2012 | Tobias Lock (2012) 'End of an Epic?'. The Yearbook of European Law, 31 :162-197. [Full-Text] | |
2012 | Tobias Lock (2012) 'Is Private Enforcement of EU Law through State Liability a Myth?: An Assessment 20 Years after Francovich'. Common Market Law Review, 49 :1675-1702. [Full-Text] | |
2011 | Tobias Lock (2011) 'Walking on a Tightrope: The Draft Accession Agreement and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order'. Common Market Law Review, 48 :1025-1054. [Full-Text] | |
2010 | Tobias Lock (2010) 'Beyond Bosphorus: The European Court of Human Rights’ Case Law on the Responsibility of Member States of International Organisations under the European Convention on Human Rights'. Human Rights Law Review, 10 :529-545. [Full-Text] | |
2010 | Tobias Lock (2010) 'EU Accession to the ECHR: Implications for Judicial Review in Strasbourg'. European Law Review, 35 :777-798. [Full-Text] | |
2010 | Tobias Lock (2010) 'Why the European Union is not a State: Some Critical Remarks'. European Constitutional Law Review, 5 :407-420. [Full-Text] | |
2009 | Tobias Lock (2009) 'The European Court of Justice: What are the Limits of European Jurisdiction?'. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 16 :291-314. | |
2009 | Tobias Lock (2009) 'The ECJ and the ECtHR: The Future Relationship between the Two European Courts'. Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 8 :375-398. [Full-Text] | |
2005 | Tobias Lock, Julia Riem (2005) 'Judging Nuremberg: The Laws, the Rallies, the Trials'. German Law Journal, 6 :1819-1832. [Full-Text] |
Other Journal
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Consultancy
Outreach Activities
Organisation | Type | Description | |
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Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Policy Makers | Written evidence on the on the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on accessing minimum wage levels | |
Scottish Centre for European Relations | Civic Society | Advisory Board Member [Link] | |
Northern Ireland Assembly | Policy Makers | Oral evidence to the Bill of Rights Ad Hoc Committee, Northern Ireland Assembly |