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Michael Leach

20182018
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Research interests

Michael (Mike) Leach is a Canadian lawyer currently researching what work the concept of the 'Rule of Law' has done for international development interventions since 1989. Prior to Tilburg, he pursued legal studies at Oxford, McGill and the University of Ottawa, and worked for three years in Afghanistan and Turkey (regarding Syria) as a legal consultant for a variety of DFID and BMZ-funded projects on the rule of law, subnational governance, bank privatization, and commercial law reform. Licensed to practice in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Mike worked as an associate lawyer at a boutique litigation firm in Toronto prior to his return to academia a few years ago.

Teaching

Introduction to Global Law (Fall 2018)

International Law Research Seminar: "Rethinking International Law's Origins, Evolution, and Current Trends" (Spring 2017) - Instructor

Human Rights and Development (Spring 2017) - Teaching assistant for Prof. Morag Goodwin

Perspectives on Law (Fall 2016) - Teaching assistant for Prof. Morag Goodwin and Dr. Philip Paiement

Keywords

  • Governance
  • International Law
  • Regulation
  • Banking Law
  • Central Banks
  • Comparative Law
  • Developing Countries
  • Legal Pluralism
  • Complexity
  • Democratic Governance
  • Legal-Political Space
  • Developing Countries; Economy
  • Rule Of Law
  • Socio-Legal Studies
  • Governance Systems
  • History Of International Law
  • Research
  • Sociology Of Law
  • Empirical Legal Studies
  • Transnationalism
  • English
  • Social Change
  • Development In Context

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Research Output 2018 2018

Complex regulatory spaces and banking

Leach, M., 2018, Complexity theory and law: Mapping an emergent jurisprudence. Murray, J., Webb, T. E. & Wheatley, S. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 170-189 20 p. (Law, Science and Society).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

banking
regulation
Law
methodology