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Billy Davies

Assistant Professor
SPA: Justice, Law / Society

  • Dr. Bill Davies is a legal historian, focusing on the transnational nature of legal ideas and systems. His particular field of expertise lies in the law and institutions of the European Union, but he finds equal enjoyment in embedding this supranational project within the longer historical context of Western legal history. He teaches courses such as JLS-110 Western Legal Traditions and JLS-411 Great Trials in Legal History. Born and raised in London in the UK but having spent a number of years in Berlin, Germany, he came to American University in the fall of 2007.

  • Degrees

    Phd European Studies, King's College London; BA (Hons) European Studies and German, King's College London, London School of Economics and Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    Woods Brown Amphitheatre

    Book Currently Reading:

    The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin; The Essays by Francis Bacon

    Languages Spoken:

    German (fluent); French (working knowledge)
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Teaching

  • Fall 2009

    • UCOL-100 Univ College Washington Lab: Western Legal Tradition
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  • Spring 2010

    • HNRS-302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc: The Politics of Human Rights
    • Description
    • UCOL-001 University College Lab: Western Legal Tradition
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

“The West German Reception of European Community Law 1949-1958: General Trends and Characteristics” in Journal of European Integration History, January 2009

“The Constitutionalisation of the European Community: West Germany between Legal Sovereignty and European Integration 1949-1974”, Doctoral Dissertation submitted to King's College London July 2007

 

 

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

2003-6: School of Humanities Research Scholarship, King’s College London

2004-5: Stipendium der Studienstiftung des Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus, Berlin State Parliament Award

 

 

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: Legal and constitutional history, European Union law, German constitutionalism

Foreign Language Fluency: German

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