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Colin Moore

Lecturer
Essex Law School
 Colin Moore
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 876351

  • Location

    5S.4.17, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Wednesdays 10-12

Profile

Biography

Colin joined the School of Law at Essex as a Lecturer in Law in 2018, having previously held an Associate Lecturer post at the University of Kent, between 2003 and 2018. He is a trustee and Membership Secretary of the Social Legal Studies Association (SLSA), and is committed to furthering socially-contextual legal research, particularly in areas where legal doctrinal research has been the traditional focus. Colin's primary research area focuses on corporate governance using doctrinal, social theory, and economics methodologies. He has a particular interest in the application of systems theory and cybernetics to questions of corporate governance, as well as fiduciary law and theory. Colin's secondary research area is historical, focusing on the early twentieth century generally, with a specific focus on crime and policing in the inter-war years. He is also interested in the history of women police. Colin is happy to supervise PhD students in the areas of corporate law, fiduciary law, law and social theory, crime and/or policing history, and women's legal history. Please contact Colin via email in the first instance.

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Essex (9/2018 - present)

Other academic

  • Associate Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent (9/2003 - 8/2018)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Corporate Governance

Corporate Social Responsibility

Conferences and presentations

Social and Legal Barriers to a Socially-Focussed Corporate Purpose: A Luhmannian Systems Analysis

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Ulster University, Derry, 26/4/2023

Corporate Regulatory Reform: Luhmann, Autopoiesis, and Beyond

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual conference, University of York, 27/4/2022

The Corporate Polyphony: A Luhmannian Reimagination of Capitalist Organisations from a Socio-legal Perspective

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Cardiff University, 28/4/2021

Cut the Bullshit! Legitimate Expectations Between the Corporation and Stakeholders

SLSA Conference 2019, Leeds, United Kingdom, 27/3/2019

Policemen as Criminal Prosecutors during the Inter-War Years: Practical and Procedural Issues, Middle Class Motoring Offenders, and Austerity

SLSA Annual Conference 2018, Bristol, United Kingdom, 3/2018

Criminal Prosecutions in the Inter-War Years – Practical, Procedural, and Legal Questions

SLS Annual Conference 2017, Dublin, Ireland, 9/2017

Police Reform and Modernisation in the Inter-War Years

SLSA Annual Conference, 2017, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 3/2017

Police Reform and Modernisation in the Inter-War Years

British Crime Historians 5, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 9/2016

Company Directors as Fiduciaries - Practical and Theoretical Challenges

Invited presentation, Law and Society Association. Annual Conference 2016, New Orleans, United States, 6/2016

Private Corporations and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Harnessing the Power of Corporate Social Responsibility

SLSA, Annual Conference 2016, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 3/2016

Let’s Give Corporate Social Responsibility Some Teeth: Stakeholders, Derivative Claims and Unfair Prejudice

SLS Annual Conference, 2015, York, United Kingdom, 9/2015

Corporate Culture Vultures: Art, Culture and Heritage Goals for Limited Companies

SLSA Annual Conference, 2015, Coventry, United Kingdom, 3/2015

Obligations in the Shade: The Application of Fiduciary Directors’ Duties to Shadow Directors

SLS Annual Conference, 2014, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 9/2014

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Essex Law Key Skills (LW100)

  • Criminal Law (LW104)

  • Company Law (LW225)

  • Justice (LW234)

  • Contemporary Issues in Commercial and Business Law (LW663)

  • Academic Skills in International Law (LW949)

Previous supervision

Paul Andrew Stickler
Paul Andrew Stickler
Thesis title: The Implications of Judicial Utterances: An Examination of the Legal Basis of Murder Investigations (1919-1939)
Degree subject: Law
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/7/2024

Publications

Journal articles (3)

Moore, C., Social and Legal Barriers to a Socially-Focussed Corporate Purpose: A Luhmannian Systems Analysis. European Company and Financial Law Review

Moore, CR., (2016). Obligations in the shade: the application of fiduciary directors' duties to shadow directors. Legal Studies. 36 (02), 326-353

Moore, CR. and Rubin, G., (2014). Civilian Detective Doctrine in the 1930s and its Transmission to the Military Police in 1940-42. Law, Crime & History. 4 (3)

Book chapters (2)

Rubin, G. and Moore, CR., (2018). Emergency Legal Powers in Britain in World War One: “Corporatist” Law or a Government that “Bluffed with Confidence”?. In: La Grande Guerre et son droit. Editors: Deroussin, D., . LGDJ. 323- 360. 978-2-275-06052-1

Moore, C., (2018). Committee on the Employment of Women on Police Duties, 1920. In: Women's Legal Landmarks Celebrating the history of women and law in the UK and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. 153- 159. 1782259783. 9781782259787

Reports and Papers (3)

Moore, C., Corporate Social Responsibility, Legitimate Expectations, and Systems-Theory

Moore, CR., Social and Legal Barriers to a Socially-Focussed Corporate Purpose: A Luhmannian Systems Analysis

Moore, CR., A New Social Corporate Purpose: Stakeholders, Legitimate Expectations and Unfair Prejudice

Contact

c.r.moore@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 876351

Location:

5S.4.17, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Wednesdays 10-12

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