Sylvie Bacquet

Sylvie

Position: Lecturer in Law

Department: Academic Legal Studies

Email: S.Bacquet01@westminster.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 Ext. 2564

Fax: +44 (0)20 7911 5821

Teaching

LLB Public Law
LLB Legal Skills
LLB Research Methods
LLB Human Rights

Responsibilities

LLB Public Law Joint Module Leader
LLB Deputy Senior Tutor
LLB UN Human Rights Joint Module Leader
LLB Research Methods Module Leader

Research Interests

Mediation
Legal Aid
Legal Profession
Pro Bono
Human Rights, in particular, freedom of religion.

Biography

Sylvie Bacquet joined the Westminster Law School in 2004 having completed a Master’s degree in International Relations & Diplomacy at the American University of Paris and an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Essex. She works at Westminster as a Lecturer.

Publications

Bacquet S. & Webley L. A Review of How Other Countries Provide Information and Advice to the Vulnerable on Consumer and Social Issues: A Report to the Department for Trade and Industry (London: DTI, May 2006). Available at: http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file33786.pdf

Webley, L., Abrams, P. & Bacquet S., Final Report to the Department of Constitutional Affairs: Evaluating the Court-Annexed Mediation Scheme at the Birmingham Civil Justice Centre, September 2006, Available at: http://www.dca.gov.uk/civil/adr/fast-track-mediation-birmingham.pdf

Flood J., Whyte A. & Bacquet S., Report on International Approaches to the Defence of Indigent Persons in Criminal Cases for Lord Carter’s Review of Legal Aid Procurement, (London, Department for Constitutional Affairs, November 2005). Available at: http://www.legalaidprocurementreview.gov.uk/docs/international-research-project-report1.pdf

Webley, L., Abrams, P. & Bacquet S., Mediation Through the Birmingham Court-Based Scheme, Journal of Housing Law, Issue 1, 2006: 9.

Bacquet, S. An Analysis of the Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in France, (JDL I: 4 2004). Available at: http://www.jdlonline.org/I4Baquet1.html

Bacquet S., School uniforms, religious symbols and the human rights act: The ‘Purity Ring’ Case, Edu. LJ. 9(1) 2008

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