About
Dr Remigius N Nwabueze is a full Professor of Law, based at Southampton Law School.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Law, Dead Bodies, Body Parts and Biomedical Technology
- Medical Law and Bioethics
- Property Law
- Nigerian Law
Current research
Prof Nwabueze's current research, and funded, project explores and challenges law's refusal to recognise the privacy of the dead; the issue is examined from interdisciplinary, empirical and multiple perspectives, including theoretical, doctrinal, historical and philosophical approaches.
Research projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
Prof Nwabueze's current teaching revolves around - Law and the Human body; Equity and Trust; and Introduction to Legal Studies (LL.M)
Biography
Professor Remigius N Nwabueze obtained his doctorate in law (SJD) from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and his LL.M degrees from the University of Manitoba, Canada and the University of Lagos. He obtained his LL.B from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was the best graduating student of his LL.B class. Remi was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Canada, before he joined the Southampton Law School.
Prizes
- University of Southampton Vice Chancellor Teaching Award (2012)