Steve Peers received a B.A. (Hons.) in history from McMaster University (Canada) in 1988, an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in 1991, an LL.M. in EU Law from the London School of Economics in 1993, and a Ph.D from the University of Essex in 2001.
His research interests include EU Constitutional and Administrative, Justice and Home Affairs, External Relations, Human Rights, Internal Market and Social Law.
He has written over fifty articles on many aspects of EU law in journals including the Common Market Law Review, European Law Review, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Yearbook of European Law and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, as well as many chapters in books. He has worked as a consultant for the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union and the Council of Europe, and contributed to the work of NGOs such as Amnesty International, Justice, Statewatch, ILGA-Europe and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA).
Brexit: what the EU and UK still don't agree on
Oct 23, 2017 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As expected, the leaders of the EU27 decided at a summit in Brussels on October 20 that there had not been sufficient progress in the negotiations on the UKs withdrawal from the EU to move on to talks about a post-Brexit...
Law expert: where the Brexit battles over the Repeal Bill will be fought in parliament
Jul 14, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
The most important national law governing the Brexit process has been tabled before parliament by the UK government. The proposed European Union (Withdrawal) Bill previously known as the Great Repeal Bill is likely to...
How the Great Repeal Bill could turn into a major government power grab
Apr 02, 2017 01:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The next step in Britains departure from the EU is the UK governments white paper on what it is calling the Great Repeal Bill. This is the vehicle through which the UK will extricate itself from EU laws and create its own....
The great repeal bill: why you should keep an eye on the legal side of Brexit
Oct 04, 2016 09:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As she began outlining her vision for Brexit at the Conservative Party conference, Prime Minister Theresa May stated her intention to propose a great repeal bill to replace the European Communities Act the main law...
Can the EU force the pace of Brexit?
Jun 26, 2016 18:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The tussle for power in the aftermath of the UKs Brexit vote has begun. Now that Britons have voted, the government must decide about negotiating the countrys exit from the European Union. While both the UK prime minister...
How would Brexit affect data protection, privacy and surveillance laws in Britain?
May 05, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Successive British governments have passed or tried to pass laws granting wide data sharing and surveillance powers, only for them to founder in the European courts due to conflicts with European directives and laws such...
A law professor assesses the EU plan to send asylum seekers back to Turkey
Mar 21, 2016 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The EU and Turkey have finally reached an agreement to reduce the number of migrants and refugees coming to the European Union. The central pillar of the deal is that anyone arriving in Greece across the sea from Turkey...
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