Staff
Professor Tom Allen, BA, LLB, LLM
Contact Professor Tom Allen (email at thomas.allen@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Tom Allen has a BA from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, an LLB from Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Canada, and an LLM from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He began his academic career at Durham in 1991, and has previously held posts at Newcastle Law School and the University of Leeds. Prior to entering academic life, Professor Allen practised law in Toronto, Canada and taught secondary school mathematics as a volunteer in Botswana.
His principal area of research concerns property as a human right. He has published a number of articles on the topic and two books, The Right to Property in Commonwealth Constitutions (Cambridge, 2000) and Property and the Human Rights Act 1998 (Hart Publishing, 2005). He is currently working on a book on property as a human rights for Cambridge University Press.
Professor Allen's teaching has concentrated on commercial law. His specific interest is in international sales law, and especially the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
Professor Allen was Visiting Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School, Cornell University, USA in the Fall Semester, 2005, and has been a visiting lecturer at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Professor Allen is currently the Master of Grey College.
Teaching Areas
Professor Allen is on leave for 2010/11.
Research Interests
- The right to property in constitutional and international law
Grants Awarded
- 2010: Artists in Residence - Anna Woodford (£12500.00 from The Leverhulme Trust)
- 2007: PROPERTY AS A HUMAN RIGHT: THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE (£29898.00 from The Leverhulme Trust)
Selected Publications
Books: authored
- Allen, Tom. (2005). 'Property and the Human Rights Act 1998'. Oxford.: Hart Publishing.
- Allen, Tom. (2000). The Right to Property in Commonwealth Constitutions. Cambridge University Press.
Edited works: contributions
- Allen, Tom. & Douglas, Benedict. (2011). Closing the Door on Restitution: The European Court of Human Rights. In Transitional Jurisprudence and the ECHR. Buyse, Antoine. & Hamilton, Michael. Cambridge University Press. 208-238.
- Allen, Tom. (2011). The Right to Property. In Comparative Constitutional Law. Ginsburg, Tom. & Dixon, Rosalind. Edward Elgar. 504-518.
- Allen, Tom. (2008). Controls over the Use and Abuse of Eminent Domain in England: A Comparative View. In Private Property, Community Development & Eminent Domain. Malloy, Robin Paul. Ashgate Publishing. 75-99.
- Allen, Tom. (2003). The Autonomous Meaning of ‘Possessions’ under the European Convention on Human Rights. In Modern Studies in Property Law. Cooke, E. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 2: 57-80.
Journal papers: academic
- Allen, Tom. (2010). Liberalism, Social Democracy and the Value of Property under the European Convention on Human Rights. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 59(4): 1055-1078.
- Allen, Tom. (2007). 'Restitution and Transitional Justice in the European Court of Human Rights'. Columbia Journal of European Law 13(1): 1-46.
- Allen, Tom. (2007). Compensation for Property under the European Convention on Human Rights. Michigan Journal of International Law 28(2): 287-335.
- Allen, Tom (2007). Property as a Fundamental Right in India, Europe and South Africa. Asia-Pacific Law Review 15(2): 193-218.
- Allen, Tom. (2005). 'Transitional Justice and the Right to Property under the European Convention on Human Rights'. Stellenbosch Law Review 3: 413-430.
- Allen, Tom. (2005). Human Rights and Regulatory Takings. Journal of Environmental Law 17(2): 245-264.
- Allen, Tom. & Ulph, J (2004). 'Transactions at an Undervalue, Purchasers and the Human Rights Act 1998'. Journal of Business Law 1: 1-33.
- Allen, Tom. (2002). Scandalising the Court: The Impact of Bills of Rights. Asia Pacific Law Review 10(1): 1-28.
- Allen, Tom. (2000). 'The Power to Acquire Property on Just Terms'. Sydney Law Review (22): 351-380.
