Professor Andrew Ashworth
CBE, QC (Hon), LLB, MA, PhD, DCL, DJur (Hon), LLD (Hon), FBA
Vinerian Professor of English Law and Fellow since 1997
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Background
- Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, King’s College London (from 1988 to 1997)
- Fellow and Tutor in Law, Worcester College, Oxford (from 1978 to 1988)
- Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Law, Manchester University (from 1970 to 1978)
- Graduate student, New College, Oxford (from 1968 to 1970)
- Undergraduate, LSE, London (from 1965 to 1968)
Research interests
- Criminal Law and Justice
- Sentencing
- Criminal Procedure
- European Human Rights Law
Selected publications
Other professional memberships and roles
- Chairman, Select Committee of Experts on Sentencing, Council of Europe (from 1989 to 1992)
- Member, and Chairman (2007-), Sentencing Advisory Panel (from 1999)