Faria Medjouba

Education

Faria holds a BA in International Law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, a Master of Research in European Law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Maîtrise) and from the "Centre Européen Universitaire" (Hnrs), University Nancy 2, France (DEA, 5 years of legal studies, 1st year of Doctorate research), and a Diploma in Superior European and Legal Studies, from the "Centre Européen Universitaire" (Hnrs). (Dissertation - The Rules of Origin in the Preferential Schemes granted by the European Community).

Role at the Institute

Faria joined the Institute as a legal intern in April 2006 and worked with the Events team. She became a Research Fellow within the Tort Law Centre in September 2006.

Within the Product Liability Forum, she co-ordinates the events and seminar series and also works on the Product Liability Database, which is a unique source of materials on comparative product liability and product safety law. An important part of this work evolves around mass torts, especially in the international context.

Within the Tort Law Centre, she was involved in several comparative projects commissioned by various Government Departments. She was also involved in the 'Compensation Culture' Project, a research project focussing on how European jurisdictions handle the phenomenon of 'compensation culture' and whether Europe is experiencing or is about to experience the amount of litigation which the US is famous for.

Most recently, Faria acted as co-Director on the "Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship" project which was led by former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and formed part of a wider review of Governance in Britain currently being conducted by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice.

Faria's other fields of interest include French Law, European Law and Public International Law.

Recent Publications

  • Duncan Fairgrieve and Faria Medjouba, La Réorganisation Administrative du Grand Londres: une Volonté d'unification, Cahiers de la Fonction Publique, January 2007
  • Duncan Fairgrieve and Faria Medjouba : "La Societas Europae au Royaume-Uni", in La Societas Europae ou SE, Noëlle Lenoir, La Documentation Française, Paris 2007.