Yr Athro Philip Aneurin Thomas
Emeritus Professor
Professor Phil Thomas was educated at the universities of Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Michigan. He has held academic positions at the universities of Yale, Dar es Salaam, and Lusaka. In addition, he has been a visiting professor in a number of law schools including, Oslo, Utrecht, Prague, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Macquarie. External examinerships held include the universities of Birmingham, Makerere, Nairobi, Leeds Metropolitan, Oxford Brooks, Warwick, Ulster and Leicester. He retired after spending 36 years in this Law School. The University acknowledged his contribution by awarding him the prestigious title of Emeritus Professor of Law. He returned to the School as a consultant. He completed his consultancy in April 2010. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at HELP University College, Kuala Lumpur, Symbiosis University, Pune, and also at the London College of Legal Studies, Dhaka. His research was focused in the area of socio legal studies and he is a founding member, and former executive committee member of the Socio Legal Studies Association. In addition, he is the founding and remains the editor of the Journal of Law and Society, based at Cardiff Law School. It is a leading international socio legal journal. His many publications and books include "How to Lecture" published in 2000, and "Discriminating Lawyers" Cavendish, 2000. In 2005 "The Human Rights Act: A Success Story?" was published followed by "Effective Legal Research" in 2006. His latest article is "Legal Education: Then and Now" [Law Teacher, no. 3, 2006]. He is widely published and his work has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, French and Czech.
2015
- Boukalas, C., Hayes, L. and Thomas, P. A. 2015. The Journal of Law and Society at 40: history, work and prospects. The Journal of Law and Society, pp. 390-405.
2005
- Clements, L. and Thomas, P. A. eds. 2005. Human Rights Act: a success story?. Journal of Law and Society Special Issue Book Series. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Costigan, R. and Thomas, P. A. 2005. The Human Rights Act: a view from below. In: Clements, L. and Thomas, P. A. eds. Human Rights Act: A Success Story?. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 51-67.
2004
- Costigan, R., Sheehan, J. and Thomas, P. A. 2004. The Human Rights Act 1998: an impact study in South Wales. Cardiff: Cardiff Law School.
2002
- Thomas, P. A. 2002. Legislative responses to terrorism. In: Scraton, P. ed. Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent. London: Pluto Press, pp. 93-101.
- Thomas, P. A. and Arora, A. 2002. Poverty, privilege and access to the legal profession: barriers to equality of access for law students. Welsh Journal of Education 11(1), pp. 95-106.
- Thomas, P. A. 2002. 9/11: a view from abroad. Boston Review 27(6), pp. 15.
- Thomas, P. A. 2002. September 11th and good governance. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 53(4), pp. 366-390.
- Thomas, P. A. 2002. 9/11: USA and UK. Fordham International Law Journal 26(4), pp. 1193-1233.
2001
- Thomas, P. A. 2001. Dam and be damned. Planet: the Welsh Internationalist(150), pp. 38-43.
- Campbell, D. and Thomas, P. A. eds. 2001. Fundamental legal conceptions as applied in judicial reasoning by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld. Classical Jurisprudence Series. Aldershot: Ashgate Dartmouth.
- Thomas, P. A. and Knowles, J. 2001. Dane and Thomas: how to use a law library: an introduction to legal skills. 4th ed.. London: Sweet & Maxwell.
- Thomas, P. A. 2001. The Human Rights Act 1998: ready, steady, go?. The Law Teacher 35(3), pp. 360-373. (10.1080/03069400.2001.9993088)
2000
- Thomas, P. A. and Wheeler, S. 2000. Socio-legal studies. In: Hayton, D. ed. Law's Future(s). Oxford: Hart, pp. 267-280.
- Thomas, P. A. ed. 2000. Discriminating lawyers. London: Cavendish.
- Thomas, P. A. and Rees, A. 2000. Law students - getting in and getting on. In: Thomas, P. A. ed. Discriminating Lawyers. London, UK: Cavendish, pp. 19-40.
- Rees, A., Thomas, P. A. and Todd, P. 2000. Law Students: Investing in the Future. Discussion Paper. Cardiff: Cardiff Law School.
- Thomas, P. A. 2000. Introduction. In: Thomas, P. A. ed. Discriminating Lawyers. London, UK: Cavendish, pp. xi-xviii.
- Thomas, P. A. 2000. Learning about law lecturing. Guidance Notes. Coventry: National Centre for Legal Education.
- Costigan, R. and Thomas, P. A. 2000. Anonymous witnesses. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 51(2), pp. 326-358.
- Alison, R. and Thomas, P. A. 2000. Welsh law schools and tomorrow's lawyers. Cambrian Law Review 31, pp. 73-88.
1994
- Field, S. A. and Thomas, P. A. 1994. Judicial supervision of police investigations. In: Field, S. A. and Thomas, P. A. eds. Justice and Efficiency: the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 119-135.
- Field, S. A. and Thomas, P. A. eds. 1994. Justice and efficiency? The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Field, S. A. and Thomas, P. A. 1994. Introduction. In: Field, S. A. and Thomas, P. A. eds. Justice and Efficiency: the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 1-19.