Professor David Miers
Emeritus Professor
Overview
LL.B, LL.M. (Leeds), D.Jur. (Osgoode Hall, Toronto); LL.D (Cardiff). David was appointed Professor of Law in 1992. Between 1992-2000 he was Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies at Cardiff, between 2000-2004 Deputy Head and 2004-2005 Acting Head of the Law School. He previously held appointments at the Queen's University, Belfast and in Cardiff. In 1981-82 he was Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford. He has written extensively on the formulation and interpretation of legislation, and is co-author, with William Twining, of How to Do Things with Rules (Cambridge UP, 5th ed. 2010). Between 2001-2004 he held an AHRB award (rated 'outstanding') that supported Wales Legislation Online, a database run from the Law School that detailed the devolved functions of the National Assembly for Wales. Between 2008 and 2011 he was Chairman of the Study of Parliament Group.
Following his time in Oxford David undertook research on the legal regulation of commercial gambling, publishing extensively and giving many conference papers here and in North America and Europe. His book, Regulating Commercial Gambling (Oxford UP, 2004), was described as 'magisterial' in its command of the subject. Between the 1980s and the 2000s he was a Special Adviser to a number of parliamentary select committee enquiries into gambling, and until 2018 he was Deputy Chair of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board, appointed by the Gambling Commission in 2009.
David also has a long-standing research interest in crime victim compensation and more generally in the place of the victim in the criminal justice system. Until 2010 he was an Editor of the International Review of Victimology, and during this time was engaged in a number of research projects on restorative justice for the Home Office and the European Commission. Much of that research was presented in conferences here and in Europe. He continues to publish articles in these areas; his book Compensation for Criminal Injuries was published in 2018 ((Oxford UP).
Biography
David is Honorary Treasurer of the Society of Legal Scholars.
Professional memberships
Government Committee
Member and Deputy Chairman of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (DCMS) May 2009
Membership of Organisation
Member of the Academic and Expert Board of the Research Program on Gambling Law at the University of Dec 2009
Affiliate Member, Centre for Research into the Social Impact of Gambling, University of Plymouth
Speaking engagements
| Date | Title | Event |
|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Implementing the Gambling Act 2005: The Gambling Commission, and the Casino Question | Centre for Gambling and Risk Taking, Universityt of nevada, 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, Lake Tahoe, Nevada |
| May 2006 | The National Lottery: Developments in the UK Lottery | Centre for Gambling and Risk Taking, University of Nevada, 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA |
| January 2006 | Compensating victims of crime and terrorism in Great Britain | Reparation and the International Criminal Court: Meeting the Needs of Victims , Research Group Victimology and Restorative Justice, International Centre for Comparative Criminology |
| January 2006 | Victims of violent and terrorist crimes: compensation and victim services in Britain | Conference on Victim Services in Israel, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusal |
| November 2005 | A British view of European gambling regulation | Colloquium on the European and National Perspectives on the Regulation of Gambling, University of Tilburg, Netherlands |
| May 2005 | Modelling a State Victim Compensation Scheme | Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, Riga, Latvia |
| February 2005 | The Finnish system of victim-offender mediation as part of the international development of mediat | The Future iof Victim Offender Mediation, The Parliament of Finland, Helsinki, Finland |
| May 2004 | Restorative Justice in Europe: a summary of developments and research questions | Restorative Justice and the Victim. National School for the Judiciary, Paris |
| September 2003 | Victim offender mediation with juvenile offenders n Europe | GROTIUS II Criminal Justice Programme, Bologna, Italy |
| September 2003 | A comparative review of restorative justice provision in Europe | Portuguese Association of Victim Support Schemes, Lisbon, Portugal |
| October 2002 | The Gambling Review Report: Redefining Gambling Regulation in Great Briitain | European Association for the Study of Gambling, Barcelona |
| October 2002 | Gaming machines in Great Britain: the new regime | European Association for the Study of Gambling, Barcelona |
| October 2002 | A Century of Change: Gaming Machines in Great Britain | European Association for the Study of Gambling, Barcelona |
| October 2002 | The Gambling Review Report: Redefining Gambling Regulation in Great Britain | European Association for the Study of Gambling, Barcelona |
Publications
2014
- Miers, D. R. 2014. Compensating deserving victims of violent crime: the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. Legal Studies 34(2), pp. 242-278. (10.1111/lest.12013)
2013
- Miers, D. 2013. Offender and state compensation for victims of crime: Two decades of development and change. International Review of Victimology 20(1), pp. 145-168. (10.1177/0269758013508683)
2010
- Miers, D. R. and Twining, W. 2010. How to do things with rules. Law in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2006
- Miers, D. R. 2006. Latest developments in the United Kingdom's national lottery. Gaming Law Review 10(6), pp. 542-551. (10.1089/glr.2006.10.542)
- Miers, D. R. 2006. Rebuilding Lives: Operational and Policy Issues in the Compensation of Victims of Violent and Terrorist Crimes. Criminal Law Review Aug, pp. 695-721.
- Miers, D. R. 2006. A British view of European gambling regulation. In: Littler, A. and Fijnaut, C. eds. The Regulation of Gambling: European and National Perspectives. Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, pp. 81-126.
2005
- Miers, D. R. and Navarro, M. 2005. La dévolution en Ecosse et au Pays de Galles [The 'devolution' in Scotland and Wales]. In: Fialaire, J. ed. Subsidiarité Infranationale et Territorialisation des Normes: état des Lieux et Perspectives en Droit Interne et en Droit Comparé [Subnational Subsidiarity and Territorialisation Standards: State and Perspectives in Law and Comparative Law]. Rennes: University of Rennes Press, pp. 85-95.
2004
- Miers, D. R. 2004. Regulating commercial gambling: past, present and future. Oxford Socio-Legal Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Miers, D. R. 2004. Britain and Europe: community to union, 1973-2001. In: Giddings, P. and Drewry, G. eds. Britain in the European Union: Law, Policy and Parliament. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 12-36.
- Miers, D. R. 2004. Situating and Researching Restorative Justice in Great Britain. Punishment & Society 6(1), pp. 23-46. (10.1177/1462474504039089)
- Miers, D. R. and Willemsens, J. eds. 2004. Mapping restorative justice: developments in 25 European countries. Leuven: European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice.
2003
- Miers, D. R. 2003. Gaming machines in Great Britain: a century of change. Gaming Law Review 7(2), pp. 131-147.
- Miers, D. R. 2003. A fair deal for the punter? The role of regulation and competition as guarantors of consumer protection in commercial gambling. In: Reith, G. ed. Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?. Contemporary Issues New York, NY: Prometheus Books, pp. 155-172.
- Miers, D. R. 2003. Law making. In: Osmond, J. and Jones, J. B. eds. Birth of Welsh Democracy: The First Term of the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff: Institute of Welsh Affairs, pp. 33-51.
2002
- Miers, D. R., Lambert, D. and Navarro, M. 2002. Memoranda from Cardiff Law School: Wales legislation on-line. Cardiff: Cardiff Law School. Available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmwelaf/79/2102104.htm
- Miers, D. R. 2002. OFGAM? OFBET? The regulation of commercial gambling as a leisure industry. Entertainment Law 1(1), pp. 20-51. (10.1080/14730980210001730311)
- Lambert, D. and Miers, D. R. 2002. Law making in Wales: Wales legislation on-line. Public Law(Win), pp. 663-669.
2001
- Miers, D. R. 2001. Compensation possibilities in the UK. Era Forum 2(4), pp. 88-94. (10.1007/BF02817542)
- Miers, D. R. 2001. Compensation for personal injuries caused by crime in Great Britain. In: Shepherd, J. ed. Violence in Health Care: Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Violence: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 177-201.
- Miers, D. R. 2001. An international review of restorative justice. Working paper. Home Office. Available at: http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/serien/n/CRRS/10-fr.pdf
- Miers, D. R.et al. 2001. An exploratory evaluation of restorative justice schemes. Working paper. Home Office.
- Miers, D. R. 2001. Law and public management — the human rights challenge: regulatory reform orders: a new weapon in the armoury of law reform. Public Money & Management 21(3), pp. 29-34. (10.1111/1467-9302.00271)
- Miers, D. R. 2001. Criminal injuries compensation: the new regime. Journal of Personal Injury Law(4), pp. 371-395.
2000
- Miers, D. R. 2000. Taking the law into their own hands: victims as offenders. In: Crawford, A. and Goodey, J. eds. Integrating a Victim Perspective within Criminal Justice: International Debates. Advances in Criminology Vol. 3. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 77-95.
1999
- Miers, D. R. 1999. Responsible gambling: a game for four players. Presented at: Developing Strategic Alliances - 9th National Association for Gambling Studies Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 25-27 November 1999.
- Miers, D. R. 1999. Regulatory and market problems in the provision of commercial gambling in Great Britain. Gaming Law Review 3(2-3), pp. 109-128. (10.1089/glr.1999.3.109)
- Miers, D. R. 1999. The deregulation procedure: an expanding role. Public Law(Autumn), pp. 477-503.
David holds an award of £40,000 from the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government to support Wales Legislation on Line.