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Ian David Turner

Reader in Human Rights in Security

School of Justice

Human rights, Security, Counter-terrorism

Ian is research active in the Lancashire Law School, where he specialises in human rights, security and counter-terrorism. He has been at uclan for over fifteen years, having previously taught at Coventry University. He welcomes applications from students wishing to pursue research degrees in any area of his expertise. He is currently a Director of Studies of four PhD students, and a second supervisor for another four PhD students.

PhD (by Published Work), University of Central Lancashire, 2016; PGCE in Further Adult and Higher Education, the University of Wolverhampton, 2000; LLM by Research, the University of Birmingham, 1999; BA (Hons) Law, Sheffield Hallam University, 1993

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  1. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2015) Human Rights, Positive Obligations, and Measures to Prevent Human Trafficking in the UK. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1 (4). pp. 296-317. ISSN 2332-2705
  2. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2017) Arming the Police in Britain: a Human Rights Analysis. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 90 (2). pp. 107-127. ISSN 0032-258X
  3. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2016) A Positive, Communitarian Right to Security in the Age of Super-Terrorism. Democracy and Security, 13 (1). pp. 46-70. ISSN 1741-9166
  4. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2016) A Communitarian Justification for Measures to Prevent Terrorism in the UK. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10 (5).
  5. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2019) Individualism in times of crisis – theorising a shift away from classic liberal attitudes to human rights post 9/11. In: The Philosophy of Legal Change: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Processes. Routledge. ISBN 9781138586284
  6. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2020) Limits to terror speech in the UK and USA: balancing freedom of expression with national security. Amicus Curiae, 1 (2). pp. 201-232.
  7. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2020) Conceptualising a protection of liberal constitutionalism post 9/11: an emphasis upon rights in the social contract philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. The International Journal of Human Rights, 24 (10). pp. 1475-1498. ISSN 1364-2987
  8. Turner, Ian David orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2021) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Liberty and Counter-Terror Law Since 9/11. Keele Law Review, 3 . pp. 20-44. ISSN 2732-5679
  9. Turner, Ian orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8012-1480 (2023) The routine arming of the police in Britain, the right to life and the security theory of John Locke and Benedict de Spinoza. In: Policing and Firearms: New Perspectives and Insights. Springer. (In Press)