Professor Ronan Deazley |
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Ronan Deazley joined the School of Law in August 2009, having previously taught at the University of Birmingham and the University of Durham. He graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast, LL.B. (Hons) (1996), before receiving a PhD, also from Queen’s University, in 2000.
His first book, On the Origin of the Right to Copy: Charting the Movement of Copyright Law in Eighteenth Century Britain (1695-1775) (Hart Publishing, 2004) has been variously described as ‘the most authoritative account to date of this important period in the development of the modern law of copyright’ (J. Adams, Intellectual Property Quarterly), and as ‘strongly recommended for all who aspire to an informed understanding of the evolution of copyright law and of the way in which it should continue to evolve’ (W.M.C. Gummow, Australian Law Journal).
His second book, Re-Thinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language (Edward Elgar, 2006 and 2008), has been described as ‘contrarian’, ‘a manifesto’, and one that ‘will surely provoke disagreement from many readers knowledgeable about copyright’ (J. Ginsburg, Columbia University), as well as ‘a must have book for those who care about getting things right’, and ‘a tour de force to be savoured and returned to over and over again’ (W. Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., New York).
More recently he was the UK national editor for an AHRC-funded digital resource relating to the history of copyright in Italy, France, Germany, the UK and the US: Primary Sources on Copyright 1450-1900.
Research Interests
His research interests focus primarily upon the history and theory of copyright law, as well as photography and the law.
Selected publications
Forthcoming
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Deazley, R., Bently, L. . and Kretschmer, M., eds., Privilege and Property: Essays on the History of Copyright Law, Open Book Publishing, Cambridge. |
2009
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Deazley, R. and Smith, S. W., eds., 2009, The Legal, Medical, and Cultural Regulation of the Body: Transformation and Transgression, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot. [other] |
2008
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Deazley, R., 2008, "Introduction", in W.A. Copinger, Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art (1870, facsimile edition), Law Book Exchange, New Jersey, pp. iii-xxiii. |
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Deazley, R., 2008, "Introduction", in R. Maugham, A Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property (1828, facsimile edition), Law Book Exchange, New Jersey, pp. iii-xxi. |
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Deazley, R., 2008, "Introduction", in J.J. Lowndes, An Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (1840, facsimile edition), Law Book Exchange, New Jersey, pp. iii-xvii. |
2007
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Deazley, R., 2007, "The Life of an Author: Samuel Egerton Brydges and the Copyright Act 1814", Georgia State University Law Review, pp. 809-846. |
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Deazley, R., 2007, "Copyright's Public Domain", in Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 22-34. |
2006
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Deazley, R., 2006, Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. |
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Deazley, R., 2006, "Review Article: Trouble with The Trouble With Ownership", Journal of Legal History, pp. 81-94. |
2005
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Deazley, R., 2005, "Capitol Records v. Naxos of America (2005): Just another footnote in the history of copyright?", Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, pp. 23-70. |
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Deazley, R., 2005, "Publishers be Damned! (as well as HEFCE, government and apathetic academics): Some Thoughts on the Science and Technology Committee’s Report on Scientific Publications", European Intellectual Property Review, pp. 97-105. |
2004
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Deazley, R., 2004, On the Origin of the Right to Copy. Charting the Movement of Copyright Law in Eighteenth Century Britain (1695-1775), Hart Publishing, Oxford. |
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Deazley, R., 2004, "Copyright in the House of Lords: Recent cases, judicial reasoning and academic writing", Intellectual Property Quarterly, pp. 121-137. |
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Deazley, R., 2004, "Articles, the Academy and Authorising Reproductions", Journal of Information Law and Technology. [ePrint] |
2003
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Deazley, R., 2003, "The Myth of Copyright at Common Law", Cambridge Law Review, pp. 106-133. |
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Deazley, R., 2003, "Introducing publicity rights? Breach of confidence, the photograph and commodifying the image", Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, pp. 99-117. |
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Deazley, R., 2003, "Re-Reading Donaldson (1774) in the Twenty-First Century and Why it Matters", European Intellectual Property Review, pp. 270-279. |
2001
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Deazley, R., 2001, "Collecting Photographs, Copyrights and Cash", European Intellectual Property Review, pp. 551-556. |
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Deazley, R., 2001, "Photographing Paintings in the Public Domain: A Response to Garnett", European Intellectual Property Review, pp. 179-184. |