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Colin Murray

Colin Murray is a Senior Lecturer in Newcastle Law School. He joined Newcastle University in 2006, having completed his postgraduate research into the rise of the national security state in the UK in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, under Ian Leigh’s supervision at Durham.

Colin's research focuses on counter-terrorism law, public law and legal history, writing on these topics in academic outlets and in the wider media. His particular interests lie in the development of counter-terrorism powers in the UK and the legal constraint of the police, military and security and intelligence services. He teaches on the undergraduate LAW1121 Public Law and LAW3035 Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Law courses and supervises work on all areas of UK public law and European human rights law.