Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos

Law Lecturer

Qualifications

PhD / Doctorat en droit : École Doctorale de Droit Comparé, Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)

MPhil (Brunel)

DEA (LLM) de sciences criminelles et sciences criminologiques (Aix-Marseille III)

LLM in criminal law and criminal procedure (Athens)

LLB (Athens)

University diploma in comparative legal studies (Aix-Marseille III)

PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Brunel)

Dimitrios is the Deputy Head of School (Programmes) and part of the Senior Management team of the School. He is responsible to the Head of School for a wide range of issues relating to learning and teaching, including full oversight and quality assurance for all taught programmes. He is currently chairing the Law School’s Learning and Teaching Committee and participates in the Deputies and Assistant Heads Committee of the University.

Dimitrios is also the is the Course Director of the LLM in International & Comparative Criminal Justice.

In 2008, Dimitrios set up Brunel Law Film and, in 2010, BLS Reading Group. These two societies allow students and members of staff to explore law’s representations in popular culture and discover materials rarely covered by the curriculum, and they constitute fora for the discussion of challenging socio-legal issues. In his administrative capacities, Dimitrios has undertaken many other initiatives aimed at enhancing the student experience, e.g. in relation to assessment and feedback, student support, active learning and effective communication with students.

In 2010, Dimitrios received a STAR (Special Thanks and Recognition) award, which recognises members of staff at Brunel who have acted significantly beyond the scope of their job in helping staff and students.

In February 2011, Dimitrios was successful in his application to the Learning & Teaching Innovation Fund at Brunel, to undertake a project on Extra-curricular activities as a means to enhance student engagement and increase student satisfaction.

Teaching

Criminal Law
Evidence
International and Comparative Criminal Justice
Comparative Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights

Research Interests

Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Comparative Criminal Justice
Human Rights (in the criminal justice context)
Terrorism and comparative perspectives on counter-terrorism legislation

Research Areas

Comparative law
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Evidence
Human rights
Privacy and data protection
Procedure
Terrorism and the law

Research Groups

CIPL Centre for International and Public Law
CJRC Criminal Justice Research Centre
HRC Human Rights Centre

PhD Supervision

Dimitrios is willing to supervise PhD students, especially in the areas of comparative (Anglo-American and Continental) criminal procedure and evidence, including comparative counter-terrorism. He is currently supervising:Mr Orowhuo Okocha, Ms Prejal Shah and Mr Szymon Janczarek

External Activities

Guest lectures at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I):

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/law/news-and-events/news/ne_64823

British Council Knowledge Based Seminar in New Delhi, India (February 2011): Dimitrios was successful in his application to the British Council to undertake a visit to New Delhi aimed to “provide a platform to UK and Indian institutions to establish stronger links in the subject of ‘Law’ with a potential to further collaboration(s)”. During his visit, he met with senior faculty at the University of Delhi and Amity Law School, as well as with the Attorney General of India and other members of the Indian Bar Council.

Research Visit to New Delhi (January 2010), funded by the EU project on curriculum development and the Eurasia-Net project: During his visit to New Delhi, Dimitrios participated in an international workshop, which brought together scholars and practitioners from many South-Asian countries. He also gave research papers at the Centre of Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at Amity University, and met with distinguished judges, lawyers, academics and governmental officials.

International Association of Penal Law (IAPL): In collaboration with Prof. Stephen Shute and the IAPL, Dimitrios organised a panel discussion at Brunel, in March 2010, on Criminal Justice in the 21^st Century: The Impact of Security. The event attracted approximately 90 students and members of staff, and academics and practitioners based in central London.

(Selected) papers presented at conferences and seminars

CCTV in the United Kingdom, Archives de politique criminelleseminar, Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), November 18, 2010.

SLS Annual Seminar on Criminal Evidence and Human Rights, Discussion of Prof. Simon Young’s paper “Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials”, Nottingham Law School, September 10-11, 2010.

The Audio-Visual Recording of Police Interrogations in England and France: Lessons for Greece?, 7th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens Institute for Education and Research, July 19-22, 2010.

Criminal justice in France after September 11: Has the balance between liberty and security been disturbed?, Ninth Biennial International Conference on “Societies in Transition: Balancing Security, Social Justice and Tradition” in Marrakesh, Morocco, June 2-5, 2010.

The exclusion of improperly obtained evidence: a view from Europe, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference: “Beyond our boundaries: the inclusivity of criminal justice sciences”, San Diego, California. February 23-27, 2010.

Criminal justice in the age of security: a comparative examination of post 9-11 developments in England, France and the United States. Centre of Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, January 27, 2010.

The‘ticking bomb’ scenario and the use of evidence obtained by torture. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University, New Delhi, India, January 27, 2010.

Promoting police accountability through the exclusion of improperly obtained evidence: comparative perspectives, Conference on “Police governance and accountability: challenges and outlook”, Centre for Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland, December 3-4, 2009.

The exclusion of improperly obtained evidence in Anglo-American and Continental Law: in search of a common exclusionary model, SLS Conference 2006 (Comparative Law Section), Keele, September 4, 2006.

The return of ‘judicial torture’: a criminal justice perspective, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, December 15, 2005.

Advocate, Athens Bar Association

Dimitrios was admitted to the Athens Bar Association in December 2000. He is currently a member of the ‘Aristotelis Charalampakis and Associates’ law firm in Athens.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., La vidéosurveillance au Royaume-Uni: la caméra omniprésente, signe d’une évolution vers une « société de surveillance » ? (CCTV in Great Britain: the omnipresent CCTV camera, sign of an evolution towards a “surveillance society” ?), Les Archives de Politique Criminelle 32 245- 267

(2007) Giannoulopoulos, D., The exclusion of improperly obtained evidence in Greece: Putting constitutional rights first, International Journal of Evidence and Proof 11 (3) : 181- 212

(2006) Giannoulopoulos, D., The illusion of privacy, New Law Journal 156

(2005) Giannoulopoulos, D., Protecting the right to secrecy of correspondence: Constitutional myths and reality in modern Greece, Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights 9 (2) : 119- 148

(2005) Giannoulopoulos, D., Some reflections on the phenomenon of the use of unlawfully obtained audiotapes in TV programmes, Poiniki Dikeosini 8

(2003) Giannoulopoulos, D., Terrorism and civil liberties in the United States after September the 11th, Poiniki Dikeosini 6 78- 89

(2002) Giannoulopoulos, D., The English model of entrapment after R v Looseley; Attorney General’s Reference No 3 of 2000, Poiniki Dikeosini 5 617- 628

(2001) Giannoulopoulos, D., R v Khan and the discretion to exclude evidence in English Law, Poiniki Dikeosini 4 614- 628

(2001) Giannoulopoulos, D., The state of English prisons in the dawn of the new millennium, Poiniki Dikeosini 4 78- 89

(2000) Giannoulopoulos, D., The search for prosecutorial independence in the light of the constitutional reform of the French Superior Council of Judicature, Poiniki Dikeosini 3 1152- 1160

(Accepted) Giannoulopoulos, D., Notification of the Right to Silence in Greece: Isolationism or Realignment with International and Comparative Law?, Poiniki Dikeosini

Book Chapters

(2006) Giannoulopoulos, D., Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism: A barbarization of the criminal justice system?. In: Kassimeris, G. ed. Warrior's dishonour: Barbarity, morality and torture in modern warfare. Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing Limited 223- 240

(2006) Giannoulopoulos, D., Aspects modernes du ministere public hellenique: independance et responsabilite pour les procureurs omnipotents. In: Lazerges, C., Alix, J., Gamberini, G. and Giannoulopoulos, D. eds. Figures du parquet. Paris : Presses Universitaires de France 85- 104

(2006) Giannoulopoulos, D. and Parizot, R., La preuve technologique des interceptions et surveillances (Technological evidence of telephone interceptions and electronic surveillance). In: Giudicelli-Delage, G. ed. Les transformations de l'administration de la preuve pénale: perspectives comparées (Transformations in the Administration of Criminal Evidence: Comparative Perspectives). France : Société de Législation Comparée 245- 289