Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos

Law Lecturer

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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, responsible for programme development, learning and teaching, student experience, staff issues and operations. He is the chair of the School’s Learning and Teaching Committee, and a member of Senate and the following University Committees: the Learning & Teaching Committee, the Sub-Committee for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, the Sub-Committee for Quality and Standards Assurance and the HEAR working group.

In the academic year 2012-13, Dimitrios had the main responsibility for the design and introduction of new undergraduate programmes (LLB Law with Criminal Justice, LLB Law with International  Arbitration and Commercial Law, LLB Law Part-Time), the restructuring of level I of the LLB Law (with the use of study/ assessment blocks, synoptic assessments, a blending of substantive and procedural law, and a focused study of legal skills and method) as well as the introduction of a mooting based module at level III.

In the same academic year, Dimitrios played a leading role in the recognition of the LLB Law degree from the Bar Council of India. He also conceived and co-ordinated professional development short courses. In providing support for these courses, he established a close working relationship with major law firms, barristers’ chambers as well as the Inns of Court.

Dimitrios also conceived and managed the School’s highly successful moot at the UK Supreme Court.

Dimitrios has also had the overall supervision of the development of all new LLM programmes since 2009. He designed the LLM in International & Comparative Criminal Justice as well as new LLM modules (e.g. Comparative Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights; Comparative Criminal Justice), relying on teaching and assessment methods such as assessment by student participation, study trips and the incorporation of reading group sessions and law film screenings into the curriculum. 

In 2012, Dimitrios set up the Teaching Innovation Forum, which comprises of student representatives, members of the student society and other students actively engaged with the School.

In 2011, Dimitrios was successful in his application to the Learning & Teaching Innovation Fund at Brunel, to undertake a research project on Student and staff participation in, and perceptions of, extra-curricular activities

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.

Dimitrios has also set up Brunel Law Film and the School’s Reading Group. These two societies allow students and members of staff to explore law’s representations in popular culture, discover materials rarely covered by the curriculum and discuss topical and controversial socio-legal issues.

In his deputy-head role, Dimitrios has undertaken many other initiatives aimed at enhancing the student experience, such as in relation to assessment and feedback, student support, active learning and effective communication with students.

Teaching

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

Research Interests

Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure

Criminal 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 Ms Bnar Shekhani.

External Activities

Dr Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos has contributed to a Nottingham based research project on Criminal Evidence and Human Rights: Reimagining Common Law Procedural Traditions, led by Professors Paul Roberts and Jill Hunter. In one of the international symposia that took place within its context, he discussed Professor Simon Young’s paper ‘Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials’.

In March 2012, Dimitrios attended the Dean’s Lecture at Cardozo Law School, delivered by the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Lanny A. Breuer. He also visited Hofstra Law School in New York, where, in his capacity of Deputy Head of Brunel Law School, he discussed avenues for co-operation between Hofstra and Brunel.

In January 2012, Dimitrios was appointed a member of the executive council of the International Forum for Legal Development: The Forum is based in New Delhi, India, and is headed by Senior Counsels (QCs) of India. On the Executive Council, there are lawyers and academics from various parts of the world including USA, UK, Germany, Japan and Malaysia.

In November 2011, Dimitrios took up the Book Review Editorship at the International Criminal Law Review. 

In April 2011, Dimitrios delivered in French guest lectures at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), in the context of the prestigiousMaster de droit pénal et politique criminelle en Europe (Masters in criminal law and criminal policy in Europe): 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.

In his quality of Associate Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre at Brunel, Dimitrios has liaised with academics in various UK and foreign academic institutions, and arranged guest lectures and seminars at Brunel.

(Selected) papers presented at conferences and seminars

Legislating Miranda rights in France: why has it taken so long? Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Biennial Conference, New York, March 2012.

CCTV in the United Kingdom, Annual seminar of the law journal ‘Archives de politique criminelle’, 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

(2013) Giannoulopoulos, D., “North of the Border and Across the Channel”: Custodial Legal Assistance Reforms in Scotland and France, Criminal Law Review 2013 369- 384

(2013) Giannoulopoulos, D., Custodial Legal Assistance and Notification of the Right to Silence in France: Legal Cosmopolitanism and Local Resistance, Criminal Law Forum: official journal of the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law 24

(2013) Giannoulopoulos, D., Suspects' rights in custodial interrogation in France: Lessons for Greece, Poiniki Dikeosini

(2012) Giannoulopoulos, D., The notification of the right to silence to police suspects in Greece and the need to harmonise Greek legislation with international and comparative law, Poiniki Dikeosini 15 (7) : 640- 649 Download publication

(2012) Giannoulopoulos, D., La théorie et la pratique de la garde à vue en Grèce (et leur signification au regard de la garde à vue du droit français) [The theory and practice of custodial interrogation in Greece (and their significance for French law on custodial interrogation)], Les Archives de Politique Criminelle 2012 (1) : 287- 301 Download publication

(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 Download publication

(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

(Accepted) Giannoulopoulos, D., A Review of Renaud Colson’s and Stewart Field’s ‘The Transformation of Criminal Justice: Comparing France with England and Wales’, Criminal Law Review

Conference Papers

(2012) Giannoulopoulos, D., Suspects’ rights in custodial interrogation in Greece and France: Isolationism, legal cosmopolitanism and local resistance, Globalisation, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice conference

(2012) Giannoulopoulos, D., Legislating Miranda rights in France: why has it taken so long?, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Biennial Conference

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., CCTV in the United Kingdom, Annual seminar of the law journal ‘Archives de politique criminelle’

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., Discussion of Prof. Simon Young’s paper “Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials”, SLS Annual Seminar on Criminal Evidence and Human Rights

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., The Audio-Visual Recording of Police Interrogations in England and France: Lessons for Greece?, 7th Annual International Conference on Law

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., 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”

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., 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”

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., The‘ticking bomb’ scenario and the use of evidence obtained by torture, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University

(2010) Giannoulopoulos, D., 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

(2009) Giannoulopoulos, D., 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

(2006) Giannoulopoulos, D., 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)

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 ministère public hellénique: indépendance et responsabilité pour des procureurs omnipotents (Modern aspects of the Greek prosecution service: independence and responsibility for the omnipresent prosecutors). 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