Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director (LL.B., second year)
Member of the Law School's Teaching and Learning Committee

Qualifications

LL.B. (University of Exeter, 1989)
B.C.L. (University of Oxford, 1992)

Previous Positions

Lecturer, University of Exeter (1992-1996)

Memberships

Society of Legal Scholars

Research Interests

Tort law and legal theory.

Other Expertise

Hate speech and human rights.

Current Work

Preparing essays on:

Negligence law and blame culture;

Negligence law and the concept of community;

Robert Cover's legal theory and its relevance to relations between the UK and the EU;

Hate speech and Hegelian political philosophy.

Postgraduate Supervision

Tort law
Legal theory
Freedom of expression

If you would like further information on reading for a research degree at Newcastle Law School please see www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/postgraduate/research/index.htm

Esteem Indicators

Associate editor of Professional Negligence

Undergraduate Teaching

Currently, I teach:

Tort Law
Legal Theory
Research Method

I have also taught:

Criminal Law
Human Rights Law
Legal Skills

• Mullender R. Tamanaha, B.Z., 'Judging and Jurisprudence in the USA in the USA: Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010). Modern Law Review 2012, 75(5), 914-935.
• Mullender R. A Dance to the Music of Tort. The Journal Jurisprudence 2010, 7, 273-287.
• Mullender R. Book review: J. Griffin, On Human Rights, 2010. Legal Studies 2010, 30(1), 151-160.
• Mullender R. Defamation and Responsible Communication. Law Quarterly Review 2010, 126, 368-372.
• Mullender R. Defamation, Fair Comment and Public Concerns. Cambridge Law Journal 2010, 69(3), 443-445.
• Mullender R. 'Democracy in the Land of Good Things' [reviewing P. Kellner, 'Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of Liberty', 2009]. Political Quarterly 2010, 81(1), 146-147.
• Mullender R. Hegel, Human Rights, and Particularism. In: Ghanea, N, ed. Religion and Human Rights. London, UK: Routledge, 2010.
• Mullender R. Human Rights, Responsibilities and the Pursuit of a Realistic Utopia. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 2010, 61(1), 33-52.
• Mullender R. The Scampering Discourse of Negligence Law. The Journal Jurisprudence 2010, 7, 575-622.
• Mullender R. '[Intimations of Militant Democracy in the] United Kingdom'. In: Thiel, M, ed. The 'Militant Democracy' Principle in Modern Democracies. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2009, pp.311-356.
• Mullender R. 'A Decade of Deconstruction: Britain in the 1970s' [reviewing A.W. Turner, 'Crisis? What Crisis? Britain in the 1970s', 2008]. Political Quarterly 2009, 80(1), 151-153.
• Mullender R. Book review: G. Crowder, 'Isaiah Berlin: Liberty and Pluralism'. History of Political Thought 2009, 30, 364-369.
• Mullender R. English Negligence Law as a Human Practice. Law and Literature 2009, 21(3), 321-353.
• Mullender R. Law, Morality and the Egalitarian Philosophy of Government. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 2009, 29(2), 389-411.
• Mullender R. Negligence Law, the Welfare State, and "Our Moral Life". Journal of Professional Negligence 2009, 25, 187-209.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Human Rights, and Public Bodies. Law Quarterly Review 2009, 125, 384-388.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Neighbourliness, and the Welfare State. Cambridge Law Journal 2009, 68(3), 507-509.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Problem Gambling, and the Ethics of Sympathy. Tort Law Review 2009, 17, 12-15.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Public Bodies, and Ruthlessness. Modern Law Review 2009, 72(6), 961-983.
• Mullender R. 'The Quandaries of the Nazi Empire' [reviewing M. Mazower, 'Hiter's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe', 2008]. Political Quarterly 2009, 80(3), 445-447.
• Mullender R. Book review: A. Clapham, 'A Very Short Introduction to Human Rights', 2007. Legal Studies 2008, 28(4), 641-645.
• Mullender R. Book review: M.J. Perry, 'Towards a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts (2007). Ecclesiastical Law Journal 2008, 10(3), 362-364.
• Mullender R. Book review: N. Ferguson, 'The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred'. War in History 2008, 15(4), 494-496.
• Mullender R. Book review: R.A. Posner, 'Not A Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of Emergency', 2006. Journal of Law and Society 2008, 35(3), 422-427.
• Mullender R. 'Liberalism, Radical Islam, and Identity' [reviewing I. Buruma, 'Murder in Amsterdam: The Murder of Theo Van Gogh', 2006, and A. Sen, 'Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny', 2006. Political Quarterly 2008, 79(1), 131-133.
• Mullender R. Nazi Law and the Concept of Community. University of Toronto Law Journal 2008, 58(3), 577-587.
• Mullender R. Negligence Law and the Concept of Community. Tort Law Review 2008, 16, 85-94.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Blame Culture and Deconstruction. Tort Law Review 2008, 16, 65-67.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Breach of Duty and Judicial Discretion. Tort Law Review 2008, 16, 125-127.
• Mullender R. On Bullshit; On Truth. Legal Ethics 2008, 11(2), 272-284.
• Mullender R. 'Public Intellectual: The Art of Making Oneself Up' [reviewing R. Rorty, 'Philosophy as Cultural Politics', 2007, and M. Amis, 'he Second Plane: SEptember 11: 2001-2007', 2008]. Political Quarterly 2008, 79(4), 640-643.
• Mullender R. Book review: Z. Bauman, 'Identity: Conversations with Benedetto Vecchi'. History of Political Thought 2007, 28, 368-371.
• Mullender R. H.L.A. Hart in Anglo-American Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2007. Available at: http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/2007/issue5/mullender5.html.
• Mullender R. Hate Speech and Pornography in Canada: A Qualified Deontological Response to a Consequentialist Argument. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 2007, 20(1), 241-255.
• Mullender R. Neoconservatism in a Refractory World. Political Quarterly 2007, 78(1), 190-191.
• Mullender R. Plato Lives!. Political Quarterly 2007, 78(2), 334-336.
• Mullender R. Britain's Moral Ambivalance Towards Guantanamo. The Guardian 2006, (5th October 2006).
• Mullender R. Submission to the Consttutional Affairs Committee (House of Commons) on Negligence Law and Blame Culture. London, UK: House of Commons, 2006. 'Compensation Culture': Report of the Consttutional Affairs Committee (HC, 754-II, 2005-06).
• Mullender R. Tackling the Remants of Empire. The Guardian 2006, (1st July 2006).
• Mullender R. Two nomoi and a clash of narratives: The story of the United Kingdom and the European union. In: Symposium: Robert M. Cover: Nomos and Narrative. 2006, Newcastle University: Issues in Legal Scholarship, Berkeley Electronic Press.
• Mullender R. Book review: P. Franco, Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction (2004). History of Political Thought 2005, 26, 724-726.
• Mullender R. Judicial activism: Authority, principle and policy in the judicial method. Journal of Law and Society 2005, 32(3), 498-504.
• Mullender R. The Reasonable Person,The Pursuit of Justice, and Negligence Law. Modern Law Review 2005, 68(4), 681-695.
• Mullender R. Book review: G.E. White, Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History (2002, expanded edition). Professional Negligence 2004, 20, 207-211.
• Mullender R. Book review: R. Kennedy, 'Nigger: The Stange Career of a Troublesome Word'. Modern Law Review 2004, 67(5), 872-875.
• Mullender R. Let's Stop This Shameful Elitism. Times Higher Education Supplement 2004, 17.
• Mullender R. Book review: T. Weir, Tort Law. Professional Negligence 2003, 19, 415-418.
• Mullender R. Hegel, Human Rights, and Particularism. Journal of Law and Society 2003, 30(4), 554-574.
• Mullender R. Human Rights: Universalism and Cultural Relativism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2003, 6(3), 70-103.
• Mullender R. Tort, Human Rights, and Common Law Culture. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 2003, 23(2), 301-318.
• Mullender R. Book review: W.E. Scheuermann, 'Carl Schmitt: The End of Law', 1999, and H. Meier, 'The Lesson of Carl Schmitt: Four Chapters on the Distinction Between Politcal Theology and Political Philosophy', 1998. History of Political Thought 2002, 23, 366-368.
• Mullender R. Prima Facie Rights, Rationality, and the Law of Negligence. In: Kramer, MH, ed. Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001, pp.175-208.
• Mullender R. Book review: S.E. Fish, The Trouble with Principle. The Journal of Law and Society 2001, 28(4), 618-622.
• Mullender R. Corrective Justice, Distributive Justice and the Law of Negligence. Professional Negligence 2001, 17, 35-55.
• Mullender R. Memo to Blunkett. The Sunday Times (News) 2001, 20-20.
• Mullender R. The trouble with principle. Journal of Law and Society 2001, 28(4), 618-622.
• Mullender R. Book review: B.S. Markesinis, J.-B. Auby, D. Coester-Waltjen, and S.F. Deakin, Tortious Liability of Statutory Bodies: A Comparative and Economic Analysis of Five English Cases. Professional Negligence 2000, 16, 194-198.
• Mullender R, Speirs AC. Negligence, psychiatric injury, and the altruism principle. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 2000, 20(4), 645-666.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Public Authorities and Policy-Level Decisions. Law Quarterly Review 2000, 116, 40-43.
• Mullender R. Negligence, The Personal Equation of Defendants and Distributive Justice. Tort Law Review 2000, 8(3), 211-225.
• Mullender R. Theorizing the Third Way: Qualified Consequentialism, the Proportionality Principle, and the New Social Democracy. Journal of Law and Society 2000, 27(4), 493-516.
• Mullender R. Book review: P. Cane, The Anatomy of Tort Law. Professional Negligence 1999, 15, 204-207.
• Mullender R. Defamation, Qualified Privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights. Cambridge Law Journal 1999, 58(1), 15-18.
• Mullender R. Freedom of Expression, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy. In: Alder, J, ed. Constitutional & Administrative Law. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999, pp.Chapter 16.
• Mullender R. Negligence, the Policy-Operational Distinction and the European Convention on Human Rights. Tort Law Review 1999, 7, 98-101.
• Mullender R. Negligent Misstatement, Company Directors and the House of Lords. The Company Lawyer 1999, 20, 121-121.
• Mullender R. Negligent Misstatement, Threats and the Scope of the Hedley Byrne Principle. Modern Law Review 1999, 62(3), 425-434.
• Mullender R. Book review: M. Nussbaum, Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life. Modern Law Review 1998, 61(2), 287-290.
• Mullender R. Fault, Fairness and Automatism in the Law of Negligence. The Juridical Review 1998, 128-131.
• Mullender R. New Morality is a Titanic Task. The Sunday Times 1998, 8 (New Review).
• Mullender R. Parliamentary Sovereignty, The Constitution, and the Judiciary. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 1998, 49(2), 138-166.
• Mullender R. Privacy, Paedophilia, and the European Convention on Human Rights. Public Law 1998, 384-388.
• Mullender R. Racial Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and the Expressive Function of Law. Modern Law Review 1998, 61(2), 236-244.
• Mullender R. Context, Contingency and the Law of Negligence. Bracton Law Journal 1997, 29, 23-33.
• Mullender R. Law, Language Games and the Tutorial. SPTL Reporter 1997, 14, 5-5.
• Mullender R. Law, Undergraduates and the Tutorial. Web Journal of Current Legal issues 1997, 3.
• Mullender R. Needs, Resources and the Welfare State. Law Quarterly Review 1997, 113, 545-548.
• Mullender R. Negligence, he Public Interst, and the Proportionality Principle. Tort Law Review 1997, 5, 9-12.
• Mullender R. Negligence, Public Concerns and the Remydying of Wrongs. Cambridge Law Journal 1997, 56(1), 14-17.
• Mullender R. Negligent Misstatement and the Personal Liability of Company Directors. The Company Lawyer 1997, 18, 153-153.
• Mullender R. Treading a More Uncertain Path: Negligence and the House of Lords. Tort Law Review 1997, 5, 9-12.
• Mullender R. Are we just a boot camp for the labour market?. The Independent (education section) 1996, 7.
• Mullender R. Ivy League Stirs Creeping Concern. Times Higher Education Supplement 1996, 10.
• Mullender R. Judicial Review and the Rule of Law. Law Quarterly Review 1996, 112, 182-186.
• Dolding L, Mullender R. Law, Labour and Mental Harm. Modern Law Review 1996, 59(2), 296-305.
• Mullender R. The Case for the Defence of Tutorials. Times Higher Education Supplement 1996, 11-11.
• Mullender R, Dolding L. Tort Law, Incrementalism, and the House of Lords. Northern Irelland Legal Quarterly 1996, 47, 12-34.
• Mullender R, Dziobon S. Formalism Forever Thwarted. Cambridge Law Journal 1995, 54(1), 23-25.
• Dolding L, Mullender R. Notions of Strict Liability. Journal of Business Law 1995, 93-101.
• Mullender R. The Concept of Incrementalism in Anglo-Canadian Negligence Law. The Canadian Bar Review 1995, 74(1), 143-154.
• Mullender R. The Virtues of Silliness. Times Higher Education Supplement 1995, 13.
• Mullender R. Privacy in New Zealand: Are There Lessons to be Learned?. Cambridge Law Journal 1994, 53, 11-14.
• Mullender R. Sado-Masochism, Criminal Law and Adjudicative Method: R v Brown in the House of Lords. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 1993, 44, 380-387.
• Mullender R. The Law of Tort and Punishment in the Community: An xamination of Dudley, Administrator etc v Offender Aid and Restoration of Richmond, Inc. Professional Negligence 1993, 9, 158-161.