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Alex Benn is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford, affiliated with University College and St Catherine’s College. Additionally, Benn practices as a barrister at Red Lion Chambers, focusing on legal ethics and social justice.
- University of Oxford, Faculty of Law
- Red Lion Chambers (Barrister)
Research Interests span criminal law, discrimination law, and constitutional analysis, with a particular emphasis on classism, hate crime legislation, and gender equality under the Equality Act 2010. Benn also explores free speech in protest contexts, monarchies, and university responses to student activism.
2025-2024 Publications highlight themes such as jury trial reform, digital evidence admissibility, diminished responsibility in homicide cases, and the legal implications of student protests. Key subfields include constitutional boundaries, hate crime frameworks, and judicial interpretations of socioeconomic bias.
Teaching covers criminal law for first-year and Senior Status students, with a module on hate crime and discrimination law. Benn emphasizes the law’s role as a tool of power and its broader societal contexts.
Academic and Legal Websites contributions include critiques of the UK Supreme Court’s decisions on gender identity, international law in conflict zones, and the criminalization of constitutional debate.
- 2025: Jury trial crisis analysis
- 2024: Student protest ethics, digital communication laws
