Cecile Degiovanni

Cecile Degiovanni is a third-year DPhil student in Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford and holds the position of Stipendiary Lecturer at Hertford College. She is affiliated with Balliol College and the Oxford Law Faculty. Her research focuses on the ethical and legal dimensions of waiving fundamental rights, such as the right to life, privacy, and physical integrity. She explores whether individuals should possess the power to relinquish these rights without legal consequences.

Education and Background:

• Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris (continental philosophy)
• Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Agrégation de philosophie (French philosophy teaching credential)
• Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (analytical philosophy)
• New York University and Oxford as visiting student
• Paris X Nanterre Law School

Professional Experience:

• Law clerk at Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court for private/criminal law)
• Law clerk at Conseil d'Etat (French Supreme Court for administrative law)
• Assistant to a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (Luxembourg seat)

Research Interests:

• Philosophical comparisons between common and civil law systems
• Freedom of speech (part of Egalibex research group)
• Synthesis of continental and analytical philosophical traditions

Leadership: Representative of young researchers for SFPJ (French branch of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law until 2028).