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Lorenzo Zucca

Professor Lorenzo Zucca

Professor of Law & Philosophy

Research interests

  • Law
  • Philosophy and religion

Biography

Lorenzo Zucca is Professor in Law & Philosophy. He has studied and worked in Milan, Paris, Oxford, Florence and New York before moving to London. 

Research interests

Lorenzo Zucca is Professor in Law & Philosophy. Lorenzo's special interests span from human rights law and philosophy to constitutional theory, with a focus on the relation between Church and State. 

He's now working on a project entitled 'The Uncertainty of Will,' which explores Shakespeare's vision on the connection between power and knowledge and examines its psychological and philosophical insights on human cognition and human institutions. 

He is the author of Constitutional Dilemmas- Conflicts of Fundamental Legal Rights in Europe and the USA (OUP, 2007) and numerous articles on human rights law and theory. His second monograph is entitled A Secular Europe: Law and Religion in the European Constitutional Landscape (OUP 2012). This is a study of one of the most pressing problems in Europe and includes issues such as the protection of religious freedom, the limits of religious toleration, and a wider debate on European identity.

Teaching

   Undergraduate

  • Jurisprudence & Legal Theory
  • Shakespeare on Law, Power and Knowledge
  • On Consciece: Legal and Philosophical Themese

   Graduate

  •  European Constitutional Law 2: European Human Rights

    Research

    datafutures
    Centre for Data Futures

    Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.

    Events

    07Nov'The Art of Uncertainty' thumb

    'The Art of Uncertainty' in conversation with Sir David Spiegelhalter

    A presentation from Sir David Spiegelhalter followed by a panel discussion with a Q&A

    28NovInaugural lecture thumbnail Somerset House

    Inaugural lecture with Professor Lorenzo Zucca

    The Dickson Poon School of Law is proud to present our Inaugural Lecture Series.

    27SepKJuris:Schroeder thumbnail

    KJuris: Mark Schroeder 'Tipping Points: Abuse & Transformative Self-Discovery'

    The YTL Centre is delighted to welcome Prof. Schroeder to deliver the first event in the 2023-24 KJuris Series

    Please note: this event has passed.

    08MarKJuris Sophia Moreau  - thumbnail

    KJuris: Sophia Moreau 'Objectionable Obligations'

    Alain Zysset delivers the closing event of the 2022/23 KJuris programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    01FebKJuris Alain Zysset thumbnail

    KJuris: Alain Zysset 'To Defer or to Surrender? The European Court of Human Rights in Populist Times'

    Alain Zysset delivers the forthcoming KJuris event of the 2022/23 programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    10MayGerman election poster, 1919

    Reclaiming the Public

    Book Symposium on Avihay Dorfman and Alon Harel, 'Reclaiming the Public' (CUP, forthcoming 2024).

    Please note: this event has passed.

    12OctKJuris - Blame and Moral Criticism (1)

    KJuris: Julia Driver (Texas at Austin) 'Blame and Moral Criticism'

    The opening workshop to the 2022/23 KJuris programme led by Professor Julia Driver (The University of Texas at Austin), in association with the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    16NovKJuris Patrick Todd (1)

    KJuris: Patrick Todd 'Let's See You Do Better'

    In the second KJuris session of the 2022/23 programme, Patrick Todd leads the workshop entitled 'Let's See You Do Better' .

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07DecKJuris Prince Saprai (2)

    KJuris: Prince Saprai 'Trust in Promise and Contract: One Sense or Two?'

    Prof. Prince Saprai delivers the third KJuris event of the 2022/23 programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      datafutures
      Centre for Data Futures

      Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.

      Events

      07Nov'The Art of Uncertainty' thumb

      'The Art of Uncertainty' in conversation with Sir David Spiegelhalter

      A presentation from Sir David Spiegelhalter followed by a panel discussion with a Q&A

      28NovInaugural lecture thumbnail Somerset House

      Inaugural lecture with Professor Lorenzo Zucca

      The Dickson Poon School of Law is proud to present our Inaugural Lecture Series.

      27SepKJuris:Schroeder thumbnail

      KJuris: Mark Schroeder 'Tipping Points: Abuse & Transformative Self-Discovery'

      The YTL Centre is delighted to welcome Prof. Schroeder to deliver the first event in the 2023-24 KJuris Series

      Please note: this event has passed.

      08MarKJuris Sophia Moreau  - thumbnail

      KJuris: Sophia Moreau 'Objectionable Obligations'

      Alain Zysset delivers the closing event of the 2022/23 KJuris programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      01FebKJuris Alain Zysset thumbnail

      KJuris: Alain Zysset 'To Defer or to Surrender? The European Court of Human Rights in Populist Times'

      Alain Zysset delivers the forthcoming KJuris event of the 2022/23 programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      10MayGerman election poster, 1919

      Reclaiming the Public

      Book Symposium on Avihay Dorfman and Alon Harel, 'Reclaiming the Public' (CUP, forthcoming 2024).

      Please note: this event has passed.

      12OctKJuris - Blame and Moral Criticism (1)

      KJuris: Julia Driver (Texas at Austin) 'Blame and Moral Criticism'

      The opening workshop to the 2022/23 KJuris programme led by Professor Julia Driver (The University of Texas at Austin), in association with the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      16NovKJuris Patrick Todd (1)

      KJuris: Patrick Todd 'Let's See You Do Better'

      In the second KJuris session of the 2022/23 programme, Patrick Todd leads the workshop entitled 'Let's See You Do Better' .

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07DecKJuris Prince Saprai (2)

      KJuris: Prince Saprai 'Trust in Promise and Contract: One Sense or Two?'

      Prof. Prince Saprai delivers the third KJuris event of the 2022/23 programme, a series of in-person legal philosophical workshops hosted by the Yeoh Tiong Lay...

      Please note: this event has passed.