Dr Emma Patchett

Lecturer

School: Northumbria School of Law

I am a Lecturer in Law at Northumbria Law School. Before joining Northumbria, I was a Skills Enhancement Fellow at the School of Law, University of Leeds.

I hold a PhD in Law and Literature from the University of Münster and an LLM in International and European Human Rights Law from the University of Leeds.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research focuses on the literary theorisation of border crossings and the construction of legal borders. I am also currently conducting research on the use of Anti-Social Behaviour legislation to regulate public space. My wider research interests include critical legal geography, law and literature, and law and film.

Key Publications

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A cinematic jurisprudence of homemaking in His House (2020), Patchett, E. 12 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law
Performing spatial justice in the shadow of Grenfell, Patchett, E. 3 Jul 2025, In: Law and Humanities
Place Making, Pomparles Bridge and Public Space Protection Orders, Patchett, E. 9 Nov 2025, Cultural Practices of Place , Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
Tanya's Last Resort: On Law, Disorientation, and Enclosure, Patchett, E. 20 May 2024, The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Legal Studies, Abingdon, Routledge