Dr Helena Howe

Biography

LLB (Queen Mary, University of London) 1998-2001

LLM (Kings, University of London) 2001-2002

PhD (Queen Mary, University of London) 2002-2009 (part-time)

Part-time tutor, Queen Mary, University, 2002-2007

Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London, 2007-2009

CSET lecturer in property law, SLS, Sussex University, 2009-2011

PGCertHE, Sussex University, 2009-2011

Role

Admissions tutor

My research interests lie in intellectual property law, land law and tort law, but also environmental law to the extent that this relates to property rights. I am particularly interested in notions of obligation, duty and responsibility as they relate to these areas of law. My PhD analysed the effect of changing concepts of ownership on our ability to constrain property rights in land and copyright law in the community interest. I am in the process of editing a collection of essays which explore the relationship between intellectual property and broader, or more traditional, concepts of property.

Conference and workshop papers:

• 'The Medium is the Message: The Legal Response to Claims of Spiritual Possession', 'Staging Illusion: Digital and Cultural Fantasy' Conference, Sussex, December 2011
• 'Formalities in land and copyright law' at the workshop for 'Concepts of Property in Intellectual Property Law', Sussex, August 2011
• 'Changing Concepts of Ownership in Land and Copyright', SLSA Conference, SLS, Sussex, April 2011
• 'The Common Law as Living Archive and the Problematic Commodization of Cultural Documents', 'Siting the Document: The Building of the Archive' Conference, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary, November 2006

Publications:

• 'Copyright limitations and the stewardship model of property' [2011] I.P.Q. 183-214 

• LLB Land Law (co-convenor)
• LLB Intellectual Property Law
• LLB Tort Law
• LLM Aspects of Intellectual Property Law

Student Consultation

I am on leave from Friday 3rd May, returning Monday 13th May. My office hours from Monday 13th are Mondays 11-12 and Thursdays 3-4 or I can be available at other times by appointment Please email me to let me know if you are coming to an office hour or would like to arrange an appointment. I will also be available via email for short revision queries. If you want to discuss a past exam question you have done please come and see me but please email your answer to me well in advance of the meeting so I can read it.

Howe, Helena (2011) Copyright limitations and the stewardship model of property [2011] I.P.Q. 183-214. Intellectual Property Quarterly (2).