Dr Emmanuelle Lemaire

Biography

Emmanuelle Lemaire joined the University of Essex in September 2019. Her current research focuses on compensation schemes and their interplay with the tort system, artificial intelligence and civil liability, and the compensation of damage resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. She is affiliated with the GRERCA (Groupe de Recherche Européen de la Responsabilité Civile et de l'Assurance) and with the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL). Emmanuelle was previously a Teaching and Research Assistant (ATER) at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas where she taught at their French and Mauritian campuses (Law of Persons, Introduction to Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Legal Skills, Research and Methods) and worked as a research assistant in the Institute of Comparative Law of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Emmanuelle studied law at the University of Maine (France), the University of Leeds (UK) and the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas (France). She completed a fully-funded PhD at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas in Comparative Tort Law, examining how the French and the English legal systems approached issues of compensation in the context of serial health risks. A summary of her doctoral research can be found on the following website: https://british-association-comparative-law.org/2020/11/20/serial-health-risks-and-civil-liability-a-comparative-study-of-french-and-english-law-by-emmanuelle-lemaire/ She is more generally interested in Comparative Law, Medical Negligence, Tort Law, Systems of Compensation, etc.

Qualifications

• Doctorat de droit (PhD) University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, (2020)

• Master 2 de droit (European Comparative Law) University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, (2012)

• Master 1 de droit (General Private Law) University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, (2011)

• Licence de droit (third year completed at the University of Leeds, UK) University of Maine, (2010)