Professor Michael Cardwell

Professor of Agricultural Law

Having studied Classics at Oxford, I entered practice with Burges Salmon, Solicitors, Bristol, and post qualification my area of specialisation was agricultural law.

In 1990 I joined the School of Law at the University of Leeds and am currently Professor of Agricultural Law.

Scholarly and Research Interests

My interests are in agricultural law, with particular reference to:

the Common Agricultural Policy
agricultural holdings
agriculture in world trade
agriculture and the environment, including the regulation of genetically modified organisms and nitrate pollution
agriculture and climate change
food security.

Teaching

I teach modules in the following areas:

Equity and Trusts
Land Law
World Trade Law
European Agricultural Law

PhD Supervision

I welcome PhD applications in all areas of agricultural law, including European Community and world trade aspects.

Key Publications

Books

Bodiguel, L. and Cardwell, M.N. (eds.) (2010) The Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms: Comparative Approaches, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Williams, P.R., Cardwell, M.N. and Williams, V. (2007) Scammell and Densham's Law of Agricultural Holdings (9th ed.), LexisNexis, Butterworths, London.

Cardwell, M.N. (2004) The European Model of Agriculture, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Cardwell, M.N., Grossman, M.R. and Rodgers, C.P. (eds.) (2003) Agriculture and International Trade: Law, Policy and the WTO, CAB International, Wallingford.

Chapters in Books

Cardwell, M.N. and Bodiguel, L. (2008) 'La coexistence des cultures GM et non GM: approche comparative entre l'Union Européenne, le Royaume-Uni et la France', In: Parent, G. (ed.), Production et Consommation Durables: de la Gouvernance au Consommateur Citoyen Éditions Yvon Blais, Québec, Canada, pp.325-366.

Cardwell, M.N. (2006) 'Agricultural tenancies: future directions', In: Bright, S. (ed.), Landlord and Tenant Law: Past, Present and Future, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp.129-145.

Journal Articles

Cardwell, M.N. (2011) European Union agricultural policy and practice: the new challenge of climate change, Environmental Law Review, 13, pp.271-295.

Bodiguel, L. and Cardwell, M.N. (2010) Les jurisdictions pénales Britanniques et Françaises face aux anti-OGM: au-delà des différences, un communauté d’esprit, Revue Juridique de l’Environnement, pp.267-279.

Cardwell, M.N. (2008) Rural development in the European Community: charting a new course?, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, 31, pp.21-61.

Cardwell, M.N. (2008) Regulation of the Common Agricultural Policy in the United Kingdom: simplicity or complexity?, (2008) 87 Rivista di Diritto Agrario, 87, pp.163-183.

Cardwell, M.N. (2006) The polluter pays principle in European Community law and its impact on United Kingdom farmers, Oklahoma Law Review, 59, pp.89-113.

Cardwell, M.N. and Rodgers, C. (2006) Reforming the WTO legal order for agricultural trade: issues for European rural policy in the Doha Round, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 55, pp.805-838.