Overview
Dr. Bernadette Rainey is a senior lecturer at Cardiff School of Law and Politics (LAWPL) and is the Director of the LAWPL Centre for Human Rights and Public law. Her research interests include human rights and equality law, refugee law and public law. Bernadette graduated in law from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1993. Following this, she was awarded a PhD in refugee law at Queen’s University Belfast in 2003. Whilst completing her PhD, she was employed as a researcher on several human rights projects based in the School of Law at Queen’s. Subsequently, Bernadette took up the post of Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth to work on an AHRB funded project examining the impact of the Human Rights Act on the National Assembly for Wales. In 2003, she was employed by the School of Law at Swansea University as a researcher on a Nuffield funded family law project. Bernadette was a lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast, before taking up the post of lecturer in Cardiff Law School in September 2006. Her research interests include human rights and equality law, refugee law and public law. She has published on several areas of human rights law including equality duties and sexual offenders. Her research is primarily focused on “excluded” groups such as refugees and offenders. She has published book chapters and articles on sexual offenders and rights and is co-editor with Prof Karen Harrison of 'The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment ' (Wiley-Blackwell 2013). Bernadette is module leader for human rights on the LLB programme. She is also module leader for an LLM module on International Refugee Law and Asylum, as well as LLM Programme Convenor for the LLM on Human Rights. She is the author of a Human Rights Concentrate ( 4th edition 2017) for Oxford University Press and is a co-editor on one of the leading textbooks on human rights (Rainey, Wicks Ovey, The European Convention on Human Rights (8th edition, OUP)). Bernadette is Senior Personal Tutor in the Law School and Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of LAWPL. Previously, she was Chair of the Law School’s Equality and Diversity Committee (2010 - 2015) and the Law School Mooting Co-ordinator 2012-2014).
Publication
2017
- Rainey, B., Wicks, E. and Ovey, C. 2017. The European Convention on Human Rights 7th edition. [The European Convention on Human Rights 7th edition]. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rainey, B. 2017. And Then There Were None..Agatha Christie: delivering justice outside the courtroom?. Presented at: Cardiff Book Talk - And Then There Were None, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 17 May 2014., Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 17 May 2014.
2016
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2016. Consent, compulsion and sex offenders: an ethical and rights based approach to the treatment and management of sex offenders. In: Ashford, C., Reed, A. and Wake, N. eds. Legal Perspectives on State Power: Consent and Control. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 358-388.
2015
- Rainey, B. and Harrison, K. 2015. Human rights and human wrongs: a rights-based approach to the punishment and treatment of sex offenders. Contemporary Issues in Law 13(3), pp. 229-248.
2014
- Rainey, B., Wicks, E. and Ovey, C. eds. 2014. Jacobs, White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2013
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. 2013. The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. (10.1002/9781118314876)
- Rainey, B. 2013. Special Offender Groups and equality: A duty to treat differently?. In: Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 63-81., (10.1002/9781118314876.ch4)
- Rainey, B. 2013. Human rights and sexual offenders. In: Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 18-37., (10.1002/9781118314876.ch2)
2011
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2011. Morality and legality in the use of antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy with sexual offenders. In: Boer, D. P. et al. eds. International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Theory, Practice and Research. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 627-651., (10.1002/9781119990420.ch33)
2010
- Rainey, B. 2010. Dignity and dangerousness: sex offenders and the community - human rights in the balance?. In: Harrison, K. ed. Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community: Risk Management, Treatment and Social Responsibility. Abingdon: Willan Publishing, pp. 269-287.
2009
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2009. Suppressing human rights? A rights-based approach to the use of pharmacotherapy with sex offenders. Legal Studies 29(1), pp. 47-74. (10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00111.x)
2007
- Rainey, B. and Jenkins, V. 2007. Moving into the mainstream: an analysis of regulatory responses to impact assessment in equality and sustainable development. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 58, pp. 78-108.
- Hadden, T., Mallinder, L., O'Connell, R. and Rainey, B. 2007. Equality, good relations and a shared future. Ulster: Transitional Justice Institute.
- Perry, A. and Rainey, B. 2007. Supervised, supported and indirect contact orders: Research findings. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 21(1), pp. 21-47. (10.1093/lawfam/ebl020)
2004
- Sherlock, A., Williams, K. and Rainey, B. 2004. Special educational needs in Wales. Wales Journal of Law and Policy 3(1), pp. 17-33.
2002
- Williams, K. and Rainey, B. 2002. Language, education and the European Convention on Human Rights in the twenty-first century. Legal Studies 22(4), pp. 625-650. (10.1111/j.1748-121X.2002.tb00672.x)
Articles
- Rainey, B. and Harrison, K. 2015. Human rights and human wrongs: a rights-based approach to the punishment and treatment of sex offenders. Contemporary Issues in Law 13(3), pp. 229-248.
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2009. Suppressing human rights? A rights-based approach to the use of pharmacotherapy with sex offenders. Legal Studies 29(1), pp. 47-74. (10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00111.x)
- Rainey, B. and Jenkins, V. 2007. Moving into the mainstream: an analysis of regulatory responses to impact assessment in equality and sustainable development. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 58, pp. 78-108.
- Perry, A. and Rainey, B. 2007. Supervised, supported and indirect contact orders: Research findings. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 21(1), pp. 21-47. (10.1093/lawfam/ebl020)
- Sherlock, A., Williams, K. and Rainey, B. 2004. Special educational needs in Wales. Wales Journal of Law and Policy 3(1), pp. 17-33.
- Williams, K. and Rainey, B. 2002. Language, education and the European Convention on Human Rights in the twenty-first century. Legal Studies 22(4), pp. 625-650. (10.1111/j.1748-121X.2002.tb00672.x)
Book sections
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2016. Consent, compulsion and sex offenders: an ethical and rights based approach to the treatment and management of sex offenders. In: Ashford, C., Reed, A. and Wake, N. eds. Legal Perspectives on State Power: Consent and Control. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 358-388.
- Rainey, B. 2013. Special Offender Groups and equality: A duty to treat differently?. In: Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 63-81., (10.1002/9781118314876.ch4)
- Rainey, B. 2013. Human rights and sexual offenders. In: Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 18-37., (10.1002/9781118314876.ch2)
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. 2011. Morality and legality in the use of antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy with sexual offenders. In: Boer, D. P. et al. eds. International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Theory, Practice and Research. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 627-651., (10.1002/9781119990420.ch33)
- Rainey, B. 2010. Dignity and dangerousness: sex offenders and the community - human rights in the balance?. In: Harrison, K. ed. Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community: Risk Management, Treatment and Social Responsibility. Abingdon: Willan Publishing, pp. 269-287.
Books
- Rainey, B., Wicks, E. and Ovey, C. 2017. The European Convention on Human Rights 7th edition. [The European Convention on Human Rights 7th edition]. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rainey, B., Wicks, E. and Ovey, C. eds. 2014. Jacobs, White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. 2013. The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. (10.1002/9781118314876)
Conferences
- Rainey, B. 2017. And Then There Were None..Agatha Christie: delivering justice outside the courtroom?. Presented at: Cardiff Book Talk - And Then There Were None, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 17 May 2014., Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 17 May 2014.
Monographs
- Hadden, T., Mallinder, L., O'Connell, R. and Rainey, B. 2007. Equality, good relations and a shared future. Ulster: Transitional Justice Institute.
Research
Research Interests: My research interests include human rights and equality law, refugee law and public law. Her research is primarily focused on "excluded" groups such as refugees and offenders.
Selected Publications:
Books
B Rainey, P McCormick, C Ovey (eds) The European Convention on Human Rights, 8th edn, Oxford University Press, 2020
B Rainey Human Rights Concentrate, 4th edn, Oxford University Press, 2017
Edited Book
K Harrison and B Rainey (eds) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management, Wiley-Blackwell 2013
Chapters in Books
K Harrison and B Rainey "Consent, compulsion and sex offenders: An ethical and rights based approach to the treatment and management of sex offenders" in Chris Ashford, Alan Reed and Nicola Wake (eds) Consent and Control: legal Perspectives of State Power, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2016 pp 368 - 389
B Rainey "Human Rights and Sexual Offenders" In K Harrison and B Rainey, (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell 2013, pp. 18-37.
B Rainey "Special Offender Groups and Equality": A duty to treat differently? In K Harrison and B Rainey (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell 2013, pp. 63-81.
B Rainey and K Harrison "Morality and legality in the use of anti-androgenic pharmacotherapy with sexual offenders" in D Boer and R Eher (eds) International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Theory, Practice and Research 2011, Wiley Publishing 627-651
B Rainey "Dignity and Dangerousness: Sex Offenders and the Community – human rights in the balance?" in K Harrison (ed) Managing High-Risk Sex Offenders in the Community: Risk management, treatment and social responsibility Willan Publishing 2010, 269 – 290
Journal Articles
B Rainey and K Harrison "Human Rights and Human Wrongs: A rights based approach to the punishment of sex offenders" Contemporary Issues in Law (2015) Vol 13, Issue 3 229 - 248
K Harrison and B Rainey "Suppressing human rights? A rights- based approach to the use of pharmacotherapy with sex offenders" Legal Studies, 29 (1) (2009) 47-74
B Rainey and K Harrison "Pharmacotherapy and Human Rights in Sexual Offenders: best of friends or unlikely bedfellows?" Sexual Offender Treatment 2008, Vol 3, issue 2
B Rainey and V Jenkins "Moving Into The Mainstream: An Analysis Of Regulatory Responses To Impact Assessment In Equality And Sustainable Development" Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, (2007) Vol 58 No 1 78 – 107
B Rainey and A Perry "Supervised, supported and indirect contact orders: research findings" International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, (2007) 21 (1), 21-47
K Fitzpatrick, V Jenkins, B Rainey "'Caveat Discriminator'?: a question about equal opportunities law" Wales Journal of Law and Policy (2004) Vol 3(3) 283 - 294
A Sherlock, K Williams and B Rainey "Special Educational Needs in Wales" Wales Journal of Law and Policy (2004) Vol 3(1) 17 -33
K Williams and B Rainey "Language, Education and the European Convention on Human Rights: Any changes in the 21st century?" Legal Studies (2002) Vol 22(4) 627 – 649
Reports
T Hadden, L Mallinder, R O'Connell and B Rainey "What to do about equality, good relations and a shared future?" Queen's University, Human Rights Centre (Nuffield Foundation) 2007
T Hadden, B Rainey, G McGreevy "Equal But Not Separate" Communal Policy Appraisal" Fortnight supplement 371 1998 (Community Relations Council, NI)
B Rainey, O Fee, C Bell 1997 "UK and Ireland - Commitments to International Human Rights Instruments (Compilation)" Electronic Publication (www.law.qub.ac.uk/ )
Teaching
LLB Human Rights module. -module covenor
LLM Human Rights - programme covenor (International Refugee Law and Asylum Module - module convenor)
LLM Themes in Emprirical Research (Guest seminar
PhD supervision
LLM Supervision
Co-ordinator, Pro Bono programmes - Bail Observation Project and Sylum Justice
Biography
Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Law and Politics 2006 -
Lecturer, Queen's University, Belfast 2005-2006
Researcher and Tutor, Swansea School of Law, 2003. -2005
Research Fellow, Law Department, Aberystwyth, 2000. -2003
PGR, PhD candidate , Queen's University, Belfast , 1995 - -2003
Visiting Scholar, School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast 2 November 2015 - 31 December 2015
Lecturer, Duquesne University Law School, Pittsburgh Summer School Ireland Programme June 2006 -
Visiting Lecturer, Charles University Law School, Prague April 2007, April 2008
PhD supervision
LLM Supervision
Higher Education Academy Fellow
Member Society of Legal Scholars
Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association
Chair and Trustee, Asylum Justice 2013 -