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Steve Peers Alma mater McMaster University University of Western Ontario London School of Economics University of Essex Occupation Academic

**Steve Peers** is a British academic and an expert on the [European Union](/source/European_Union). He is a professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at [Royal Holloway, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London). He is the author of *EU Justice and Home Affairs Law* and *The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership*.

## Early life

Steve Peers graduated from [McMaster University](/source/McMaster_University), where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1988. He earned an LL.B. from the [Western Law School](/source/Western_Law_School) at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario), an LL.M. in EU Law from the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) in 1993, and a Ph.D. from the University of Essex in 2001.

## Career

Peers is a professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at Royal Holloway University of London.[1] He also taught at the [European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation](/source/European_Inter-University_Centre_for_Human_Rights_and_Democratisation) in [Venice](/source/Venice), Italy in April 2016.[1]

Peers is the author of *EU Justice and Home Affairs Law*, which was reviewed by Dr Colin Harvey of [Queen's University Belfast](/source/Queen's_University_Belfast) in the *[Oxford Journal of Legal Studies](/source/Oxford_Journal_of_Legal_Studies)* in 2003 and Professor Friedemann Kainer of the [University of Mannheim](/source/University_of_Mannheim) in *Integration* in 2007.[2][3] He also authored *The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership*. He is the co-author of *The EU Citizenship Directive: A Commentary*, and the co-editor of several books about European Union law.[1]

Peers has written commentaries for the Brussels-based [Centre for European Policy Studies](/source/Centre_for_European_Policy_Studies);[4] New Europeans, a pro-European Union organization;[5] and The UK in a Changing Europe, a think tank funded by the [Economic and Social Research Council](/source/Economic_and_Social_Research_Council) (ESRC) and based at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London).[6]

Peers has advised the British government on EU policy.[7] In October 2016, he argued that banning foreign-born academics like [Sara Hagemann](/source/Sara_Hagemann) from serving as advisors to the [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office) on Brexit would "come across as hostile, narrow and xenophobic."[7] He tweeted, "What kind of know-nothing nativist govt rejects the expertise of all non-citizens?".[7]

## Works

- Peers, Steve (2000). *EU Justice and Home Affairs Law*. New York: Longman. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780582320161](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780582320161). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [42744936](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/42744936).

- Peers, Steve; Ward, Angela, eds. (2004). *The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Politics, Law and Policy*. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781841134499](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781841134499). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [55963935](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/55963935).

- Peers, Steve; Rogers, Nicola, eds. (2006). *EU Immigration and Asylum Law: Text and Commentary*. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789004153745](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789004153745). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [71299060](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/71299060).

- Guild, Elspeth; Peers, Steve; Tomkin, Jonathan (2014). *The EU Citizenship Directive: A Commentary*. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780198705239](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780198705239). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [873990216](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/873990216).

- [Barnard, Catherine](/source/Catherine_Barnard); Peers, Steve, eds. (2014). *European Union Law*. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780199686117](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199686117). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [879398376](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/879398376).

- Hervey, Tamara K.; Kenner, Jeff; Peers, Steve; Ward, Angela, eds. (2014). *The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary*. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781849463089](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781849463089). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [832313599](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/832313599).

- Peers, Steve (2016). *The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership*. Oxford, U.K.: Hart Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781849468749](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781849468749). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [917161408](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/917161408).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-euinteruniprofstevepeers_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-euinteruniprofstevepeers_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-euinteruniprofstevepeers_1-2) ["Prof. Steve Peers lecturer at the Training Seminar on the "EU Charter of Fundamental Rights""](https://eiuc.org/news-detail/prof-steve-peers-lecturer-at-the-training-seminar-on-the-eu-charter-of-fundamental-rights.html). *European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation*. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-harveyreviewjusticemigration_2-0)** Harvey, Colin (Spring 2003). "Review: Justice, Migration and Human Rights". *Oxford Journal of Legal Studies*. **23** (1): 147–156. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ojls/23.1.147](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fojls%2F23.1.147). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3600649](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3600649).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kainerderraumder_3-0)** Kainer, Friedemann (July 2007). "Review: Der Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts: Analysen zur Europäischen Justiz- und Innenpolitik". *Integration*. **30** (3): 344–348. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [24223680](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24223680).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-centrestevepeers_4-0)** ["Steve Peers"](https://www.ceps.eu/content/steve-peers). *Centre for European Policy Studies*. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-neweuropeansstevepeers_5-0)** ["Steve Peers"](https://neweuropeans.net/authors/steve-peers). *New Europeans*. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ukinachangingeuropeanalysis_6-0)** ["Analysis by Professor Steve Peers"](https://ukandeu.ac.uk/author/steve-peers/). *The UK in a changing Europe*. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theguardianlseforeignacademics_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theguardianlseforeignacademics_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-theguardianlseforeignacademics_7-2) Henley, Jon (7 October 2016). ["LSE foreign academics told they will not be asked to advise UK on Brexit"](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/07/lse-brexit-non-uk-experts-foreign-academics). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

## External links

- [Faculty webpage](https://www.essex.ac.uk/law/staff/profile.aspx?ID=839)

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