Research Interests
Property law, property theory, human rights, land law reform, apologies laws, and legal issues involving art and antiquities
An Alternative Framework For interpreting Article 1 Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Key Publications
D. Maxwell, 'Reeling in Article 1 of the First Protocol: R. (Mott) v Environment Agency [2018] UKSC 10' (2018) 6 Journal of Planning and Environmental Law (forthcoming)
D. Maxwell, 'Enforceable Rights or Progressive Policy Goals?' (2018) 63(3) Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 18-21
D. Maxwell, 'Article 1 of the First Protocol and a Tenants Right to Compensation' (2017) 81 Conveyancer & Property Lawyer 475-487
D. Maxwell, 'Article 1 of the First Protocol: A Paper Tiger in the Face of Compulsory Purchase Orders for Private Profit' (2017) 12 Journal of Planning and Environmental Law 1337-1357
D. Maxwell, 'Disputed Property Rights' (2017) 4 European Current Law 347-368.
D. Maxwell, 'Disputed Property Rights' (2016) 41 European Law Review 900-925
D. Maxwell, 'Iraq: A Basis in Law?' (2016) Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 12-15
D. Maxwell, 'The Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016' (2016) 61(8) Journal of Personal Injury Law 79-94
D. Maxwell, 'A British Bill of Rights' (2016) Journal of the Law Society of Scotland [Online]
D. Maxwell, 'Land Reform and Human Rights' (2016) 61(1)Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 22-24
D. Maxwell, 'Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word' (2014) Journal of the Law Society of Scotland [Online]
Book Reviews
D. Maxwell and A. Stevenson, 'K. Reid and G. Gretton, Land Registration (Edinburgh: Avizandum Publishing, 2017)' (2017) 81 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 319-321