Dr Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo
Senior Lecturer in Law
My profile
Biography
Cecilia joined Manchester Metropolitan University in July 2021. Previously, she held Research Associate positions at the University of Manchester in three funded research projects. She has taught at the University of Manchester, the China-EU School of Law and the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. She holds a Ph.D. in Law and an LLM in International Business Law from the University of Manchester and an LLB from the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (Mexico). Her research has been cited in policy briefings produced for the UK Parliament and publications from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She has been invited to discuss food and farming policy to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Having qualified as a lawyer in Mexico (2001), she practised law in various law firms before entering academia. Cecilia is co-director of the International Investments in Latin America Network and Chief Book Review Editor of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. Cecilia is an associate at Dundee Just Transition Hub, where she collaborates in research projects.
Interests and expertise
Cecilia specialises in International Law and her research focuses on issues concerning international economic law and the international governance of food systems. In her research, Cecilia foregrounds the role of international law in hindering or facilitating the transformation into healthy and sustainable food systems, the fairness of such transitions and food security. She is interested in the dynamics between diverse legal and regulatory regimes, their impact on food policy and the vulnerabilities of food systems. Cecilia is currently exploring the concept of just transition to inform legal and policy approaches that are just and equitable in the global transition to a low carbon world.
Projects
JustFish – Understanding and Preventing Fisheries Crimes in Norway (in collaboration with Nofima AS, The University of Manchester, UK, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norges Råfisklag SA, Fiskarlaget Nord, Sjømat Norge), funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2021-2024), https://nofima.com/projects/justfish/
Mainstreaming Environmental Consciousness in the Teaching of Law ( with Dr John Pearson).
Teaching
My teaching philosophy is to provide a dynamic learning environment where students are at the centre of teaching and learning. I teach law in the social, economic and political contexts in which it develops, facilitating discussions about current affairs for students to develop their critical thinking.
I currently teach International Trade Law, Public International Law and Contract Law.
Supervision
I am happy to supervise Ph.D. candidates in my research areas.
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Droubi, S., Flores Elizondo, C.J. (2022) Latin America and international Investment Law: a mosaic of resistance. Manchester University Press.
Droubi, S., Elizondo, C.J.F. (2022) Introduction: A mosaic of resistance and accommodation.
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Chapters in books
Flores Elizondo, C.J., Droubi, S. (2024) 'Unlocking boundaries: law reform and the progressive development of international law.' In Qureshi, A.H. (ed.) Law reforms around the world: an international economic law perspective. London: Routledge, pp. 66-76.
Droubi, S., Flores Elizondo, C.J., Heffron, R. (2022) 'Latin America, indigenous peoples and investments: resistance and accommodation.' Latin America and international investment law: a mosaic of resistance.
Flores Elizondo, C., Lord, N., Spencer, J. (2019) 'Food Fraud and the Fraud Act 2006: Complementarity and limitations.' Financial Crime and Corporate Misconduct: A Critical Evaluation of Fraud Legislation (Abingdon, Oxford; Routledge: 2019): 48-62. Routledge,
Flores Elizondo, C. (2013) 'Reflexive International Economic Law: balancing economic and social goals in the construction of law.' Socio-legal Approaches to International Economic Law.
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Journal articles
Bellotti, E., Lord, N., Flores Elizondo, C.J., Melville, J., McKeller, S. (2022) 'ScriptNet: An Integrated Criminological-Network Analysis Tool.' Connections, 42(1) pp. 16-30.
Lord, N., Flores Elizondo, C., Davies, J., Spencer, J. (2021) 'Fault lines of food fraud: key issues in research and policy.' Crime, Law and Social Change, 78(5) pp. 577-598.
Lord, N., Spencer, J., Albanese, J., Flores Elizondo, C. (2017) 'In pursuit of food system integrity: the situational prevention of food fraud enterprise.' European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 23(4) pp. 483-501.
Lord, N., Flores Elizondo, C.J., Spencer, J. (2017) 'The dynamics of food fraud: The interactions between criminal opportunity and market (dys)functionality in legitimate business.' Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(5) pp. 605-623.
Elizondo, C.J.F. (2016) 'Social constitutions in international economic law: Power differentiation as a construct for resistance in the making of law.' Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 13(2) pp. 186-205.
Flores Elizondo, C.J. (2014) 'European communities - measures prohibiting the importation and marketing of seal products.' Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 11(2) pp. 312-321.
Elizondo, C.J.F. (2013) 'Good governance in the IMF: An eclectic theoretical appraisal of decision-making processes.' Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 10(2) pp. 271-307.