Staff profile

Dr Jacques joined Durham Law School in 2015, having previously taught at the University of Warwick, the LSE and Birkbeck. She holds two undergraduate degrees (SOAS and Birkbeck) as well as a Masters degree and a PhD in law (both LSE). She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Jacques researches and teaches property law and theory. She is the module convenor for Trusts Law and co-convenes Trusts, Wealth and Justice in a Global Context. Her research focuses on critical approaches to trusts law and to private property, as well as on new applications of the trust in financial and commercial contexts. She is an expert in electronic money and payments law. 

Before joining academia, Dr Jacques worked in private practice as a consultant to the electronic money sector. She currently acts as Senior Legal Adviser to the Electronic Money Association, advising on legal issues in relation to electronic money, payments and cryptoassets. She has co-drafted the UK sectoral anti-money laundering guidance for the electronic money and cryptoasset sectors and continues to be involved in regulatory and legislative initiatives in this area at both UK and EU level. 

Research supervision

Dr Jacques welcomes PhD proposals in the areas of property theory, trusts law, the law of restitution, the regulation of electronic money and payments law. Research topics of her current students include privacy in the context of Central Bank Digital Currencies and unjust enrichment in the digital world. Please contact her for further information and advice on your draft proposal. 

• Property theory
• Trusts law
• Payments
• Electronic money
• Digital assets

Chapter in book

• Critical Theory
  
  Jacques, J. (2025). Critical Theory. In M. Bennett, L. Ho, A. Hofri-Winogradow, & R. Nolan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198890485.013.0041
• The Reproduction of Property through the Production of Personhood: The Family Trust and the Power of Things
  
  Jacques, J. (2024). The Reproduction of Property through the Production of Personhood: The Family Trust and the Power of Things. In N. Piška & H. Gibson (Eds.), Critical trusts law: reading Roger Cotterrell. Counterpress.
• Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility
  
  Jacques, J. (2016). Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility. In M. Arvidssen, L. Brännström, & P. Minkkinen (Eds.), The contemporary relevance of Carl Schmitt : law, politics, theology. (pp. 107-119). Routledge.

Journal Article

• E-money and Trusts: A Property Analysis
  
  Jacques, J. (2022). E-money and Trusts: A Property Analysis. Law Quarterly Review, 138(Oct), 605-623.
• A ‘Most Astonishing’ Circumstance: The Survival of Jewish POWs in German War Captivity during the Second World War
  
  Jacques, J. (2021). A ‘Most Astonishing’ Circumstance: The Survival of Jewish POWs in German War Captivity during the Second World War. Social and Legal Studies, 30(3), 362-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663920946468
• Property and the Interests of Things: The Case of the Donative Trust
  
  Jacques, J. (2019). Property and the Interests of Things: The Case of the Donative Trust. Law and Critique, 30(2), 201-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10978-019-09241-y
• Where Nothing Happened: The Experience of War Captivity and Levinas’s Concept of the ‘There Is’
  
  Jacques, J. (2017). Where Nothing Happened: The Experience of War Captivity and Levinas’s Concept of the ‘There Is’. Social and Legal Studies, 26(2), 230-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663916661875
• From Nomos to Hegung: Sovereignty and the Laws of War in Schmitt's International Order
  
  Jacques, J. (2015). From Nomos to Hegung: Sovereignty and the Laws of War in Schmitt’s International Order. Modern Law Review, 78(3), 411-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12122

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Writing about Western Jewish POWs in Nazi Germany: Challenges and Rewards
  
  Jacques, J. (2022, April 4). Writing about Western Jewish POWs in Nazi Germany: Challenges and Rewards [S&LS Blog].
• Law & Critique: Property and the Interests of Things
  
  Jacques, J. (2019, July 3). Law & Critique: Property and the Interests of Things [CLT Blog].

Other (Print)

• Response to the FCA’s Consultation Paper CP24/20 Changes to the Safeguarding Regime for Payments and E-money Firms
  
  Jacques, J. (2024). Response to the FCA’s Consultation Paper CP24/20 Changes to the Safeguarding Regime for Payments and E-money Firms [Response to consultation].
• Response to the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper 256 Digital Assets: A Consultation Paper
  
  Jacques, J. (2024). Response to the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper 256 Digital Assets: A Consultation Paper [Response to consultation] (pp. 655-660). Law Commission.