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Welcome to the Public Law Group. We are a group of researchers at 果冻影院 Laws organising regular activities to discuss current research and ongoing developments in the field of public law

果冻影院 Laws will announce the launch of a Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism in the 2024/25 academic year, in line with its award of a Leverhulme International Professorship last year.听 The Centre will host a range of post-doctoral fellows, PhD scholarships in this field, visiting fellowships, and a well-funded programme of research and research activities across the next 5 years.听 The flagship Public Law Group seminars will continue, and be hosted within the new Centre. More details will be posted here in the coming months.

The group鈥檚 mission is to foster creative dialogue between diverse scholars at all levels and to promote rigorous academic debate of public law topics.

People

The Convenor of the Group is Jeff King.
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Current members include:

• Erin Delaney
• Berihun Gebeye
• Oliver Gerstenberg
• Tom Hickman
• Myriam Hunter-Henin
• Jeff King
• Deni Mantzari
• Ronan McCrea
• Natalia Morales Cerda
• Colm O鈥機inneide
• Rick Rawlings
• Ewan Smith
• Silvia Suteu

Upcoming events

• TBA

Past events

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Events organised during the 2023/24听academic year:

• 4 October 2023, Madhav Khosla (Columbia Law School), 'Democracy and Defections: Political Parties and Representative Government in India'
• 30 October 2023, Nick Barber (Oxford), 'Symposium - The United Kingdom Constitution: An Introduction'
• 6 November 2023,听Frank Michelman (Harvard Law School), 'Constitutional Essentials. On the Constitutional Theory of Political Liberalism'
• 21 November 2023, Aileen Kavanagh (Trinity College Dublin) 'The Collaborative Constitution'
• 6 December 2023, Noah A. Rosenblum (New York University) 'Politics by Other Means, Judicial Review of Administrative Action in France and the United States'
• 17 January 2024, Vanessa McDonnell (University of Ottawa) 'The Executive鈥檚 Constitution'
• 31 January 2024,听Michaela Hailbronner (University of Giessen), 'The Failures of Others: Justifying Institutional Expansion in Public Law'
• 7 February 2024,听Vilija Velyvyte (University of Reading), 'The Proper Reach of EU Judicial Authority: Does the European Court of Justice Respect the Limits of EU Competence?'
• 28 February 2024,听Dr Paolo听Sandro (University of Leeds), 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy'
• 6 March 2024,听Professor Patricia Popelier (University of Antwerp), 'Dynamic Federalism: A New Theory for Cohesion and Regional Autonomy'

Events organised during the 2022/23听academic year:

• 16 January 2023, Carol Harlow (LSE Law) & Richard Rawlings (果冻影院 Laws), 鈥楢dministrative Law and Populism: Reshaping the Relationship鈥�
• 30 January 2023,听Berihun Gebeye (果冻影院 Laws), 'A Theory of African Constitutionalism (OUP 2021)'
• 21 February 2023, Symposium: Nick Barber (Oxford) 'The United Kingdom Constitution: An Introduction (OUP 2021)'
• 29听March听2023, John Adentire (Queen Mary Law), 鈥楢 Liberal Defence of No-Platforming鈥�
• 26 April 2023, Roberto Gargarella, 'The Law as a Conversation Among Equals'
• 24 May 2023, Robert Craig,听'Royal Law: Prerogative Foundations'

Events organised during the 2021/22 academic year:

• 19 October 2021, Renata Uitz (CEU), 鈥楥onstitutional Practices in Times 鈥淎fter Liberty鈥濃�� (and launch of the Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism (2021))
• 22 November 2021, Stefan Theil (Cambridge), Towards the Environmental Minimum: Environmental Protection through Human Rights
• 6 December 2021, Silvia Suteu (果冻影院), Book Launch: (OUP 2021) with Vicki Jackson (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), and Mara Malagodi (CUHK) commenting (event page here)
• 17 January 2022, Stephen Tierney (Edinburgh), The Federal Contract
• 7 February 2022, Rosalind Dixon (UNSW), Responsive Judicial Review
• 14 March 2022, Madhav Khosla (Columbia), 鈥業s a Science of Comparative Constitutionalism Possible?鈥�
• 9 May 2022, Martin Loughlin (LSE), Against Constitutionalism

Events organised during the 2020/21 academic year:

• 17 November 2020 Alice Margaria (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany), 鈥楾he Construction of Fatherhood: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights鈥� (video recording available , 果冻影院 login required)
• 1 December 2020 Joel Col贸n-R铆os (University of Victoria of Wellington), 鈥楥onstituent Power and the Law鈥� (video recording available , 果冻影院 login required)
• 25 January 2021 Gary J. Jacobsohn (University of Texas) and Yaniv Roznai (IDC Herzliya), 鈥楥onstitutional Revolution鈥� (video recording available , 果冻影院 login required)
• 12 April 2021 Bojan Bugaric (Sheffield) and Mark Tushnet (Harvard), 鈥楶ower to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism鈥�
• 18 May 2021, Prof Mara Malagodi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 鈥楪ender Constitutionalism and Reproductive Rights鈥�
• 14 June 2021,听Natalie Sedacca (University of Exeter and 果冻影院 Laws), 鈥楧omestic Workers, the 鈥楩amily Worker鈥� Exemption from Minimum Wage, and Gendered Devaluation of Women鈥檚 Work鈥�

2019/20 events

• 12-13 September 2019 Co-hosted Conference on 鈥楾he Rise of Constitutional Identity Review in Europe: A Critical Assessment鈥� (in collaboration with LUISS Rome and funded by 果冻影院鈥檚 Rome Cities Partnership Programme) 鈥� full details here
• 17 October 2019 Jessie Blackbourn (Durham),听鈥楥hildren, Terrorism, and Closed Material Procedures in the Family Court'
• 31 October 2019 Ana Cannilla (Reading), 鈥樷�淧olitical鈥� Political Constitutionalism and the 鈥淧opulist鈥� Challenge鈥�
• 9 December 2019 Jason Varuhas (Melbourne), 鈥楾he Principle of Legality鈥�
• 12 February 2020 Paul Kildea (UNSW), 鈥楻ecent Referendum Developments in Australia: Same-sex Marriage, First Nations Voice and Beyond'
• 13 February 2020 Margit Cohn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), 'Keeping the Executive Branch under Check: The Role of Courts in a Multi-Player Deliberative Democracy'
• 28 February 2020 Donald Bello Hutt (KU Leuven and visiting scholar at 果冻影院 Laws, 2020), 鈥楳aking What Present Again? A Critique of the Notion of Judicial Representation鈥�

2018/19 events

• 18 October 2018 Nimer Sultany (SOAS), 鈥楲aw and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism after the Arab Spring鈥�
• 14 November 2018 Eva Pils (King鈥檚 College London), 鈥楥hina鈥檚 Dual State Revival鈥�
• 21 November 2018 Jens Meierhenrich (LSE), 鈥楢uthoritarian Rule of Law鈥�
• 28 November 2018 Hosted Workshop on 鈥楨xclusionary Constitutionalism鈥� (a Back to Bentham event) 鈥� Speakers: Mara Malagodi (City University); Mazen Masri (City University); Zoran Oklopcic (Carleton); and Silvia Suteu (果冻影院 Laws)
• 30 November 2018 Zoran Oklopcic (Carleton), 鈥楤eyond the People: Social Imaginary and Constituent Imagination鈥�
• 6 December 2018 Graeme Orr (University of Queensland and visiting scholar at 果冻影院 Laws, 2018), 鈥楬orizontal Censorship: Liberties of Speech and Private Power鈥�
• 13 December 2018 Bosko Tripkovic (Birmingham), 鈥楾he Metaethics of Constitutional Adjudication鈥�
• 22 January 2019 Yossi Nehustan (Keele), 鈥楯udicial Review of Legislation and Democratic Legitimacy鈥�
• 5 February 2019 Margit Cohn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and visiting scholar at 果冻影院, 2019), 鈥極n a Theory of the Executive Branch鈥�
• 5 March 2019 Gavin Phillipson (Durham and visiting scholar at 果冻影院, 2018-19), 鈥楢re Constitutional Conventions Legitimate?鈥�
• 19 March 2019 Hayley J. Hooper (Oxford), 鈥楾he Counterbalancing Constitution: Judicial Review of Primary Legislation in Exceptional Circumstances鈥�
• 15 May 2019 Alex Schwartz (Hong Kong University), 鈥楢n Agent-Based Model of Judicial Power鈥�

2017/18 events

• 2 October 2017 Helen Irving (Sidney), 鈥楥itizenship Revocation and the Question of Allegiance: Lessons from a Neglected History鈥�
• 16 October 2017 Yuresha Fernando (Attorney General鈥檚 Office, Sri Lanka), 鈥楾he Sri Lankan Constituent Assembly鈥�
• 3 November 2017 Tarun Khaitan (Oxford), 鈥楾he Place of Religion in Human Rights Law: Distinguishing Freedom of Religion from the Right against Religious Discrimination鈥�
• 13 November 2017 Dimitrios Kyritsis (Reading), 鈥榃here Our Protection Lies: Separation of Powers and Constitutional Review鈥�
• 16 November 2017 Francisco J. Urbina (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), 鈥楢 Critique of Proportionality and Balancing鈥�
• 23 April 2018 Trevor Allan (Oxford), 鈥楶ractice, Principle, and Precedent: Vindicating Justice, According to Law鈥�
• 3 May 2018 Tom Poole (LSE), 鈥楩oreign Relations Power鈥�
• 8 May 2018 Lord Justice Fulford, 'Secrecy and Oversight: The New Investigatory Powers Commissioner Regime'
• 6 June 2018 Laura Valentini (LSE), 鈥榃hy the Notion of a Moral Claim Right is Unhelpful鈥�
• 11 June 2018 Martin Loughlin (LSE), 鈥楶olitical Jurisprudence鈥�

Research projects

Lex-Atlas: Covid-19

The Lex-Atlas: Covid-19 (LAC19) project provides a scholarly report and analysis of national legal responses to Covid-19 around the world. There are nearly 200 jurists participating in the LAC19 network and who have contributed to writing national country reports. The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 launched on 21 April 2021 with 19 Country and Territory Reports and a further 41 will be added on a rolling basis across the Spring and Summer of 2021.听It is made open-access on a permanent basis through the generous support of the Faculty of Laws, 果冻影院, the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, and the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. The LAC19 project is supported more widely by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust. At 果冻影院 Laws, Prof Jeff King is Co-PI on the project, Dr Silvia Suteu is the Gender and Comparative Constitutionalism Area Editor, and Dr Michael Veale is Area Editor for Information & Privacy. Read more about the Lex-Atlas: Covid-19 project .

Gender Equalities at Work

The 鈥楪ender Equalities at Work: An Interdisciplinary History of 50 Years of Legislation鈥� project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and commencing in January 2021. This project, on which 果冻影院 Laws鈥� Prof Colm O鈥機inneide is Co-Investigator, is a collaboration between researchers from the University of Edinburgh, 果冻影院 and UWE Bristol that traverses the fields of law, gender studies, history, industrial relations, and politics. The project will produce the first comprehensive history (from the 1960s to the present) of the enactment, legacy and lived experiences of the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (now integrated in the Equality Act 2010) across the four nations of the UK. Combining archival research and legal analysis with oral history interviews, it will examine the process through which this transformative legislation became law, and trace its subsequent impact on British society. The project will thus explore law in action, as agency, and as personal experience. Read more about the project .

Structural Injustice and Workers鈥� Rights

In 2020, Prof Virginia Mantouvalou听was awarded a 12-month British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. In her project Professor Mantouvalou develops an alternative solution, seeking to identify structures that force and trap workers in conditions of exploitation. She focuses specifically on what she calls 鈥榮tate-mediated structural injustice', where legislative schemes that promote otherwise legitimate aims create inadvertent vulnerabilities that force and trap workers in conditions of exploitation. She uses examples such as restrictive visa regimes, welfare conditionality programmes, such as Universal Credit, and zero-hour contracts to illustrate the unjust structures. She finally assesses whether these legal听structures are compatible with human rights law (both civil and social rights) and makes proposals for legal reform. Read more about the project here.

Gender Sensitive Constitutions & Legislation

Beginning with 2015, Dr Silvia Suteu has been involved in various projects led by the Euromed Feminist Initiative and funded by the European Union and the Swedish Government, aiming at supporting the democratic transition in Syria through an inclusive constitution building process. As part of this work, Dr Suteu co-authored the (2015) and the (2020). Both handbooks are available in English and Arabic and are routinely used for training, education, and awareness-raising purposes in the MENA region and beyond.

Devolution: A Constitutional Journey in Wales

In 2016, Prof Rick Rawlings was awarded a 36-month Major Research Fellowship to investigate the ongoing process of Welsh devolution. The research project had three main aims: to provide the authoritative constitutional and legal account of two decades of development; to chart a possible constitutional future for Wales inside a rapidly changing Union; and to contribute a distinctive Welsh voice to the burgeoning constitutional and legal debates about the Union. Read more about the project here.

Publications

Some of our members鈥� recent publications are listed below. For more up to date information, please visit their individual profiles.

Gebeye, Berihun Adugna, (2024) Judicial Review and Presidential Elections in Africa. In: Fasone, Cristina and Mostacci, Edmondo and Romeo, Graziella, (eds.) . Hart Publishing: Oxford.

Suteu, Silvia (2024) , Hague Journal on the Rule of Law.

King, Jeff, and Bellamy, Richard (eds) (2024) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pou Gim茅nez, Rubio Mar铆n, Undurraga Vald茅s, Morales Cerda (2024) , in Pou Gim茅nez, Rubio Mar铆n, Undurraga Vald茅s (eds). London: Routledge.

O'Cinneide, Colm (2024) 鈥� Revisited, Dublin University Law Journal.

King, Jeff (2024) , in Pandemics, Public Health, and the Regulation of Borders. Lessons from COVID-19, Colleen M. Flood, Y.Y. Brandon Chen, Raywat Deonandan, Sam Halabi, Sophie Th茅riault (eds.) London: Routledge.

Gerstenberg, Oliver (2024) Philosophy and Social Criticism.

Gebeye, Berihun Adugna (2023) . Comparative Constitutional Studies, 1 (1) pp. 29-50.

Hunter-Henin, Myriam (2023) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion , 11 (1) pp. 23-46.

Suteu, Silvia (2023) . Review of Central and East European Law.

Morales Cerda, Natalia, and Pou Gim茅nez, Francisca (2023) Indigenous claims and the Chilean 2022 Draft Constitution in light of the secession paradigm, in Constitutional Law and Politics of Secession, Antoni Abai i Ninet (ed). London: Routledge.

Hickman, Tom (2022) The Cambridge Law Journal 81, no. 1.

McCrea, Ronan (2022) . Current Legal Problems , 75 (1) pp. 111-135.

Rawlings, Richard (2022) . Territory, Politics, Governance, 10 (5) pp. 714-732.

Gebeye, Berihun Adugna, (2021) , Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Aleisha Ebrahimi, 鈥�鈥� Human Rights Law Review (2021)

Colm O鈥機inneide (co-editor with Cahill, 脫 Conaill, and O鈥橫ahony), (Routledge 2021)

Silvia Suteu, (OUP 2021)

Myriam Hunter-Henin,听听(Hart 2020)

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