Public Law Publications
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A collection of recent publications on UK public and administrative law
Aileen Kavanagh, "Overuse of the Override" (Ahead of Print, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence)
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Aileen Kavanagh, "Overuse of the Override" (Ahead of Print, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence)
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Maria Kotsoni, "The protection of the right to energy through the European Social Charter" (Human Rights Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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The protection of the right to energy through the European Social Charter
Abstract. The (Revised) European Social Charter [(R)ESC] does not explicitly protect a right to energy. However, in this article I show that recent develop
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October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Maria Kotsoni, "The protection of the right to energy through the European Social Charter" (Human Rights Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Nicole Busby, "Advancing human rights law in Scotland" (2025) 5 European Human Rights Law Review 548
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Nicole Busby, "Advancing human rights law in Scotland" (2025) 5 European Human Rights Law Review 548
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Stephen Shute, "Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside" (Modern Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Stephen Shute, "Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside" (Modern Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Paul O'Connell, "Socio-economic rights redux" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Socio-economic rights redux
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October 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Paul O'Connell, "Socio-economic rights redux" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Conor Gearty, "Recovering the good life: enhancing the underlying political determinants for social rights enjoyment in the UK" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Recovering the good life: enhancing the underlying political determinants for social rights enjoyment in the UK
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Conor Gearty, "Recovering the good life: enhancing the underlying political determinants for social rights enjoyment in the UK" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Janina Boughey and Anita Mackay, "Administrative justice in public and private prisons" [2025] Public Law 738
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October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Janina Boughey and Anita Mackay, "Administrative justice in public and private prisons" [2025] Public Law 738
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Richard Craven, "Legitimacy and the administration of the airwaves auctions" [2025] Public Law 714
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October 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Richard Craven, "Legitimacy and the administration of the airwaves auctions" [2025] Public Law 714
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Matilda Gillis, "Call it torture: sexual offences, human rights and the Metropolitan Police" [2025] Public Law 691
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October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Matilda Gillis, "Call it torture: sexual offences, human rights and the Metropolitan Police" [2025] Public Law 691
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Susannah Paul, "Administrative empathy: a new value in administrative justice" [2025] Public Law 670
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October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Susannah Paul, "Administrative empathy: a new value in administrative justice" [2025] Public Law 670
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Stuart Wallace, "The Human Rights Act under siege: the vulnerability of fundamental rights protection under the United Kingdom constitution" [2025] Public Law 648
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October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Stuart Wallace, "The Human Rights Act under siege: the vulnerability of fundamental rights protection under the United Kingdom constitution" [2025] Public Law 648
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Adam Evans, "Total recall? Senedd reform and the balance between parties and voters: the case study of the Standards of Conduct Committee's recall proposals" [2025] Public Law 639
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Adam Evans, "Total recall? Senedd reform and the balance between parties and voters: the case study of the Standards of Conduct Committee's recall proposals" [2025] Public Law 639
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Farrah Raza, "Patience needed: NHS regulation, decision-making, and future challenges for patient choice" [2025] Public Law 631
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October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Farrah Raza, "Patience needed: NHS regulation, decision-making, and future challenges for patient choice" [2025] Public Law 631
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Michael Lobban, "O'Reilly v Mackman and English public law" (2025) 141 Law Quarterly Review 537
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Michael Lobban, "O'Reilly v Mackman and English public law" (2025) 141 Law Quarterly Review 537
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Bernard McCloskey, "The renaissance of human dignity?" (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Ahead of Print)
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The right to human dignity is tantalisingly elusive, refreshingly undefined, potentially virile and incontestably responsive to changing societal conditions: just the recipe for common law judges worl...
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September 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bernard McCloskey, "The renaissance of human dignity?" (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Ahead of Print)
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János Fiala-Butora, Michael Ashley Stein and Matthew S Smith, "Disability human rights standards before the European Court of Human Rights—false convergence and methodologically-driven divergence?" (Human Rights Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Disability human rights standards before the European Court of Human Rights—false convergence and methodologically-driven divergence?
ABSTRACT. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has positively impacted the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Overall,
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September 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
János Fiala-Butora, Michael Ashley Stein and Matthew S Smith, "Disability human rights standards before the European Court of Human Rights—false convergence and methodologically-driven divergence?" (Human Rights Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Paul Scott, "Security vetting in the commonwealth five eyes states" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Security vetting in the commonwealth five eyes states
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Paul Scott, "Security vetting in the commonwealth five eyes states" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Lewis Graham, "Following wrongly decided precedent" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Following wrongly decided precedent
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Lewis Graham, "Following wrongly decided precedent" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Bernard Keenan, "From interception to integration: encryption, bulk data, and the investigatory powers regime" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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From interception to integration: encryption, bulk data, and the investigatory powers regime
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September 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bernard Keenan, "From interception to integration: encryption, bulk data, and the investigatory powers regime" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Philippe Lagassé and Sebastian Payne, "Statutory intelligence, prerogative deployments: Explaining varying legal authorities for national security in Westminster states" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Statutory intelligence, prerogative deployments: Explaining varying legal authorities for national security in Westminster states
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September 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Philippe Lagassé and Sebastian Payne, "Statutory intelligence, prerogative deployments: Explaining varying legal authorities for national security in Westminster states" (King's Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Joanna Bell, "Judicial Review of the Improper Policy Implementation of Treaties" (Modern Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Judicial Review of the Improper Policy Implementation of Treaties
In recent years the courts of England and Wales have come to recognise a new iteration of judicial review which this article terms ‘review of improper policy implementation of treaties’ or ‘RIPIT’. R....
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August 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Joanna Bell, "Judicial Review of the Improper Policy Implementation of Treaties" (Modern Law Review, Ahead of Print)
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Roger Masterman and Matthew Nicholson, "The Dissolution of Dualism" (Cambridge Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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THE DISSOLUTION OF DUALISM
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Roger Masterman and Matthew Nicholson, "The Dissolution of Dualism" (Cambridge Law Journal, Ahead of Print)
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Alan Greene, "Double-counting deference? The discretionary nature of declarations of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act" (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Ahead of Print)
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Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
This article argues that utilising the discretionary nature of declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) as a form of ‘remedial deference’ is irreconcilable wi...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Alan Greene, "Double-counting deference? The discretionary nature of declarations of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act" (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Ahead of Print)
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Michal Ovádek, "Judicial diversity and immigration appeals: evidence from the United Kingdom" (West European Politics, Ahead of Print)
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July 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Michal Ovádek, "Judicial diversity and immigration appeals: evidence from the United Kingdom" (West European Politics, Ahead of Print)
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Katie Pentney and Ethan Shattock, "Disinformation and Democracy on the Docket: Reformulating the Approach to Electoral Disinformation under the ECHR" (OJLS, Ahead of Print)
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Re-thinking international human rights law’s approach to identity in light of surveillance and AI
ABSTRACT. As AI adoption increases, surveillance-related chilling effects are likely to impair individuals’ ability to freely develop their identities. Thi
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July 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Katie Pentney and Ethan Shattock, "Disinformation and Democracy on the Docket: Reformulating the Approach to Electoral Disinformation under the ECHR" (OJLS, Ahead of Print)
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