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Roger Masterman
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prof at durham law school; helps edit @publiclaw.bsky.social
October 2025 issue of Public Law is incoming - and still a couple of weeks left to apply to become a member of the journal's editorial committee: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Conor Gearty obituary - The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
Conor Gearty obituary
A skilled and persuasive human rights lawyer who fought for civil liberties in the face of over-reaching anti-terror law
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Interested in joining the Editorial Committee of Public Law? Then see below. Happy to field queries etc from interested candidates.
Public Law is looking make several appointments to its Editorial Committee - details etc ⬇️ - expressions of interest to public.law@durham.ac.uk by 31 October 2025.
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
niche.
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The Bingham Centre has a new Vacancy for a Research Fellow in Public Inquiries and Rule of Law
Applications by 3 August
Find out more buff.ly/sUeq1Bd
July 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report on the employment rights bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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„What do these events have in common? They reflect a multipronged attack, heedless of academic or press freedoms and the rule of law, against institutions of knowledge and of law.“

From this week‘s @verfassungsblog.de editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:

verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
March 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Almost four remaining weeks in which to think about putting together a themed collection of short (4000 word) ‘analysis’ pieces for Public Law …
March 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New inquiry announcement from the House of Lords Constitution Committee: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Call for evidence
committees.parliament.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
V interesting - and a nice trailer for the sequel to/remake of the executive in the constitution.
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Each year Public Law carries a series of analysis pieces (4000 words ea) united around a particular theme. The call for guest editors of the 2026 collection is now out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
- SWEET & MAXWELL
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
HL Constitution Committee’s short report on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
House of Lords - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Select Committe on the Constitution
publications.parliament.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
this is obviously where the real lawyers are.
November 22, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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I'm co-organising an event on 'Human Rights in the United Kingdom under Conservative Government'. The conference is on 26 November 2024 at Northumbria Law School. Please register and take a look at the programme via the link below. Reposts welcome!

www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
November 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM