jwfa1@cam.ac.uk
College Contact Details
Room: Fisher Building, T4
Tel: (01223) 335617
Professor of Public Law and Comparative Historical Jurisprudence
B.A., LL.B., (Stell.), LL.M., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Cantab.)
Interests
Public law: especially from a theoretical or a historical and comparative perspective. Legal history: especially the development of public law.
Research centres and interest groups
Publications
Books
A. V. Dicey, The Law of the Constitution, revised pbk. edition (ed), 2019)
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Link:
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-884260-6
Published Jun 2019
A. V. Dicey, Comparative Constitutionalism, revised pbk. edition (ed), 2019)
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Link:
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-884261-3
Published May 2019
A. V. Dicey, The Law of the Constitution, hbk. (ed), 2013)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9-780199-579822
Published Oct 2013
A. V. Dicey, Comparative Constitutionalism, hbk. (ed), 2013)
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ISBN 13:
9-780199-685813
Published Oct 2013
The English Historical Constitution: Continuity, Change and European Effects, Cambridge University Press, hbk. & pbk., 2007)
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ISBN:
0521702364
ISBN 13:
978-0-521-70236-2
Published Oct 2007
A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law, revised pbk. edition, 2000)
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ISBN:
019829865X
ISBN 13:
978-0198298656
Published Feb 2000
A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law, hbk., 1996)
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ISBN:
0198258771
ISBN 13:
978-0198258773
Published Mar 1996
Articles
"Current Legal Fictions in Public Law" (2024) 77 Current Legal Problems 413-444
Citation:
(2024) 77 Current Legal Problems 413-444
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/clp/cuae013
Published: Oct 2024
"The Westminster Parliament's Formal Sovereignty in Britain and Europe from a Historical Perspective" (2017) 34/II Giornale di Storia Costituzionale 57-71
Citation:
(2017) 34/II Giornale di Storia Costituzionale 57-71
Published: Jul 2018
"History to Understand, and History to Reform, English Public Law" [2013] Cambridge Law Journal 526-557
Citation:
[2013] Cambridge Law Journal 526-557
Published: Nov 2013
"Revising the Statutes" (2008) Queens' College Record 10-12
Citation:
(2008) Queens' College Record 10-12
Published: Jul 2008
"History in the 'Law of the Constitution'" (2007) 28 Journal of Legal History 263-282
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(2007) 28 Journal of Legal History 263-282
Published: Nov 2007
"Variation of View on English Legal Distinctions between Public and Private" [2007] Cambridge Law Journal 698-711
Citation:
[2007] Cambridge Law Journal 698-711
Published: Oct 2007
"Cultural Divergence, the Separation of Powers and the Public-Private Divide" (1997) 9 European Review of Public Law 305-333
Citation:
(1997) 9 European Review of Public Law 305-333
Published: Jul 1997
"The Procedural Reason for Judicial Restraint" [1994] Public Law 452-473
Citation:
[1994] Public Law 452-473
Published: Jul 1994
"Fuller's Analysis of Polycentric Disputes" [1994] Cambridge Law Journal 367-383
Citation:
[1994] Cambridge Law Journal 367-383
Published: Jun 1994
"In Search of Revolutionary Justice in South Africa" (1990) 18 International Journal of the Sociology of Law 409-428
Citation:
(1990) 18 International Journal of the Sociology of Law 409-428
Published: Jul 1990
"De Linguae et Legis Auctoritate" [1985] Responsa Meridiana 1-7
Citation:
[1985] Responsa Meridiana 1-7
Published: Jul 1985
Book Chapters
"The Historical Constitution in the English Common Law" in Sir John Baker and Yasunori Kasai (ed(s)), An Introduction to Common Law, 2024), pp. 276-306
"History to Understand, and History to Reform, English Public Law" in P. Daly and J. Tomlinson (ed(s)), Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems, 2023), pp. 25-57
"Minimising Magna Carta and Modernising Exposition of the Rule of Law in the English Historical Constitution" in C. May and A. Winchester (ed(s)), Handbook on the Rule of Law, 2018), pp. 149-166
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Pages:
149-166
ISBN 13:
978-1-78643-243-8
Published Sep 2018
"Turning the Rule of Law into an English Constitutional Idea" in C. May and A. Winchester (ed(s)), Handbook on the Rule of Law, 2018), pp. 167-183
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Pages:
167-183
ISBN 13:
978-1-78643-243-8
Published Sep 2018
"History to Understand, and History to Reform, English Public Law" in N. Doe and R. Sandberg (ed(s)), Law and History, Vol. II, 2017), pp. 325-355
Pages:
325-355
ISBN 13:
978-1-138-96170-8
Published Sep 2017
"An Introduction to the Historical Constitutionalism of the English Common Law" in D. Ehlers, H. Glaser and K. Prokati (ed(s)), Constitutionalism and Good Governance - Eastern and Western Perspectives, 2014), pp. 127-139
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Pages:
127-139
ISBN 13:
9-783832-969875
Published Feb 2014
"The Spirits of the Constitution" in N. Bamforth and P. Leyland (ed(s)), Accountability in the Contemporary Constitution, 2013), pp. 27-56
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Pages:
27-56
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-967002-4
Published Nov 2013
"Public Law: English Common Law" in Stanley N. Katz (ed(s)), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, 2009), pp. 15-19
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Pages:
15-19
ISBN 13:
9780195134056
Published Mar 2009
"The Separation of Powers in the Modern Period in England: Constitutional Principle or Customary Practice?" in H. van Goethem (ed(s)), Gewoonte en Recht, 2002), pp. 89-106
Pages:
89-106
Published Jul 2002
"The Procedural Reason for Judicial Restraint" in P. Cane (ed(s)), Administrative Law, The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory (Second Series), 2002), pp. 83-104
Pages:
83-104
Published Jan 2002
"The United Kingdom: Systems of Judicial Protection" in S. Spiliotopoulos (ed(s)), Towards Unified Judicial Protection of Citizens in Europe?, 2000), pp. 765-772
"Parliamentary Sovereignty, Europe and the Economy of the Common Law" in M. Andenas (ed(s)), Liber Amicorum in Honour of Lord Slynn of Hadley: Judicial Review in International Perspective, Vol. II, 2000), pp. 177-194
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Pages:
177-194
ISBN 13:
978-9041113788
Published Jul 2000
"Legal Culture in Fuller's Analysis of Adjudication" in W. van der Burg and W. Witteveen (ed(s)), Rediscovering Fuller: Essays on Implicit Law and Institutional Design, 1999), pp. 346-363
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Pages:
346-363
ISBN 13:
978-9053563878
Published Jul 1999
"Transplantation and Cross-fertilisation" in J. Beatson and T. Tridimas (ed(s)), New Directions in European Public Law, 1998), pp. 169-182
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Pages:
169-182
ISBN 13:
9781901362244
Published Jul 1998
"Theoretical and Institutional Underpinnings of a Separate Administrative Law" in M. Taggart (ed(s)), The Province of Administrative Law, 1997), pp. 71-89
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Pages:
71-89
ISBN 13:
978-1901362015
Published Jul 1997
Book Reviews
Review of 'The Idea of Public Law' by Martin Loughlin (2005) 68 Modern Law Review 344-348
Published Jul 2005
Review of 'An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law' by R. C. van Caenegem (1997) 65 Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis 199-200
Published Jul 1997
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