Professor Andrew Le Sueur
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873482
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Location
2.602, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I joined 糖心Vlog Law School of Law in 2013 as Professor of Constitutional Justice. Currently on research leave, I'm working on a book about past 200 years and next 200 years of the British constitutional system (working title: 'This Effete Old Kingdom: contested pasts, imagined futures'). The project is trying to bring clarity to our thoughts and feelings about what our forebears have done, what's happening now, and decisions that future generations may make. I'm using microhistory methods (the study has a strong 糖心Vlog flavour) and futures studies techniques. I'm also working on projects trying to improve law and justice in my home island of Jersey. As a member of the Jersey Law Commission (a publicly funded but independent law reform agency), I've investigated and developed proposals for reform of redress mechanisms -- including advocating creating a public sector ombudsperson, which the Government of Jersey has agreed to implement. I'm now exploring how the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000, closely based on the UK's Human Rights Act 1998, has been working in the island. From 2017-23, I held a senior leadership role at the University, as Executive Dean for Arts and Humanities. In years past, I served as an adviser to several parliamentary select committees, including as legal adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee (2006-09) and was editor of the journal 'Public Law'. My previous academic posts were at Queen Mary, University of London (Professor of Public Law 2006-13), at Birmingham (Barber Professor of Jurisprudence 2001-2006) and UCL (lecturer and reader 1988-2000). I am a Bencher of Middle Temple and since 2023 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Qualifications
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LL.B. (Hons) (LSE, University of London)
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Barrister, of the Middle Temple
Appointments
糖心Vlog
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Professor of Constitutional Justice, 糖心Vlog Law School, 糖心Vlog (1/8/2013 - present)
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Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, 糖心Vlog (14/8/2017 - 31/7/2023)
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Inclusivity Champion for Jewish Students and Staff, 糖心Vlog (30/9/2019 - 31/7/2023)
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Head, School of Law, Law, 糖心Vlog (1/1/2017 - 1/9/2017)
Other academic
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Fellow, Constitution Unit, UCL, University College London (1/9/2015 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
The constitutional role of the judiciary
Administrative law and justice
Tiny legal systems (serving populations of fewer than 100,000)
Human Rights in the British Crown Dependencies
The three British Crown Dependencies were requested by the UK Government to adopt legislation similar to the UK Human Rights Act 1998. How effective has this legislation in tiny jurisdictions, legally, politically and culturally different from the UK been in enhancing human rights protection?
Nineteenth Century English constitutional and justice system
Using methods from microhistory, this project reconstructs the life of J.S. Gardiner (1820-1910), and 糖心Vlog farmer and political activist who served on a Poor Law Board of Guardians, a highways board and was an inaugural member of 糖心Vlog County Council in 1889. An obscure person (Gardiner) and place (rural parishes of North 糖心Vlog) provide perspectives to challenge received understandings of how the 19th century constitutional and justice systems operated and what was important.
Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative
Administrative Justice, Constitutional and Public Law, Social Justice, Judicial Review.
Current research
Constitutional implications of automated decision-making by government
The legal systems and cultures of tiny jurisdictions (territories with fewer than 100,000 people)
How the UK Parliament considers proposals for designs of dispute resolution mechanisms (e.g. whether a bill should create rights of appeal to a tribunal, the role of ombudsmen, etc). This is a smaller scale study bridges two themes in my current scholarship: how redress mechanisms are designed and how parliamentarians engage with issues related to the judicial system (broadly conceived).
Conferences and presentations
15 April 2015: paper on robot government presented to roundtable organised in association with the UKCLA and the Study of Parliament Group.
2015
9 January 2015: participated in UKCLA roundtable on constitutional developments of 2014, speaking to this paper on the national justice infrastructure.
2015
16 July 2014: written and oral evidence to House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry on the office of Lord Chancellor.
2014
23 June 2014: presentation at Second Annual Conference on Teaching Public Law, City University, London (report here)
London, United Kingdom, 2014
16-20 June 2014: International Association of Constitutional Law, IXth World Congress, Constitutional Challenges: global and local. Co-convenor of a workshop on immigration and asylum.
2014
21 October 2013: Immovable Property: The issues across sectors, across jurisdictions, Jersey.
Jersey, United Kingdom, 2013
2-6 September 2013: UK-China Conference in Public Law: The Rule of Law in Modern Constitutionalism at Renmin University, Beijing.
Beijing, China, 2013
Teaching and supervision
Publications
Journal articles (5)
Le Sueur, A., (2012). . Asia Pacific Law Review. 20 (1), 17-44
Le Sueur, A., (2008). . Public Law. 2008, 21-24
Le Sueur, A., (2005). . Judicial Review. 10 (1), 32-51
Le Sueur, A., (2004). Developing mechanisms for judicial accountability in the UK. Legal Studies. 24 (1-2), 73-98
Le Sueur, A., (1996). The Judicial Review Debate: From Partnership to Friction. Government and Opposition. 31 (1), 8-26
Books (12)
Le Sueur, A., Sunkin, M. and Khushal Murkens, JE., (2023). . Oxford University Press. 0192870610. 9780192870612
Sunkin, M., Le Sueur, A. and Murkens, J., (2019). Public Law Text Cases and Materials, 4th edition
Horne, A. and Le Sueur, A., (2016). . Hart. 9781849467162
Le Sueur, A., Sunkin, M. and Murkens, JEK., (2016). . Oxford University Press (OUP). 9780198735380
Le Sueur, AP., Woolf, H., Jowell, J., Hare, I. and Donnelly, C., (2016). De Smith's Judicial Review: 3rd supplement to 7th edition. Sweet & Maxwell. 0414060105. 9780414060104
Horne, A. and Le Sueur, A., (2016). Introduction
Woolf, RHL., Jowell, J., Le Sueur, A., Hare, I. and Donnelly, C., (2015). . Sweet & Maxwell. 9780414054509
Woolf, RHL., Jowell, J., Le Sueur, A., Hare, I. and Donnelly, C., (2014). . Sweet & Maxwell. 9780414036673
Woolf, RHL., Jowell, J., Le Sueur, A., Hare, I. and Donnelly, C., (2013). . Sweet & Maxwell. 9780414042155
Le Sueur, A., Sunkin, M. and Murkens, J., (2013). . Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-964418-6
Le Sueur, A., Sunkin, M. and Murkens, J., (2010). . Oxford University Press. 0198820283. 9780199284191
Le Sueur, A., (2004). Building the UK's New Supreme CourtNational and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 9780199264629
Book chapters (18)
Le Sueur, A., (2019). The Foundations of Justice. In: The Changing Constitution. Editors: Jowell, J. and O'Cinneide, C., . Oxford University Press, Oxford. 209- 238. 0198806361. 9780198806363
Le Sueur, A., (2016). . In: Parliament: Legislation and Accountability. Editors: Horen, A. and Le Sueur, A., . Hart. 183- 202. 9781849467162
Le Sueur, A., (2016). Administrative litigation in England and Wales. In: Administrative Litigation Systems in Greater China and Europe. 163- 190
Le Sueur, A., (2015). . In: The Changing Constitution (8th edition). Editors: Jowell, J., Oliver, D. and O'Cinneide, C., . Oxford University Press. 978-0198709824
Le Sueur, A., (2014). . In: Administrative Litigation Systems in Greater China and Europe. 163- 190. 9781472436085
Le Sueur, A., (2014). . In: Immovable Property: The Issues across sectors, across jurisdictions. Editors: Thomas, M., . Institute of Law. 88- 109. 978-1-908716-35-4
Le Sueur, A., (2013). . In: Administrative Law in Europe: Between Common Principles and National Traditions. Editors: Ruffert, M., . Europa Law Publishing. 19- 34. 9789089521323
Le Sueur, A. and Simson Caird, J., (2013). . In: Parliament and the Law. Editors: Horne, A., Drewry, G. and Oliver, D., . Hart Publishing. 281- 308. 9781849462952
Le Sueur, A., (2011). . In: The Changing Constitution (Seventh Edition ). Editors: Jowell, J. and Oliver, D., . Oxford University Press. 9780199579051
Le Sueur, A., (2011). . In: Legitimacy in European Administrative Law Back Legitimacy in European Administrative Law Reform and Reconstruction. Editors: Ruffert, M., . Europa Law Publishing. 27- 48. 9789089520982
Le Sueur, A., (2009). . In: The Judicial House of Lords. Oxford University Press. 64- 95. 9780199532711
Le Sueur, A., (2009). . In: English Public Law (Second Edition ). Editors: Feldman, D., . Oxford University Press. 9780199227938
Le Sueur, A., (2009). . In: English Public Law (Second Edition ). Editors: Feldman, D., . Oxford University Press. 9780199227938
(2008). . In: Constitutional Futures Revisited: Britain's Constitution to 2020. Editors: Hazell, R., . Palgrave Macmillan UK. 109- 122. 9781349306220
Le Sueur, A., (2007). . In: The Transformation of Administrative Law in Europe. Editors: Ruffert, M., . Sellier European Law Publishers. 9783935808910
Le Sueur, A., (2007). . In: The Changing Constitution (6th Edition). Editors: Jowell, J. and Oliver, D., . Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-920511-0
Le Sueur, A., (2007). . In: New Oxford Companion to Law. Editors: Cane, P. and Conaghan, J., . Oxford University Press. 9780199290543
Le Sueur, A., (2005). . In: A Celebration of Autonomy: 1204-2004, 800 Years of Channel Islands' Law. Editors: Bailhache, P., . Jersey Law Review. 0953590372
Conferences (5)
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Le Sueur, A., (2014).
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Le Sueur, A., (2013).
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Reports and Papers (6)
Le Sueur, A., (2024).
Le Sueur, AP., (2018). Designing a Public Services Ombudsman for Jersey
Le Sueur, AP., (2017).
Le Sueur, A., (2016).
Le Sueur, A. and Bondy, V., (2012).
Le Sueur, A., (2008).
Other (3)
Le Sueur, A., (2024).Finally, separation of powers in Jersey?. UK Constitutional Law Association Blog,UK Constitutional Law Association
Le Sueur, A., (2014).,House of Lords, United Kingdom
Le Sueur, A., (2013).,Oxford University Press
Grants and funding
2018
Designing a Public Services Ombuds scheme for Jersey
糖心Vlog
2014
UK Administrative Initiative
Nuffield Foundation
