Denis Galligan
Professor of Socio-Legal Studies*
Denis Galligan, DCL 2000, BCL 1974, MA 1976, LL.B. (Queensland) 1970,
Barrister Gray's Inn 1996 and Queensland; 1971, Rhodes Scholar for Queensland 1971, Br Acad Wolfson Research Fellow 1981. Professor of Socio-Legal Studies 1993 - continuing; Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies 1993 - 2008; University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow, Wolfson College, 1993- continuing .
Formerly: Lecturer, UCL, 1974-76, Fellow, Jesus College. Oxford, and CUF Lecturer, 1976-81, Senior Lecturer Melbourne, 1982-84, Professor of Law 1985-93, Dean 1987-90. Southampton, Professor of Law, Sydney, 1990-92.
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D J Galligan, 'A Moment Missed: The Levellers and the Constitution' in D. J. Galligan (ed), Constitutions and the Classics (Oxford University Press (confirmation pending) 2013) (forthcoming)
D J Galligan, 'A Social Account of Law' (2007) 3 AEGIS (Analyse Economique et Gestionnaire des Institutions et des Strategies) 1
D J Galligan and D. Bilak, 'Administrative Justice Reform in Bulgaria: Necessity and Opportunity' (Ministry of Justice, Sofia 104 2003)
D J Galligan, 'Administrative Procedure Codes After Communism' in Melanges Offerts a Jaques Van den linden (Bruylant 2005)
D J Galligan, 'Authoritarianism in Government and Administration: The Promise of Administrative Justice' in Michael Freeman (ed), Current Legal Problems 2001 (Volume 54) (OUP 2001)
D J Galligan, 'Citizens’ Rights and Participation in the Regulation of Biotechnology' in F. Francioni (ed), The Impact of Biotechnologies on Human Rights (European University Institute 2005)
D J Galligan, 'Constitutional Paradox or the Potential of Constitutional Theory' (2008) 28 Oxford University Press 343
D J Galligan, 'Discretion Revisited: From Autonomy to Sound Judgement' in A. Ruiz Ojeda (ed), To be settled (to be entered 2013) (forthcoming) [...]
A reassessment of the concept of discretion in the regulatory context, the argument being that discretion as autonomy has to be modified by discretion in its original meaning as sound judgement.
D J Galligan and Z. H. Zafirov, 'Discretionary Powers in Macedonia' (OSCE (Organizatioin for Security and Cooperation in Europe) 1 2011)
D J Galligan and M. Matczak, Formalism in Post-Communist Courts: Empirical Study of Judicial Discretion in Polish Administrative Courts Deciding Business Cases (R. Coman and J-M. de Witte, Vanden Broele, Bruge 2007)
D J Galligan and D Sandler, 'Implementing Human Rights' in S. Halliday and P. Schmidt (eds), Human Rights Brought Home (Hart Publishing 2004)
D J Galligan (ed), Judicial Review of Administrative Action in English Law (Giuffre' 2008)
D J Galligan and Marina Kurkchiyan (eds), Law and Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies (Oxford 2003)
D J Galligan, Law in Modern Society (OUP 2006)
D J Galligan, 'Legal Failure: Law and Social Norms in Post-Communist Europe' in Galligan and Kurkchiyan (eds), Law and Informal Practices:The Post-Communist Experience (OUP 2003)
D J Galligan, 'Legal Theory and Empirical Research' in P. Cane and H. Kritzer (eds), Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Studies (Oxford University Press 2010)
D J Galligan, 'Principal Institutions and Mechanisms of Accountability' in R. V. Van Puymbroeck (ed), Comprehensive Legal and Judicial Development (World Bank, Washington 2001)
D J Galligan, 'Public Administration and the Tendency to Authoritarianism' in A. Sajo’ (ed), The Constitution of Democracy: The Law of Authoritarian Democracies and Authoritarianism in Democracy (Klewer 2001)
D J Galligan, 'The People, the Constitution, and the Idea of Representation' in D. J. Galligan and E. Versteeg (eds), The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions (Cambridge University Press 2013)
D J Galligan, 'The Sovereignty Deficit of Modern Constitutions' (2013) 33 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming) [...]
A study of the sixty-five constitutions of the nations ranked most democratic shows how the people are presented and the severe sovereignty deficit.
D J Galligan and M. Versteeg, 'Theoretical Perspectives on the Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions' in D. J. Galligan and M. Versteeg (eds), The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions (Cambridge University Press 2013) (forthcoming) [...]
The essay examines several theoretical approaches to the social and political understanding of constitutions
D J Galligan, Western Concepts of Administrative Law (Moscow, Russian Edition 2001)
Interests
Teaching: Civil Procedure; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Philosophy of Law; Law in Society
Research: Socio-legal Studies, Administrative Justice, Procedural Justice, Criminal Justice, Evidence, Jurisprudence
Other details
Correspondence address:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Manor Road,
Oxford
OX1 3UQ
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