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.
Publications
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2013
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, '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, '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
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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