Adam Perry

I grew up in Canada, where I studied economics and law. I came to Oxford in 2006 for the Bachelor of Civil Law and stayed to complete the MPhil and DPhil degrees. After holding academic positions at the European University Institute, the University of Aberdeen, and Queen Mary University of London, I returned to Oxford to take up my current position in 2015. I write and teach in administrative law, constitutional law, and the philosophy of law. I am Articles Editor for the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 

I am happy to consider supervision requests from prospective MPhil or DPhil students working in constitutional or administrative law.

Publications

Monograph

• The Conventional Constitution (Oxford University Press 2025)

Peer-reviewed articles

• ‘Abductive Principles of the British Constitution‘, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, forthcoming
• ‘Judicial Review and Civil Appeals: Common Grounds‘, Cambridge Law Journal, forthcoming
• ‘Judicial Review: Substance and Procedure’, Modern Law Review, 2026, vol 89, 227-254 (with A. Ryu)
• ‘Wednesbury Unreasonableness’, Cambridge Law Journal, 2023, vol 82, 483-508
• ‘According to Law’, Analysis, 2023, vol 83, 717-722
• ‘Precedent and Fairness’, Legal Theory, 2023, vol 29, 185-201
• ‘Plainly Wrong’, Modern Law Review, 2023, vol 86, no 1, pp 122-143
• ‘Pardons’, Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, 2021, vol 8, pp. 215-244
• ‘Law’s Boundaries’, Legal Theory, 2020, vol 26, pp. 103-123
• ‘Enforcing Constitutional Conventions’, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2020, vol. 17, pp. 1146-1165 (with F. Ahmed and R. Albert)
• ‘Judging Constitutional Conventions’, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2019, vol. 17, pp. 787-806 (with F. Ahmed and R. Albert)
• ‘Strained Interpretations’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2019, vol. 39, pp. 316-343
• ‘Mercy’, Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2018, vol. 46, pp. 60-89
• ‘Top-Down Constitutional Conventions’, Modern Law Review, 2018, vol. 81, pp. 765-789 (with A. Tucker)
• ‘Standing and Civic Virtue’, Law Quarterly Review, 2018, vol. 134, pp. 239-256 (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘Mercy and Caprice Under the Indian Constitution’, Indian Law Review, 2017, vol. 1, pp. 1-13
• ‘The Flexibility Rule in Administrative Law’, Cambridge Law Journal, 2017, vol. 76, pp. 375-398
• ‘Constitutional Statutes’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2017, vol. 37, pp. 461-481 (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘The Crown’s Administrative Powers’, Law Quarterly Review, 2015, vol. 131, pp. 652-672
• ‘The Internal Aspect of Social Rules’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, vol. 35, pp. 283-300
• ‘The Quasi-Entrenchment of Constitutional Statutes’, Cambridge Law Journal, 2014, vol. 73, pp. 514-535 (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘The Coherence of the Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations’, Cambridge Law Journal, 2014, vol. 73, pp. 61-85 (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘Expertise, Deference, and Giving Reasons’, Public Law, 2012, vol. 2, pp. 221-230 (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘Unlucky Section 13: Sexual Activity Between Children and the Sexual Offences Act 2003’, King’s Law Journal, 2009, vol. 21, pp. 327-339

Chapters, Notes, Reviews

• ‘R (Evans) v Attorney General‘ in L. Graham (ed), The Supreme Court at 15: Reflections on Public Law Cases (Routledge 2025)
• ‘Interpretive Theory in Public Law’ in P. Daly and J. Tomlinson (eds), Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems (Edward Elgar 2023) (with F. Ahmed)
• ‘Consistency in Administrative Law’ in H. Kristjansson, S. Lewis, and T. Endicott (eds), Philosophical Foundations of Precedent (OUP 2023)
• ‘Mercy and the Roles of Judges’ in J. Jacobs and J. Jackson (eds), Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics (Routledge 2016) 255-266
• ‘Constitutional Conventions and the Prince of Wales’, Modern Law Review, 2013, vol. 76(6), pp. 1119-1128
• ‘Review: Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis’, University of British Columbia Law Review, 2010, vol. 43, pp. 269-279