Contact
Other affiliations
- Bonavero Institute of Human Rights
- Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government
Phone
01865 287256
Biography
Ewan Smith is the Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College. He is an Associate at the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, the Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government and the Oxford University China Centre.
Ewan read law at Brasenose College and the University of Paris (B.A., DPhil) and at Harvard Law School (LL.M.). He has previously worked at Trinity and Hertford Colleges, at SOAS, and at Peking, Tsinghua and Renmin Universities in China. He is admitted to practice in New York, where he worked for Debevoise and Plimpton LLP. Before returning to Oxford, he spent ten years at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Ewan’s work looks at how rules govern powerful institutions, with a focus on foreign affairs law and comparative public law. His doctorate explores the unwritten constitution in Britain and China. His research over the next two years will examine how the constitution regulates political parties, how treaties will shape the post-Brexit constitutional landscape, and why the law treats foreign policy as a special sort of government policy.
Ewan convenes the faculty's Public Law Discussion Group.
Publications
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E Smith, 'The Rule of Law Doctrine of the Politburo under Xi Jinping' in Sue Trevaskes and Rogier Creemers (eds), Law and the Party in Xi Jinping’s China: Ideology and Organization (Cambridge University Press 2019) (forthcoming) -
E Smith, 'The Rule of Law in Party Documents' (2019) China Law and Society Review (forthcoming) -
E Smith and Eirik Bjorge, 'The United Kingdom' in Fulvio Maria Palombino (ed), Duelling for Supremacy: International Law and National Fundamental Principles (Cambridge University Press 2019) ISBN: 9781108475266E Smith, 'Whose Socialism, Whose Legality' (2019) Asian Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming) E Smith, 'Acts of State in Belhaj and Rahmatullah' (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 20 [Case Note] E Smith, 'The Rule of Law Doctrine of the Politburo' (2018) 79 China Journal 40
Research programmes
- Jurisprudence in Oxford
- Programme for the Foundations of Law & Constitutional Government
- The Intersection between Democracy and Human Rights
Research projects
Research Interests
Foreign Affairs
Comparative Public Law
Constitutional Theory
Chinese Politics
Options taught
Administrative Law, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Law (Mods)News articles for Ewan Smith
20 May 2019
Evidence from 'Treaties, Brexit and the Constitution' research project cited in House of Lords report
25 Apr 2019
Partisanship and the Constitution - Early Career Workshop
18 Dec 2018
Joint research project examines the role treaties will play in a post-Brexit constitution.
13 Dec 2018
Call for Papers: Political Parties, Partisanship, and the Constitution - a workshop for early career researchers
Blog posts by Ewan Smith
Events organised by Ewan Smith
18 Jun 2019
Tuesday - 1:00PM
Book Launch - Joe Tomlinson - Justice in the Digital State
Public Law Discussion Group
Speaker
Dr Joe Tomlinson
Speaker Affiliation
Lecturer in Public Law, King’s College London; Research Director, Public Law Project
Venue
Jesus College Peter North Room
26 Jun 2019
Wednesday - 9:00AM
Political Parties, Partisanship, and the Constitution
Venue
Bonavero Institute of Human Rights