Michael Foran

Michael Foran is Associate Professor of Law and a Fellow of Keble College, where he teaches public law and jurisprudence. He is an expert in equality and anti-discrimination law whose work has been cited by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He makes regular media appearances to explain the law to a public audience and has consulted for charities, civil servants, public bodies, and the United Nations. 

Michael writes extensively on all aspects of Public and Equality Law. His work focuses on constitutional law and the philosophy of law, with particular emphasis on equality before the law, discrimination, and the rule of law. His research also focuses on anti-positivist jurisprudence, including questions relating to the relationship between fundamental rights and the rule of law. 

Michael holds an LLB from Trinity College, Dublin, where he was awarded the Julian Prize, an MSc in Law and Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, where his doctoral thesis was awarded the Yorke Prize. 

His first book, Equality Before the Law: Equal Dignity, Wrongful Discrimination and the Rule of Law, was published in 2023. His second book, Sex, Gender Identity and the Law, was published in 2026 by Cambridge University Press.