Biography
Nick Barber joined the Oxford Law Faculty in 1998 as a Fixed Term Fellow at Brasenose, moving to a tenured Fellowship at Trinity College in 2000. He holds an MA from Oxford and the BCL, and is a non-practicing barrister and member of Middle Temple. In 2013 he was appointed University Lecturer in Constitutional Law and in 2017 he was appointed Professor of Constitutional Law and Theory. In 2012 and 2013 he was a visiting Professor at Renmin University, China. He has lectured extensively on constitutional law and theory in many countries. He has published many papers in these areas, and his book - The Constitutional State – was published in 2011, and has been widely reviewed. His second book, The Principles of Constitutionalism, was published by Oxford University Press in summer 2018.
He was founder editor of the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog, and he was a co-author, with Jeff King and Tom Hickman, of the blog post that sparked the litigation in Miller, a post which first advanced the arguments eventually adopted by the High Court and Supreme Court.
Alongside Richard Ekins, he is co-director of The Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government.
He is currently Associate Dean (Research).
Publications
Book (3)
Chapter (14)
Internet Publication (29)
Journal Article (24)
Edited Book (2)
Review (6)
Report (1)
Case Note (7)
Research programmes
- Jurisprudence in Oxford
- Programme for the Foundations of Law & Constitutional Government
- Research Collection: BREXIT
Research Interests
Public Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, Administrative Law.
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Blog posts by Nicholas Barber

In defence of Miller
By Nicholas Barber, Trinity College
Research Collection: BREXIT
Responding to Miller
By Nicholas Barber, Trinity College
Research Collection: BREXIT
Pulling the Article 50 ‘Trigger’: Parliament’s Indispensable Role
By Nicholas Barber, Trinity College
Research Collection: BREXIT
The Brexiteers: Right Answer, Wrong Question
By Nicholas Barber, Trinity College
Research Collection: BREXIT