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. 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. He was founder editor of the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog.
Publications
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N. W. Barber, 'A Note on the Separation of Powers' in Mark Elliott and Robert Thomas (eds), Public Law (Oxford University Press 2017) -
N. W. Barber, Richard Ekins and Paul Yowell, 'Introduction' in N. W. Barber, R. Ekins, and P. Yowell (eds), Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law (2016) -
N. W. Barber, 'Legal Inconsistency and the Emergence of States ' in H. P. Glenn and L. Smith (eds), Law and the New Logics (Cambridge University Press 2016) -
N. W. Barber, Richard Ekins and Paul Yowell (eds), Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law (Hart Publishing 2016) -
N. W. Barber, Jeff King and Tom Hickman, 'Pulling the Article 50 'Trigger': Parliament's Indispensable Role ' (2016) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association Blog -
N. W. Barber and Richard Ekins , 'Situating Subsidiarity ' (2016) 61 American Journal of Jurisprudence 5 -
N. W. Barber, 'The Brexiteers: Right Answer, Wrong Question' (2016) International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber and Adrian Vermeule, 'The Exceptional Role of the Courts in the Constitutional Order' (2016) Notre Dame Law Review (forthcoming) -
N. W. Barber, 'Why Entrench? ' (2016) 14 International Journal of Constitutional Law 325 -
N. W. Barber, 'Constitutionalism: Negative and Positive' (2015) 38 Dublin University Law Journal 249 -
N. W. Barber, 'Institutional Cures for Cognitive Ailments ' (2015) The New Rambler -
N. W. Barber, 'The Constitutional Regulation of Scottish Secession' (2015) Oxford Legal Studies Research paper -
N. W. Barber, 'The Significance of the Common Understanding In Legal Theory' (2015) 35 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 799 -
N. W. Barber, 'After the Vote: If Scotland Votes Yes' (2014) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'After the Vote: Regulating Future Independence Referendums ' (2014) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'After the Vote: The Citizenship Question ' (2014) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'If Scotland Had Voted Yes...' (2014) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'Can Royal Assent Be Refused on the Advice of the Prime Minister?' (2013) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'Legal Realism, Pluralism, and Their Challengers' in Ulla Neergaard and Ruth Nielsen (eds), European Legal Method towards a New European Legal Realism? (DJOEF Publishing 2013) -
N. W. Barber, 'Self-Defence for Institutions ' (2013) 72 Cambridge Law Journal 558 -
N. W. Barber, 'The Constitution of China: A Contextual Analysis' (2013) 129 Law Quarterly Review 132 [Review] -
N. W. Barber, 'The Constitutional Inheritance of the Royal Baby: A Speculation' (2013) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'Self-Defence for Institutions ' (2012) Oxford Legal Studies Research paper -
N. W. Barber, 'Does China Enjoy Greater Legitimacy Than Any Western State?' (2012) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Group -
N. W. Barber, 'House of Lords Reform: A Look in the Long Grass.' (2012) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'Legal Realism, Pluralism, and their Challengers' (2012) 76/2012 Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper -
N. W. Barber, 'Scottish Independence and the Role of the United Kingdom ' (2012) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'The Separation of Powers and the British Constitution' (2012) Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper -
N. W. Barber, 'The Separation of Powers in the British Constitution ' (2012) Law: The Journal of the Higher School of Economics 3 -
N. W. Barber, 'The Significance of the Common Understanding in Legal Theory' (2012) Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper -
N. W. Barber, 'The Sophick Constitution ' (2012) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'The Virtues of Advisory Referendums' (2012) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Group Blog -
N. W. Barber, 'The Afterlife of Parliamentary Sovereignty' (2011) 9 International Journal of Constitutional Law 144 ISBN: 1474-2659N. W. Barber, 'A Good Word for the Bill of Rights Commission ' (2011) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog N. W. Barber, 'Review of The New Separation of Powers' [2011] Public Law 428 [Review] N. W. Barber, 'The Decline of Mercy ' (2011) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog N. W. Barber, 'The Special Advisor Who Wasn't' (2011) United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog N. W. Barber, 'Two Meditations on the Thoughts of Many Minds ' (2010) 88 Texas Law Review 807 ISBN: 1942-857XN. W. Barber, The Constitutional State (Oxford University Press 2010) DOI: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Constitutional-State-Oxford-Theory/dp/0199585016ISBN: 9780199585014N. W. Barber, Forms of Public Participation in the United Kingdom's Legislative Processes (Chinese Academy of The Social Sciences 2009) N. W. Barber, 'Laws and Constitutional Conventions' (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 294 ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber and K. Dobrzeniecki (translator), 'Suwerennosc Panstw a Relacje : Prawo Europejskie - Narodowe Konstytucje ' in D. Bunikowskiego and K. Dobrzenieckiego (eds), Pluralizm Pranwny: Tradycja, Transformacje, Wyzwania (Torun Press 2009) N. W. Barber, 'Against a Written Constitution' [2008] Public Law 11 ISBN: 0033-3565N. W. Barber, 'Review of The Paradox of Constitutionalism ' (2008) 124 Law Quarterly Review 160 N. W. Barber, 'Review of The Sovereignty of Law' (2008) 68 Cambridge Law Journal 426 N. W. Barber, 'A Right to Privacy' in K. Ziegler (ed), Human Rights, Private Law and Privacy (Hart Publishing 2006) N. W. Barber, 'The Constitution, The State and the European Union' in (ed), Cambridge Yearbook of European Law (CUP 2006) ISBN: 978-1841136622N. W. Barber, 'Legal Pluralism and the European Union' (2006) 12(3) European Law Journal 306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2006.00319.xISBN: 1468-0386N. W. Barber, 'Professor Loughlins Idea of Public Law' (2005) 25 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 157 ISBN: 0143-6503N. W. Barber, 'Subsidiarity in the Draft Constitution' (2005) 11 European Public Law/ Kluwer 197 ISBN: 1354-3725N. W. Barber, 'The Limited Modesty of Subsidiarity' (2005) 11(3) European Law Journal 308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2005.00261.xISBN: 1468-0386N. W. Barber, 'European Constitutionalism Beyond the State' [2004] Public Law 195 [Review] ISBN: 0033-3565N. W. Barber, 'Must Legalistic Conceptions of the Rule of Law Have a Social Dimension?' (2004) 17(4) Ratio Juris 474 ISBN: 0952-1917N. W. Barber and Helen Scott, 'State Liability Under Francovich for Decisions of National Courts' (2004) 121 Law Quarterly Review 403 [Case Note] ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber, 'A Question of Taste' (2003) 118 Law Quarterly Review 230 [Case Note] ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber, 'A Right to Privacy?' [2003] Public Law 602 ISBN: 0033-3565N. W. Barber, 'Citizenship, Nationalism and the European Union' in M. Inglesias (ed), Globalisation, Democracy and Citizenship (Humbolt 2003) N. W. Barber, 'Parliamentary Immunity and Human Rights' (2003) 119 Law Quarterly Review 557 [Case Note] ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber, 'The Rechtsstaat and the Rule of Law' (2003) University of Toronto Law Journal ISBN: 0042-0220N. W. Barber and Alison Young, 'The Rise of Prospective Henry VIII Clauses and their Implications for Sovereignty' [2003] Public Law 113 ISBN: 0033-3565N. W. Barber, 'Citizenship, Nationalism and the European Union' (2002) 27 European Law Review 241 ISBN: 0307-5400N. W. Barber and Alison Young, 'Political Libels in New Zealand' (2001) 117 Law Quarterly Review 175 [Case Note] ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber, 'Prelude to the Separation of Powers' (2001) 60 Cambridge Law Journal 59 ISBN: 0008-1973N. W. Barber, 'The Academic Mythologians' (2001) 21 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 369 ISBN: 0143-6503N. W. Barber, 'The Doctrine of State Necessity and Revolutionary Legality in Fiji' (2001) 117 Law Quarterly Review 370 [Case Note] ISBN: 0023-933XN. W. Barber, 'Recrafting the Rule of Law' (2000) 116 Law Quarterly Review 332 [Review]
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