Roger Masterman
@rogermasterman.bsky.social
prof at durham law school; helps edit @publiclaw.bsky.social
normal night out in London
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
normal night out in London
Don't know what to read after finishing the HL Constitution Committee's report on the Rule of Law? Here are reports on the Sentencing Council provisions of the Sentencing Bill - publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld... ... and
publications.parliament.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Don't know what to read after finishing the HL Constitution Committee's report on the Rule of Law? Here are reports on the Sentencing Council provisions of the Sentencing Bill - publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld... ... and
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It’s here! committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
Constitution Committee - Publications - Committees - UK Parliament
Publications for Constitution Committee
committees.parliament.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It’s here! committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
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Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/12/n...
Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests
The Crime and Policing Bill was introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2025. The Bill builds on the Labour party manifesto commitment to “take back our streets”, and contains a wide-ranging scope …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/12/n...
October 2025 issue of Public Law is incoming - and still a couple of weeks left to apply to become a member of the journal's editorial committee: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
October 2025 issue of Public Law is incoming - and still a couple of weeks left to apply to become a member of the journal's editorial committee: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...
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Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
The law/wrestling crossover you didn't know you needed from @alangreene.bsky.social
Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR
It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The law/wrestling crossover you didn't know you needed from @alangreene.bsky.social
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Interested in joining the Editorial Committee of Public Law? Then see below. Happy to field queries etc from interested candidates.
Public Law is looking make several appointments to its Editorial Committee - details etc ⬇️ - expressions of interest to [email protected] by 31 October 2025.
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Interested in joining the Editorial Committee of Public Law? Then see below. Happy to field queries etc from interested candidates.
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Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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The Bingham Centre has a new Vacancy for a Research Fellow in Public Inquiries and Rule of Law
Applications by 3 August
Find out more buff.ly/sUeq1Bd
Applications by 3 August
Find out more buff.ly/sUeq1Bd
July 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Bingham Centre has a new Vacancy for a Research Fellow in Public Inquiries and Rule of Law
Applications by 3 August
Find out more buff.ly/sUeq1Bd
Applications by 3 August
Find out more buff.ly/sUeq1Bd
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Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social
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Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social
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On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report on the employment rights bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report on the employment rights bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
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„What do these events have in common? They reflect a multipronged attack, heedless of academic or press freedoms and the rule of law, against institutions of knowledge and of law.“
From this week‘s @verfassungsblog.de editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
From this week‘s @verfassungsblog.de editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
March 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
„What do these events have in common? They reflect a multipronged attack, heedless of academic or press freedoms and the rule of law, against institutions of knowledge and of law.“
From this week‘s @verfassungsblog.de editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
From this week‘s @verfassungsblog.de editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
Almost four remaining weeks in which to think about putting together a themed collection of short (4000 word) ‘analysis’ pieces for Public Law …
March 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Almost four remaining weeks in which to think about putting together a themed collection of short (4000 word) ‘analysis’ pieces for Public Law …
New inquiry announcement from the House of Lords Constitution Committee: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Call for evidence
committees.parliament.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New inquiry announcement from the House of Lords Constitution Committee: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
V interesting - and a nice trailer for the sequel to/remake of the executive in the constitution.
Terence Daintith: Attacking the Attorney General: Some constitutional and administrative context ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/03/06/t...
Terence Daintith: Attacking the Attorney General: Some constitutional and administrative context
Identifying the rules and practices that should properly be regarded as part of our flexible and uncodified constitution is nowhere more difficult than in relation to the internal workings of the e…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
V interesting - and a nice trailer for the sequel to/remake of the executive in the constitution.
Each year Public Law carries a series of analysis pieces (4000 words ea) united around a particular theme. The call for guest editors of the 2026 collection is now out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
- SWEET & MAXWELL
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Each year Public Law carries a series of analysis pieces (4000 words ea) united around a particular theme. The call for guest editors of the 2026 collection is now out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
HL Constitution Committee’s short report on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
House of Lords - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Select Committe on the Constitution
publications.parliament.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
HL Constitution Committee’s short report on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
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Mike Gordon: Labour’s Ministerial Code and Political Standards Reform ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/05/m...
Mike Gordon: Labour’s Ministerial Code and Political Standards Reform
On 6th November, Prime Minister Keir Starmer published his (long awaited) revised version of the Ministerial Code. A written statement in Parliament by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaste…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Mike Gordon: Labour’s Ministerial Code and Political Standards Reform ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/05/m...
this is obviously where the real lawyers are.
November 22, 2024 at 7:48 AM
this is obviously where the real lawyers are.