Professor of Public Law

Research Interests

My principal research interest is in the way in which the constitution of the United Kingdom accommodates issues of difference and divergence in law. I have more general interests in the writing of statutes and codification, principally in the criminal law.

Recent Publications

Book

Criminal Law (with Michael G. A. Christie).  Thomson/W. Green, Edinburgh.  Fourth edition 2008.  xlix+445 pp.  

Articles

“The Laws of England and Wales” in S. Hetherington (ed.), Halsbury’s Laws of England Centenary Essays 2007. LexisNexis 2007; 195-201.

"Causation, homicide and the supply of drugs" (2006) 26 Legal Studies 139-154.

"The Law of Wales or the Law of England and Wales" (2005) 26 Statute Law Review 135-145 (with John H. Turnbull and Jane M. Williams).

"The Legislative Future of Wales" (2005) 68 Modern Law Review 642-653 (with Jane M. Williams).

"Towards a Good and Complete Criminal Code for Scotland" (2005) 68 Modern Law Review 448-463.

"Splendid Isolation: Scottish Criminal Law, the Privy Council, and the Supreme Court" [2004] Criminal Law Review 96-104.

"Wales as a Jurisdiction" [2004] Public Law 78-101 (with Jane M. Williams).

"The New Supreme Court: A Welsh Perspective" (2003) 2 Wales Law Journal 369-373.

Commentary

“National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006” [2006] Current Law Statutes, c. 42, 1-180.

“Government of Wales Act 2006” [2006] Current Law Statutes (with Jane M. Williams), c. 32, 1-221.

“Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006” [2006] Current Law Statutes (with Jane M. Williams), c. 30, 1-32.

“Transport (Wales) Act 2006” [2006] Current Law Statutes (with Jane M. Williams), c. 5, 1-15.

"Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act" [2005] Current Law Statutes, c. 10, 1-61 (with Jane M. Williams).

"Public Audit (Wales) Act" [2004] Current Law Statutes (with Jane M. Williams), c. 23, 1-72.

Relevant Activities

Treasurer to the Wales Public Law and Human Rights Association.

Recent PhD Supervisions

Terrorism and Human Rights

"I would welcome proposals or enquiries for research into general areas of criminal law and public law, including those from a law and economics perspective. I would welcome proposals on themes connected to the constitutional and legal developments consequent to devolution."