Trevor Allan (legal philosopher)

Trevor Robert Seaward Allan
LLD FBA
Born
Luton, England
OccupationLegal academic
Known forViews on parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law
TitleProfessor of Jurisprudence and Public Law, University of Cambridge
Academic background
EducationSt Albans School
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineLegal academic
Sub-disciplineconstitutional theory, civil liberties, legal and political theory
Notable worksLaw, Liberty and Justice: the legal foundations of British constitutionalism; The Sovereignty of Law: freedom, constitution and common law

Trevor Robert Seaward Allan,[1] LLD FBA (born 9 May 1955) is Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is known for challenging constitutional orthodoxy in the United Kingdom, particularly in his redefinition of the scope of parliamentary sovereignty.[2]

  1. ^ "Allan, Prof. Trevor Robert Seaward, (born 9 May 1955), Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Law, University of Cambridge, since 2003; Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge, since 1985 | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287796. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Stuart Lakin: The Sovereignty of Law: Freedom, Constitution and Common Law by Professor Trevor Allan: Some Preliminary Thoughts". 4 February 2014.