Professor Adam Tomkins

Professor - John Millar Chair of Public Law (School of Law)

telephone: 01413304180
email: Adam.Tomkins@glasgow.ac.uk

R424 Level 4, Law, 5-10 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Biography

Professor Tomkins joined the law school as John Millar Professor of Public Law in 2003, having previously taught at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (2000-03) and at King’s College London (1991-2000). He specialises in constitutional law. He has teaching and research interests both in British and in comparative constitutional law. He also writes about British constitutional history and about the history of constitutional ideas. His new book, On the Law of Speaking Freely, will be published in 2025 by Hart.

He has written five books and edited or co-edited seven collections of essays on constitutional law. Among his books are two of the leading works on the British constitution: Public Law (OUP, 2003) and British Government and the Constitution (CUP, 7th ed 2011). He has worked as a legal adviser to the House of Lords and as a constitutional adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland. He has given evidence to numerous parliamentary committees (in Westminster, Cardiff, and Holyrood). He has worked with leading think tanks in London, Edinburgh and Brussels. For two years he was a regular columnist at the Herald, and he has in the past written for the Times, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, the New Statesman, and the Scotsman, among others. In 2023 he was appointed as a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Scotland Committee.

Professor Tomkins has also been engaged in front-line politics. He was a member of the Smith Commission in 2014 and was thereafter elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament, where he served from 2016-21. Among other appointments in the Parliament, Adam was deputy convener of the Finance and Constitution Committee and convener of the Justice Committee.

He has lectured throughout the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United States.

Research interests

All areas of public law, but especially constitutional law. The law of freedom of speech. Federalism, devolution, and multi-layer government. The separation of powers. The rule of law. Questions of sovereignty. National security and counter-terrorism law. Judicial review and the constitutional role of the courts. Parliament: law-making, scrutiny and accountability. Human rights law. The constitutional and administrative law of the European Union. Aspects of constitutional theory, especially liberalism, republicanism and political constitutionalism. Aspects of the history of constitutional law, especially UK constitutional law post-1600.

Publications

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Number of items: 56.

2024

Tomkins, A. (2024) Dicey and Bagehot: what is left of the nineteenth-century constitution in twenty-first century Britain? In: Marshall, C. and Roynier, C. (eds.) Twenty-first Century Perspectives on the Scholarship of AV Dicey. Hart Publishing: Oxford. (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Tomkins, A. (2023) Constitutional government in the time of Covid—the Scottish experience. Edinburgh Law Review, 27(3), pp. 284-309. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2023.0848)

2018

Tomkins, A. (2018) Environmental protection v the right of abode: a case-study in the misuse of power. In: Allen, S. and Monaghan, C. (eds.) Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Perspectives. Series: World of small states (4). Springer: Cham, pp. 43-54. ISBN 9783319785400 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-78541-7_3)

Tomkins, A. (2018) Shared rule: what the UK could learn from federalism. In: Schütze, R. and Tierney, S. (eds.) The United Kingdom and the Federal Idea. Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 73-100. ISBN 9781509907175 (doi: 10.5040/9781509907182.ch-003)

2017

Tomkins, A. (2017) The Guardianship of the public interest: a British tale of contestable administrative law. George Mason Law Review, 24(2), pp. 417-451.

2016

Tomkins, A. (2016) Shared Rule: What Scotland Needs to Learn from Federalism. Discussion Paper. Reform Scotland, Edinburgh.

2015

Jowell, J. et al. (2015) A Constitutional Crossroads: Ways Forward for the United Kingdom. Working Paper. British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (Eds.) (2015) Entick v Carrington: 250 Years of the Rule of Law. Series: Hart studies in comperative public law. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781849465588

2014

Tomkins, A. (2014) Justice and security in the United Kingdom. Israel Law Review, 47(3), pp. 305-329. (doi: 10.1017/S0021223714000119)

Tomkins, A. and Hickman, T. (2014) National security law and the creep of secrecy: a transatlantic tale. In: Lazarus, L., McCrudden, C. and Bowles, N. (eds.) Reasoning Rights: Comparative Judicial Engagement. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781849462525

Tomkins, A. (2014) Scotland's choice, Britain's future. Law Quarterly Review, 130, pp. 215-234.

2013

Tomkins, A. (2013) What’s left of the political constitution? German Law Journal, 14(12), pp. 2275-2292.

Tomkins, A. (2013) Of law, constitutions and security. In: Barak, A., Barak-Erez, D. and Sapir, G. (eds.) Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making. Series: Hart studies in comparative public law (2). Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 461-470. ISBN 9781849464093

2012

Tomkins, A. (2012) The rules of the justice game when played by counter-terrorists. In: Reestman, J.-H., Schrauwen, A., van Montfrans, M. and Jans, J.H. (eds.) De Regels en Het Spel - Opstellen over Recht, Filosofie, Literatuur en Geschiedenis aangeboden aan Tom Eijsbouts. TMC Asser: Netherlands, pp. 407-416. ISBN 9789067043380

2011

Tomkins, A. (2011) Parliament, human rights and counter-terrorism. In: Campbell, T., Ewing, K.D. and Tomkins, A. (eds.) The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Sceptical Essays. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 13-39. ISBN 9780199606085

Campbell, T., Ewing, K.D. and Tomkins, A. (Eds.) (2011) The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Sceptical Essays. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199606078

Tomkins, A. (2011) National security and the due process of law. Current Legal Problems, 64(1), pp. 215-253. (doi: 10.1093/clp/cur001)

Tomkins, A., Fenwick, H. and Lazarus, L. (2011) Terrorist asset-freezing: continuing flaws in the current scheme. International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 25(3), pp. 117-128. (doi: 10.1080/13600869.2011.617433)

Turpin, C. and Tomkins, A. (2011) British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials. Series: Law in context. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521185110

2010

Tomkins, A. (2010) National security and the role of the court: a changed landscape? Law Quarterly Review, 126, 543 -567.

Tomkins, A. (2010) Criminalizing support for terrorism: a comparative perspective. Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, 6, pp. 81-97.

Tomkins, A. (2010) The Role of the Courts in the Political Constitution. University of Toronto Law Journal, 60(1), pp. 1-22. (doi: 10.3138/utlj.60.1.1)

2009

Tomkins, A. (2009) The changing nature of citizenship in Britain: constitutional and legal perspectives. In: Greve, M.S. and Zöller, M. (eds.) Citizenship in America and Europe: Beyond the Nation-State? AEI Press: Washington, DC, USA, pp. 185-205. ISBN 9780844743103

Tomkins, A. (2009) Constitutionalism. In: Flinders, M., Gamble, A., Hay, C. and Kenny, M. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of British Politics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 239-261. ISBN 0199230951

Tomkins, A. (2009) On Republican Constitutionalism in the Age of Commerce: Reflections from the Scottish Enlightenment. In: Besson, S. and Marti, J.-L. (eds.) Legal Republicanism: National and International Perspectives. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 317-336. ISBN 9780199559169

2008

Tomkins, A. (2008) Political accountability in the United Kingdom. In: Verhey, L.F.M., Broeksteeg, J.L.W. and Van den Driessche, I. (eds.) Political Accountability in Europe: Which Way Forward? A Traditional Concept of Parliamentary Democracy in an EU Context. Europa Law Publishing: Groningen, Netherlands, pp. 243-269. ISBN 9789076871820

2007

Chalmers, D. and Tomkins, A. (2007) European Union Public Law: Text and Materials. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521709026

Tomkins, A. (2007) The rule of law in Blair's Britain. University of Queensland Law Journal, 26(2), pp. 255-291.

2006

Craig, P. and Tomkins, A. (Eds.) (2006) The Executive and Public Law: Power and Accountability in Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199285594

Chalmers, D., Hadjiemmanuil, C., Monti, G. and Tomkins, A. (2006) European Union Law: Text and Materials. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521527415

Tomkins, A. (2006) The Crown in Scots Law. In: McHarg, A. and Mullen, T.J. (eds.) Public Law in Scotland. Avizandum: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781904968085

2005

Tomkins, A. (2005) Our Republican Constitution. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781841135229

Tomkins, A. (2005) The struggle to delimit executive power in Britain. In: Craig, P. and Tomkins, A. (eds.) The Executive and Public Law: Power and Accountability in Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199285594

2004

Tomkins, A. (2004) The constitutional law in 'MacCormick v. Lord Advocate'. Juridical Review(3), pp. 213-224.

Tomkins, A. (2004) 'Talking in Fictions': Jennings on Parliament. Modern Law Review, 67(5), pp. 772-786. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2004.00512.x)

2003

Tomkins, A. (2003) Of Individuals and Institutions: The Enforcement of EC Law. In: Craig, P. and Rawlings, R., (eds.) Law and Administration in Europe: Essays in Honour of Carol Harlow. Cambridge University Press, pp. 273-295. ISBN 0-19-926537-2

Tomkins, A. (2003) What is Parliament for? In: Bamforth, N. and Leyland, P. (eds.) Public Law in a Multi-Layered Constitution. Hart: Oxford, pp. 55-78. ISBN 1841132837

2002

Tomkins, A. (2002) In Defence of the Political Constitution. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 22(1), pp. 157-175.

Tomkins, A. (2002) Legislating against Terror: the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Securi Act 2001. Public Law, Summer, pp. 205-220.

Tomkins, A. (2002) The Republican Monarchy Revisited (Review). Constitutional Commentary, 19(3), pp. 737-760.

2001

Campbell, T., Ewing, K.D. and Tomkins, A. (Eds.) (2001) Sceptical Essays on Human Rights. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199246687

Tomkins, A. (2001) Magna Carta, Crown and colonies. Public Law, Autumn, pp. 571-585.

1999

Tomkins, A. (1999) Crown privileges. In: Sunkin, M. and Payne, S. (eds.) The Nature of the Crown: A Legal and Political Analysis. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198262732

Tomkins, A. (1999) Responsibility and resignation in the European Commission. Modern Law Review, 62(5), pp. 744-765. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.00234)

Tomkins, A. (1999) Transparency and the emergence of a European Administrative Law. Yearbook of European Law, 19(1), pp. 217-256. (doi: 10.1093/yel/19.1.217)

1998

Tomkins, A. (Ed.) (1998) Devolution and the British Constitution. Key Haven: Oxford.

Tomkins, A. (1998) The Constitution After Scott: Government Unwrapped. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198262909

1997

Tomkins, A. (1997) Civil liberties in the Council of Europe: a critical survey. In: Gearty, C.A. (ed.) European Civil Liberties and the European Convention on Human Rights: A Comparative Study. Brill: London, pp. 1-51. ISBN 9789041102539

Tomkins, A. (1997) Intelligence and government. Parliamentary Affairs, 50(1), pp. 109-129.

Tomkins, A. (1997) Public interest immunity: judicial discretion and freedom of information. In: Leyland, P. and Woods, T. (eds.) Administrative Law Facing the Future: Old Constraints and New Horizons. Blackstone Press: Oxford. ISBN 9781854316899

1996

Gearty, C.A. and Tomkins, A. (Eds.) (1996) Understanding Human Rights. Mansell: London. ISBN 9780720122954

Tomkins, A. (1996) Government information and Parliament: misleading by design or by default? Public Law, Autumn, pp. 472-489.

Tomkins, A. (1996) Inventing human rights law and scholarship. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 16(1), pp. 153-160. (doi: 10.1093/ojls/16.1.153)

Tomkins, A. (1996) A right to mislead Parliament? Legal Studies, 16(1), pp. 63-83. (doi: 10.1111/j.1748-121X.1996.tb00400.x)

1995

Tomkins, A. (1995) The Committee of Ministers: its role under the European Convention on Human Rights. European Human Rights Law Review, pp. 49-62.

1993

Tomkins, A. (1993) Public interest immunity after Matrix Churchill. Public Law, Winter, pp. 650-668.

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