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My research interests are in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law and human rights. I am especially interested in the idea of public trust in government, including what it means, how it functions and how it can be used to advance public law. My work has been published in top-ranked journals, including the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Legal Studies, Public Law, Global Constitutionalism and Queen's Law Journal.In my latest monograph - Trust, Courts and Social Rights - published by Cambridge University Press in 2024 as part of the Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law series, I propose an innovative legal framework for judicially enforcing social rights that is rooted in public trust in government.My research is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on, and importing into public law, ideas from psychology, sociology, philosophy and political theory. Additionally, my work is comparative/global in nature, incorporating illustrations (cases, legislation, constitutions) from various jurisdictions.

Listed skills include Legal Research, International Law, Legal Writing, Administrative Law, and 8 others.