Keith Ewing
Encyclopedia
Keith D. Ewing is Professor of Public Law
at King's College London
and co-author of two of Britain's leading textbooks in constitutional and administrative law
, and labour law
.
in Australia, Osgoode Hall
in Canada, before joining the King's College London
law school in 1992.
Ewing is recognised as a leading scholar in public law
and labour law
. His most recent work relates to reforming labour law
to strengthen trade union
freedom, constitutional reform, relating to public participation in the political process and the status of social and economic rights.
Books
Public law
Public law is a theory of law governing the relationship between individuals and the state. Under this theory, constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are sub-divisions of public law...
at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and co-author of two of Britain's leading textbooks in constitutional and administrative law
Administrative law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law...
, and labour law
Labour law
Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...
.
Biography
Ewing was educated at Edinburgh University and worked at Cambridge University in England, Monash UniversityMonash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Australia, Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...
in Canada, before joining the King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
law school in 1992.
Ewing is recognised as a leading scholar in public law
Public law
Public law is a theory of law governing the relationship between individuals and the state. Under this theory, constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are sub-divisions of public law...
and labour law
Labour law
Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...
. His most recent work relates to reforming labour law
Labour law
Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...
to strengthen trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
freedom, constitutional reform, relating to public participation in the political process and the status of social and economic rights.
Publications
Articles- 'What today's charter of workers' rights looks like' (31 January 2011) The Guardian
Books
- The Bonfire of the Liberties (OUP 2010)
- (with AW Bradley) Constitutional and Administrative Law (Longman 2007)
- (with Samuel IssacharoffSamuel IssacharoffSamuel Issacharoff is an American law professor, whose scholarly work focuses on voting rights and civil procedure. He is currently the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. He served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School for the...
) Party Funding And Campaign Financing in International Perspective (2006) Columbia-London Law - (with Hugh CollinsHugh CollinsHugh Collins F.B.A. is the Professor of English Law and Head of the Law Department at the London School of Economics. He is also the general editor for the Modern Law Review, the most widely read British academic law journal...
and Aileen McColgan) Labour Law, Text, Cases and Materials (Hart 2005) ISBN 1841133620 - (with Tom Campbell and Adam Tomkins) Skeptical Essays on Human Rights (OUP 2002)
- (with Conor GeartyConor GeartyConor A. Gearty is the Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.-Background:...
) The Struggle for Civil Liberties (OUP 2000) - (with Conor GeartyConor GeartyConor A. Gearty is the Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.-Background:...
) Freedom under Thatcher: Civil Liberties in Modern Britain (OUP 1990) - Britain and the ILO (1989)
- The Funding of Political Parties in Britain (1987)