Sir Jeffrey JowellKCMG KC (born 4 November 1938) is a practising barrister at Blackstone Chambers specialising in public law (including constitutional, administrative, human rights and the design and implementation of national constitutions). He was the inaugural Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law from 2010 - 2015.[1] He is Emeritus Professor of Public Law at University College London[2] where he was Dean of the Faculty of Laws and a Vice Provost. He is the author of leading publications in his field (see selected bibliography).
In 2011 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) for "services to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe".[3] He is a Bencher of Middle Temple[4] and holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Athens, Ritsumeikan, Cape Town and Paris 2. He is an Honorary Fellow of University College London and Hertford College, Oxford. In 2016 he was awarded the National Order of the Southern Cross by the President of Brazil for his contribution to constitutionalism and the rule of law internationally.[5] In 2020 he was elected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has variously been listed as one of The Times' most influential lawyers.[6]
Jowell has held a number of public appointments including Non-Executive Director of the Office of Rail Regulation; Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution; Chair of the British Waterways Ombudsman Committee,[7] Chair of the Council of the Institute for Philanthropy, and Trustee of a number of charities, including the Sigrid Rausing Trust and the UK Branch of the South African Constitutional Court Trust. He is a member of the Foreign Secretary's Advisory committee on Human Rights.[8] Between 2000 - 2011 he was the UK's member on the Council of Europe's Commission for Democracy through Law ("The Venice Commission").
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Sir JeffreyJowell KCMG KC (born 4 November 1938) is a practising barrister at Blackstone Chambers specialising in public law (including constitutional...
Jowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sir JeffreyJowell (living), British barrister Roger Jowell (1942–2011), British statistician...
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arguments from Crown Dependency governments in that case. Conversely, JeffreyJowell argues that Parliament's powers are "of last resort" and do not therefore...
Secretary Damian Hinds. Simon Kerslake (early 1950s), protagonist of the Jeffrey Archer novel First Among Equals invites sitting Prime Minister Winston...
(1947) "Primary Documents in American History", Library of Congress JeffreyJowell; Jonathan Cooper (2002). Understanding Human Rights Principles. Oxford...
Natural Justice and American Due Process", p. 51, n. 24. Lord Woolf; JeffreyJowell; Andrew Le Sueur, eds. (2007), "Procedural Fairness: Introduction, History...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-826470-5. Guest, Stephen; Jeffrey, Jowell (2017). "Dworkin, Ronald Myles (1931–2013), legal and political philosopher"...
Jacobs, former Labour agent and councillor, Liverpool City Council JeffreyJowell, barrister Anthony Lester, barrister Clive Lindley, businessman Evan...
University of Minas Gerais, Judge of Supreme Federal Court of Brazil), JeffreyJowell (Professor of Law and former Dean of University College London), Philip...
have been written by an editorial team led by Lord Woolf, Professor JeffreyJowell QC and Professor Andrew Le Sueur. Among his other works was a popular...
irrational: see Professor JeffreyJowell Q.C., "Is Equality a Constitutional Principle?" (1994) 7 C.L.P. 1, 12-14 and de Smith, Woolf and Jowell, Judicial Review...
London Council in 1965. Later members in the group included the likes of JeffreyJowell and Peter Hall. The group also had a number of research officers attached...
accountability mechanism. A team comprising Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC, Sir JeffreyJowell QC, Professor Adnan Amkhan, Professor Sarah Cleveland and David Perry...
University Press, pp. 259–285 at 259, ISBN 978-0-19-923161-4. Lord Woolf; JeffreyJowell; Andrew Le Sueur (2007), "Illegality", De Smith's Judicial Review (6th ed...
Executive: towards Accountable Government and Effective Governance?". In Jowell, Jeffrey; Oliver, Dawn (eds.). The Changing Constitution (7 ed.). Oxford, England:...
Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State at the Department of Health Tessa Jowell, and then in her capacity of Minister of State at the Department for Education...
inherited by the Contributions Agency". National Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2013. Jowell, Jeffrey (2007). The Changing Constitution. Oxford. pp. 190–198....
the Administrative State, p. 188. Leyland & Anthony, p. 308, citing JeffreyJowell; Anthony Lester (1987), "Beyond Wednesbury: Substantive Principles of...
July 2007). "The Sovereignty of Parliament: Form or Substance?". In Jowell, Jeffrey; Oliver, Dawn (eds.). The Changing Constitution (6 ed.). Oxford: Oxford...
September 2007. "Grant's Views". Variety. 16 December 2002. p. A2. Zaslow, Jeffrey (23 May 1999). "Charming sex symbol? Handsome bumbler? Male chauvinist...
Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer!". Us Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2013. Galla, Brittany (3 August 2013). "Elle Macpherson Married to Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer!"...
Armstrong" in The Fourth Estate (1996) by British novelist and former MP Jeffrey Archer. In the novel Dunbar (2017) by Edward St Aubyn the eponymous lead...
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