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2019

Journal Article

In Honor of a Simple-Minded Orignalist

Allan, James (2019). In Honor of a Simple-Minded Orignalist. Constitutional Commentary, 34, 401-417.

In Honor of a Simple-Minded Orignalist

2018

Journal Article

Informal constitutionalism and the role of politics

Allan, James (2018). Informal constitutionalism and the role of politics. e-Pública, 5 (3), 60-75.

Informal constitutionalism and the role of politics

2018

Journal Article

Constitutionalism, politics and judicial power

Allan, James (2018). Constitutionalism, politics and judicial power. Hungarian Review, 9 (3), 52-61.

Constitutionalism, politics and judicial power

2018

Journal Article

Democracy, liberalism and Brexit

Allan, James (2018). Democracy, liberalism and Brexit. Cardozo Law Review, 39 (3), 879-904.

Democracy, liberalism and Brexit

2018

Journal Article

Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate

Allan, James (2018). Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate. SSRN Electronic Journal, 423-439. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3165286

Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate

2017

Journal Article

Do Judges Know Best? Democracy and political ignorance: why smaller government is smarter.By Ilya Somin.1 Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press. 2016 (Second Edition)

Allan, James F. P. (2017). Do Judges Know Best? Democracy and political ignorance: why smaller government is smarter.By Ilya Somin.1 Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press. 2016 (Second Edition). Constitutional Commentary, 32, 479-492.

Do Judges Know Best? Democracy and political ignorance: why smaller government is smarter.By Ilya Somin.1 Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press. 2016 (Second Edition)

2017

Journal Article

One of my favorite judges: constitutional interpretation, democracy and Antonin Scalia

Allan, James (2017). One of my favorite judges: constitutional interpretation, democracy and Antonin Scalia. British Journal of American Legal Studies, 6 (1), 25-40. doi: 10.1515/bjals-2017-0003

One of my favorite judges: constitutional interpretation, democracy and Antonin Scalia

2017

Journal Article

Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate: at the periphery and by the numbers

Allan, James (2017). Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate: at the periphery and by the numbers. San Diego Law Review, 54 (2), 423-439.

Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate: at the periphery and by the numbers

2017

Journal Article

A democratic legal positivist’s defence of Scotland’s “bastard verdict”

Allan, James (2017). A democratic legal positivist’s defence of Scotland’s “bastard verdict”. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42, 214-227.

A democratic legal positivist’s defence of Scotland’s “bastard verdict”

2017

Journal Article

Majoritarianism

Allan, James (2017). Majoritarianism. Bond Law Review, 29 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.53300/001c.5651

Majoritarianism

2015

Journal Article

Against written constitutionalism

Allan, James (2015). Against written constitutionalism. Otago Law Review, 14 (1), 191-204.

Against written constitutionalism

2015

Journal Article

The Glorious Revolution and the Rule of Recognition

Allan, James F. P. (2015). The Glorious Revolution and the Rule of Recognition. Constitutional Commentary, 30 (3), 509-520.

The Glorious Revolution and the Rule of Recognition

2015

Journal Article

Pusillanimous parliamentarians

Allan, James (2015). Pusillanimous parliamentarians. Australian Parliamentary Review, 30 (2), 155-163.

Pusillanimous parliamentarians

2015

Journal Article

Australian originalism without a bill of rights: going down the drain with a different spin

James Allan (2015). Australian originalism without a bill of rights: going down the drain with a different spin. The Western Australian Jurist, 6, 1-32.

Australian originalism without a bill of rights: going down the drain with a different spin

2014

Journal Article

Collegiality in the Law School

Allan, James (2014). Collegiality in the Law School. University of Queensland Law Journal, 33 (2), 391-396.

Collegiality in the Law School

2014

Journal Article

Ineffective, Opaque and Undemocratic - the IOUs of (too Much) International Law, and Why a Bit of Skepticism is Warranted

Allan, James F. P. (2014). Ineffective, Opaque and Undemocratic - the IOUs of (too Much) International Law, and Why a Bit of Skepticism is Warranted. San Diego Law Review.

Ineffective, Opaque and Undemocratic - the IOUs of (too Much) International Law, and Why a Bit of Skepticism is Warranted

2013

Journal Article

Hate speech law and disagreement. The Harm In Hate Speech. By Jeremy Waldron

Allan, James (2013). Hate speech law and disagreement. The Harm In Hate Speech. By Jeremy Waldron. Constitutional Commentary, 29 (1), 59-79.

Hate speech law and disagreement. The Harm In Hate Speech. By Jeremy Waldron

2013

Journal Article

The Vantage of Law: Author's response to the commentators

Allan, James (2013). The Vantage of Law: Author's response to the commentators. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 38, 183-196.

The Vantage of Law: Author's response to the commentators

2013

Journal Article

Free speech is far too important to be left to unelected judges

Allan, James (2013). Free speech is far too important to be left to unelected judges. The Western Australian Jurist, 4, 5-22.

Free speech is far too important to be left to unelected judges

2013

Journal Article

The idea of human rights

Allan, James (2013). The idea of human rights. Bond Law Review, 25 (1), 1-12.

The idea of human rights