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. |
2017 Journal Article One of my favorite judges: constitutional interpretation, democracy and Antonin ScaliaAllan, 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 |
2017 Journal Article Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate: at the periphery and by the numbersAllan, James (2017). Revisiting the Hart-Devlin debate: at the periphery and by the numbers. San Diego Law Review, 54 (2), 423-439. |
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. |
2017 Journal Article MajoritarianismAllan, James (2017). Majoritarianism. Bond Law Review, 29 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.53300/001c.5651 |
2017 Book Chapter The view from down under: freedom of the press in CanadaAllan, James (2017). The view from down under: freedom of the press in Canada. The unfulfilled promise of press freedom in Canada. (pp. 220-232) edited by Lisa Taylor and Cara-Marie O’Hagan. Toronto, ON Canada: University of Toronto Press. |
2016 Book Chapter A professor's progress: John Smillie on Bills of RightsAllan, James F. P. (2016). A professor's progress: John Smillie on Bills of Rights. The search for certainty: Essays in honour of John Smillie. (pp. 19-35) edited by Shelley Griffiths, Mark Henaghan and M.B. Rodriguez Ferrere. New Zealand: Thomson Reuters. |
2016 Book Chapter Is talk of the quality of judging sometimes strained, feigned or not sustained?Allan, James (2016). Is talk of the quality of judging sometimes strained, feigned or not sustained?. Judicial independence: contemporary challenges, future directions. (pp. 64-75) edited by Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Jonathan Crowe. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press. |
2015 Journal Article Against written constitutionalismAllan, James (2015). Against written constitutionalism. Otago Law Review, 14 (1), 191-204. |
2015 Journal Article The Glorious Revolution and the Rule of RecognitionAllan, James F. P. (2015). The Glorious Revolution and the Rule of Recognition. Constitutional Commentary, 30 (3), 509-520. |
2015 Book Chapter The activist judge – vanity of vanitiesAllan, James (2015). The activist judge – vanity of vanities. Judicial Activism: an interdisciplinary approach to the American and European experiences. (pp. 71-87) edited by Luis Pereira Coutinho, Massimo La Torre and Steven D. Smith. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-18549-1_6 |
2015 Journal Article Pusillanimous parliamentariansAllan, James (2015). Pusillanimous parliamentarians. Australian Parliamentary Review, 30 (2), 155-163. |
2015 Journal Article Australian originalism without a bill of rights: going down the drain with a different spinJames Allan (2015). Australian originalism without a bill of rights: going down the drain with a different spin. The Western Australian Jurist, 6, 1-32. |
2014 Journal Article Collegiality in the Law SchoolAllan, James (2014). Collegiality in the Law School. University of Queensland Law Journal, 33 (2), 391-396. |
2014 Journal Article Ineffective, Opaque and Undemocratic - the IOUs of (too Much) International Law, and Why a Bit of Skepticism is WarrantedAllan, 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. |
2013 Journal Article Hate speech law and disagreement. The Harm In Hate Speech. By Jeremy WaldronAllan, James (2013). Hate speech law and disagreement. The Harm In Hate Speech. By Jeremy Waldron. Constitutional Commentary, 29 (1), 59-79. |
2013 Journal Article The idea of human rightsAllan, James (2013). The idea of human rights. Bond Law Review, 25 (1), 1-12. |
2013 Journal Article Free speech is far too important to be left to unelected judgesAllan, James (2013). Free speech is far too important to be left to unelected judges. The Western Australian Jurist, 4, 5-22. |
2013 Journal Article The Vantage of Law: Author's response to the commentatorsAllan, James (2013). The Vantage of Law: Author's response to the commentators. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 38, 183-196. |
2012 Journal Article Reflections on 'The Concept of Law'Allan, James (2012). Reflections on 'The Concept of Law'. King's Law Journal, 23 (3), 331-343. doi: 10.5235/KLJ.23.3.329 |