Public Law Paperback - 2020

Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law and Chair of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, providing advice to the Committee on a range of legislative and other matters. Mark co-founded the international biennial Public Law Conference series and co-convened the first two conferences. His research interests lie in UK constitutional law and English administrative law; a good deal of his recent work has concerned the constitutional implications of Brexit. Mark is the recipient of a University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching and is the author of a widely read blog, Public Law for Everyone (www.publiclawforeveryone.com), that is aimed at public law scholars, current and prospective law students, policy-makers, and others who are interested in the subject.

Robert Thomas is Professor of Public Law at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on adminstrative law, with a particular interest in asylum and immigration as a substantive area of law. In 2003-04, he acted as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Select Committee with regard to two inquiries: Immigration and Asylum: the Government's proposed changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum work (2002-03 HC 1171) and Asylum and Immigration Appeals (2003-04 HC 211).