With Alexander Horne and Louise Thompson, Ben was editor of the third edition of Parliament and the Law, which has just been published. He is editing a book with Patrick O’Brien on Leading Works in Public Law. In 2016 Ben was awarded a Leverhulme Trust research grant to carry out an 18 month project examining the provision and reception of legal advice in the 4 legislatures of the UK.īen's current research projects include the impartiality of parliamentary officials an examination of legislative budget-making legislative governance and parliamentary administration. Prior to joining Durham, Ben was a lecturer in public law at Queen Mary and then at the University of Hull Law School.īen has worked on a number of areas, including coalition government, special advisers, legislative governance (how legislatures are run), government lawyers and currently parliamentary lawyers. Ben also worked at the UK Ministry of Justice in 2010 on the UK Cabinet Manual. He previously worked at the Constitution Unit, UCL and was a Teaching Fellow in Public Law at UCL. He obtained his PhD from the LSE, and LLM from Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). Ben’s research interests centre around the work of the executive and legislative branches, the role of officials within them, and the maintenance of ideals in the grubbiness of organisation.īen joined Durham Law School as an Associate Professor in Public Law and Human Rights in September 2019.
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