I’m a law academic and law reformer trying to make the world a better place through understanding how the constitution and public law works. Essex, Jersey, elsewhere.
Contact me
alesueur@essex.ac.uk or a.p.lesueur@gmail.com
Academic career
Since 2013, I am the Professor of Constitutional Justice at the University of Essex. Prior to this, I was at UCL (1988–2000), the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence at the University of Birmingham (2001–2006), and Professor of Public Law at Queen Mary, University of London (2006–2013).
At Essex, I served as Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and on the University senior leadership group 2017-2023. In my discipline area, I was president of the UK Constitutional Law Association (2010-15) and served for eight years on the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law until 2018. I was general editor of the journal Public Law (2002-2011). Outside the UK, I led the establishment of Jersey’s first law school as the founding director of studies at the Institute of Law (2009-13).
Between 2002-2011, I was general editor of the journal Public Law and remain a member of its advisory board. I was awarded Principal Fellowship of the HEA in 2024.
Law reform
As a member of the Jersey Law Commission, I’m leading two projects.
Where can islanders turn if they’re unhappy with how a public authority has handled their complaint? This project is looking at how access to administrative redress can be improved. My latest report for the Commission on this initiative was published on 25 November 2024.
Is the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000 living up to its promise? The second project is a comprehensive review of the legislation that incorporated ECHR rights into Jersey law. This led to a consultation report and a research report.
Work-in-progress academic research
Contested Kingdom: 400 years of constitutional change. Using microhistory and Futures Studies, this book looks at the last 200 years and next 200 years of British constitutional change.
View my some of my other research on my SSRN Author page:
https://ssrn.com/author=840313
Andrew Le Sueur, FRSA 