Dr Alan Greene

Birmingham Law School
Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Deputy Head of Research

Contact details

Email: a.greene@bham.ac.uk

Address: University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Alan Greene is a Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, specialising in constitutional law and human rights. His research focuses on the limits of constitutionalism, judicial review and the role of courts in vindicating the rule of law. He explores these themes in the context of emergency powers, counter-terrorism, constituent power, and the judicial protection of human rights more generally.

Qualifications

PhD, UCD School of Law (2014)
LLM, UCD School of Law (2009)
BCL, UCD School of Law (2008)

Biography

Alan's research听focuses on the limits of constitutionalism, judicial review, and the role of courts in vindicating the rule of law. He explores these themes in the context of emergency powers, counter-terrorism, constituent power, and the judicial protection of human rights more generally. His first book听Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law: Constitutions in an Age of Crisis听(Hart Publishing, 2018)听was shortlisted for the 2018 Society of Legal Scholars Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.听 His latest book is听听and explores how states can best protect human rights and the rule of law while responding to a pandemic.听

In February 2021, Alan was appointed by the Irish Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, to the six-person 鈥擨reland's primary counter-terrorism legislation. He was one of two authors of the along with Prof Donncha O'Connell (University of Galway.听

Alan joined Birmingham Law School in September 2018. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor at Durham Law School (2013-2018) and has also taught at University College Dublin School of Law during his period as a PhD Candidate there. Alan's PhD was supported by a UCD School of Law Doctoral Scholarship and Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship.

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He has published widely in journals such as the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Global Constitutionalism Legal Studies,听The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, The Modern Law Review, Public Law,听the European Human Rights Law Review听and听The Irish Jurist.

Alan is very interested in hearing from potential PhD candidates in the area of constituent power, states of emergency, counter-terrorism, and the judicial protection of human rights.听

Teaching

Public Law
Counter-Terrorism Law
International and European Legal Responses to Terrorism

Postgraduate supervision

Constituent power
States of emergency
Counter-terrorism
Human rights

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Research

Alan's research听focuses on the limits of constitutionalism, judicial review, and the role of courts in vindicating the rule of law. He explores these themes in the context of emergency powers, counter-terrorism, constituent power, and the judicial protection of human rights more generally. His first book听Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law: Constitutions in an Age of Crisis听(Hart Publishing, 2018)听was shortlisted for the 2018 Society of Legal Scholars Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.听听He has published widely in journals such as听Legal Studies,听The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, The Modern Law Review, Public Law,听and听The Irish Jurist.

Alan has held visiting positions at Durham Law School (2013) and Columbia Law School (2012). He is very interested in hearing from potential PhD candidates in the area of constituent power, states of emergency, counter-terrorism, and the judicial protection of human rights.听

Publications

Highlight publications

Greene, A 2020, . Bristol University Press.

Greene, A 2018, . Hart Studies in Security and Justice, 1st edn, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK; Portland, Oregon.

Greene, A 2021, '', International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1166-1200.

Greene, A 2024, '', Global Constitutionalism, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 612-639.

Greene, A 2021, . in A Saj贸, R Uitz & S Holmes (eds), Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism. 1st edn, Routledge, pp. 554-570.

Recent publications

Article

Greene, A 2024, '', European Human Rights Law Review, vol. 2024, no. 5, pp. 438-447. <>

Greene, A 2021, '', Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 393-400.

Greene, A 2021, '', European Human Rights Law Review, vol. 2021, no. 4, pp. 389-402.

Greene, A 2020, '', European Human Rights Law Review, vol. 2020, no. 3, pp. 262-276.

Greene, A 2020, '', European Human Rights Law Review, no. 5, pp. 526-532.

Greene, A 2017, '', International & Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 411-440.

Greene, A 2016, '', Irish Jurist, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 112-133.

Greene, A 2015, '', Legal Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 594-620.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Greene, A 2024, . in M Sevel (ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law . Routledge.

Greene, A 2024, . in L Cahillane & DK Coffey (eds), The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution: Constituting a Polity? . 1 edn, Palgrave Modern Legal History, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 47鈥�72.

Greene, A 2022, . in N Morag (ed.), Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic: International Laws, Policies, and Civil Liberties. Wiley, pp. 23-40.

Greene, A 2017, . in C-M Smyth (ed.), The Future of Human Rights in the UK . Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 4-26.

Chapter

Greene, A 2021, . in M Coen (ed.), The Offences Against the State Act 1939 at 80: A Model Counter-Terrorism Act? . 1st edn, Hart Studies in Security and Justice, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 221鈥�238.

Commissioned report

Greene, A & O'Connell, D 2023, . Offences Against the State Act Independent Review Group. <>

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Greene, A 2019, . in Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Comparative Constitutional Law . Oxford University Press.