Professor Tomkins joined the law school in 2003, having previously taught at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford (2000-03) and at King's College London (1991-2000). He specialises in constitutional law and has research interests in British, EU and comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory and constitutional history. He is particularly interested in all things republican and is currently working on republican constitutionalism in the British 17th and 18th centuries.
Research Interests
Constitutional theory, especially republicanism. Republicanism and public law. Terrorism and civil liberties. History of constitutional law, especially of UK constitutional law (post-1600). EU constitutional and administrative law.