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Roles: School of Law, Gender and Media Senior Teaching Fellow in Comparative Public Law School of Law, Gender and Media Researcher in comparative constitutional and administrative law
Department: School of Law, Gender and Media
Qualifications: BA, MA (London), Dip Ed.
Building: Senate House
Office: S231
Email address: pl3@soas.ac.uk

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Professor Peter Leyland specialises in public law and comparative public law.

He is a visiting professor at the University of Bologna, University of Ferrara and Bocconi University in Milan but in addition has lectured at many universities and public institutions abroad including: the University of Victoria, Canada, the University of Melbourne, the Catholic University, Milan, University of Brescia, the University of Siena, the National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, the Office of the Council of State, Bangkok, Thailand’s administrative courts.

He is a regular contributor to international conferences overseas.

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‘The Civil Service UK Style: Facing up to change?’ in K-P Sommermann, A Krywo and C Fraenkel-Haberle (eds) The Civil Service in Europe: A Research Companion (London, Routledge, 2025).
‘The UK’s Rwanda Asylum Policy and the Courts: reflections on the Constitutional Consequences’ DPCE online, 2/2024, 767-782.
‘Navigating the constitutional path to English Devolution: How not to crack an old chestnut in a disunited Kingdom’ Istitutuzioni del Federalismo, 2023 Anno XLIV, Iuglio/settembre, 3, 567-599.
The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis (4th edn, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2021).
‘The Origins of Thailand’s Bureaucratic State and the Consolidation of Administrative Justice’ in A Harding and M Pongsapan (eds) Thai Legal History: From Traditional to Modern Law, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Email: pl3@soas.ac.uk

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Local Transport Provision in the United Kingdom: The Quest for Accountability and Coherence in a 'Contract State'

The Struggle for Freedom of Expression in Thailand: Media Moguls, The King, Citizen Politics and the Law

Constitutional Design in Thailand: the Management of Electoral Process in an Emergent Democracy

"Fiscal Federalism" and Reforming the Financial Parameters of Devolution: Italy and the UK Compared

Freedom of Information and the 2009 Parliamentary Expenses Scandal

Thailand's Troubled South: Examining the Case for Devolution from a Comparative Perspective

The Constitutional Courts of Thailand and Indonesia: Two Case Studies from South East Asia

Thailand's Constitutional Watchdogs: Dobermans, Bloodhounds or Lapdogs

Rail Privatisation, Regulation and Re-regulation: Reviewing the Lines of Parliamentary Accountability

Back to Government? Re-Regulating British Railways

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Constitutional Courts: A Comparative Study

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Financing UK Devolution: The Barnett Formula and the Virtue of Passive Financial Provision?

Local Transport Provision in the United Kingdom: The Quest for Accountability and Coherence in a “Contract State”

The Genealogy of the Administrative Courts and the Consolidation of Administrative Justice in Thailand

The Emergence of Administrative Justice in Thailand under the 1997 Constitution

Combating Scandal, Codes of Practice and the Implementation of Ethical Standards in Public Life in the United Kingdom

Rail Privatisation, Regulation and Re-regulation: Reviewing the Lines of Parliamentary Accountability

Comparative Legal Studies in Constitutional Contexts

Oppositions and Fragmentations: In Search of a Formula for Comparative Analysis?

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