Dr John Mcgarry

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the Society of Legal Scholars
• Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
• Member of the UK Constitutional Law Group

• PhD, ‘Debating the Theoretical Basis for Judicial Review: A Hermeneutical Study’, University of Central Lancashire
• LLB (Hons), University of Central Lancashire

• Public law
• Legal theory

• Public law
• Legal theory

Undergraduate

• English Legal System
• Administrative Law
• Jurisprudence
• Undergraduate dissertation supervisor

Postgraduate

• Masters dissertation supervisor
• PhD supervisor

I am also one of the Postgraduate Research Leads for the School of Justice, Security and Sustainability.

Books:

• Bryan, I., Langford, P. and McGarry, J. (eds) (2019) Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition, Brill Publishing
• Bryan, I., Langford, P. and McGarry, J. (eds) (2017) Kelsenian Legal Science and the Nature of Law, Springer
• McGarry, J. (2016) Intention, Supremacy and the Theories of Judicial Review, Abingdon: Routledge Publishing
• McGarry, J. (2016), Acing the LLB: Capturing Your Full Potential to Improve Your Grades, Abingdon: Routledge Publishing.
• Bryan, I., Langford, P. & McGarry, J. (eds.) (2016), The Reconstruction of the Juridico-Political: Affinity and Divergence in Kelsen and Weber, Abingdon: Routledge Publishing.
• Bryan, I., Langford, P. & McGarry, J. (eds.), (2015), The Foundation of the Juridico-Political: Concept Formation in Kelsen and Weber, Abingdon: Routledge Publishing.
• McGarry, J. (2013) Course Notes: Constitutional and Administrative Law, Abingdon: Routledge Publishing

Articles and book chapters:

• McGarry, J. (2021) ‘Sarah Everard: Social Media and the Very Real Danger of Contempt of Court’ The Conversation 12 March 2021
• McGarry, J. (2021) ‘Boris Johnson may soon have the power to call elections whenever he wants – a legal view on why that’s not a good idea’ The Conversation 19 February 2021
• McGarry, J. (2020) ‘Carltona – A Matter of Intention’ (2020) 25(3) Judicial Review 235
• McGarry, J. (2019) ‘Constitutional Statutes – A Brief Overview’ Legal Cheek 26 November 2019
• McGarry, J. (2019) ‘Challenging the EU Withdrawal Act’ Legal Cheek 25 September 2019.
• McGarry, J and Spence, S. (2019) ‘Constitutional Statutes – Roots and Recognition’ Statute Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmz015
• McGarry, J. (2017) ‘Kelsen and the Necessity of God in the Natural-Law Doctrine’ in Bryan, I., Langford, P. and McGarry, J. (eds) (2017) Kelsenian Legal Science and the Nature of Law, Springer
• McGarry, J. (2017) ‘Why Media Reporting of Finsbury Park Attack Differs from that of other incidents’ The Conversation 21 June 2017
• McGarry, J. (2016) ‘Why the Case Against the Human Rights Act is so Weak’ The Conversation 31 August 2016
• McGarry, J. (2014) ‘The Importance of an Expansive Test of Standing’ 19(1) Judicial Review 60-64
• McGarry, J. (2013) ‘Intention, Supremacy and Judicial Review’ 1(2) The Theory and Practice of Legislation 255-276
• McGarry, J. (2013) ‘The Possibility and Value of Coherence’ 34(1) Liverpool Law Review 17-26
• McGarry, J. (2012) ‘The Principle of Parliamentary Sovereignty’ 32(4) Legal Studies 577-599
• McGarry, J. (2011) ‘Effecting Legal Certainty under the Human Rights Act’ 16(1) Judicial Review 66-71
• McGarry, J. (2011) ‘Named, Shamed and Defamed by the Police’ 5(3) Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 219-227
• Kinsella, C. and McGarry, J. (2011) ‘Computer Says No: Technology and Accountability in Policing Traffic Stops’ 55 Crime, Law and Social Change 167-184
• McGarry, J. and Pendlebury, A. (2009) ‘Location, Location, Location: The Whereabouts Rule and the Right to Privacy’ 40 Cambrian Law Review 63-75
• McGarry, J. (2007) ‘“Functions of a Public Nature” under the Human Rights Act 1998: The Decision of the House of Lords in YL v Birmingham City Council’ 5 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
• McGarry, J. (2005) ‘Parliamentary Sovereignty, Judges and the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill’ Liverpool Law Review 1-12

Presentations, conference Papers etc:

• McGarry, J. (2022) ‘Constitutional Statutes – 20 Years On’ Constitutional
• Statutes – 20 Years On: A One Day Conference, Staffordshire University, 16 September 2022
• McGarry, J. (2022) ‘Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners and Police Accountability’ Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, King’s College London, 6-9 September 2022
• McGarry, J. (2022) ‘The Attorney General and Contempt of Court - A Gentle Polemic’ Centre for Crime, Justice and Security Public Seminar Series, Staffordshire University, 13 July 2022
• McGarry, J. (2022) ‘Informing Policy and Practice’ Centre for Crime, Justice and Security, Centre Launch, Staffordshire University, 6 April 2022
• Cowen, A. and McGarry, J. (2019) ‘The Attorney General and Contempt of
• Court – Some political and constitutional questions’ Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Central Lancashire, 3-6 September 2019
• McGarry, J. (2019) ‘The Hermeneutical Academic: Philosophical Hermeneutics as a Model for Academic Behaviour’ TIRI Annual Conference, University of Bolton, 3-4 July 2019
• McGarry, J. (2017) ‘The Attorney-General, Contempt of Court and Political
• Bias’ Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Newcastle University, 5th-7th April 2017
• McGarry, J. (2016) ‘Genuineness as an Element of Sufficient Interest’, Socio- Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Lancaster University, April 2016
• McGarry, J. (2013), ‘A Reappraisal of Kelsen’s Rejection of the Natural-Law Doctrine’, Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition: An International, Interdisciplinary Workshop, Edge Hill University, September 2013.
• McGarry, J. & Langford, P. (2012) ‘Kelsen, Weber and the Free Law Movement’ Hans Kelsen and Max Weber: Convergences and Divergences in Conceptions of the Juridico-Political, Edge Hill, July 2012
• McGarry, J. & Langford, P. (2012) ‘President or Constitutional Court? The Divergences of Weber and Kelsen’ Hans Kelsen and Max Weber: Convergences and Divergences in Conceptions of the Juridico-Political, Edge Hill, July 2012
• Kinsella, C. & McGarry, J. (2009) ‘Computer Says No: Technology and Police Stops’ Police Governance and Accountability: Challenges and Outlook, Centre for Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Limerick, December 2009
• McGarry, J. (2005) ‘An Analysis of the Ultra Vires Doctrine using Immanent Critique’ University of Central Lancashire, 19 May 2005
• McGarry, J. (2004) ‘It’s Government v Judges in Asylum Cases’ Safe Sanctuary? Conference on Asylum and Refugee Issues, Edge Hill, October 2004

Public engagement:

• McGarry, J., Submission of evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee call for evidence on the Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers, (18 March 2022)
• McGarry, J., Response to the Government’s consultation: (2021) Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill Of Rights. A consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 (CP 588), 8 March 2022
• McGarry, J. and Spence, S., Submission of evidence to the Joint Committee on Human rights call for evidence on the Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review, 21 March 2021
• McGarry, J., Submission of evidence to the Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act’s call for evidence on the proposed Bill to repeal the FTPA 2011, 18 January 2021
• McGarry, J., Submission of evidence to the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Committee consultation: the role of Parliament in the UK constitution, 30 November 2018
• McGarry, J., Invited Speaker, University of the Third Age, Aughton and Ormskirk, ‘The United Kingdom Constitution: Some Quirks and Oddities’, 7 July 2018
• McGarry, J., Interview, Radio Sputnik, 9 June 2017
• McGarry, J., Invited speaker, University of the Third Age, Aughton and Ormskirk, ‘Lawful Government, the Rule of Law and the Human Rights Act’, 3 November 2016
• McGarry, J., Interview, the Roger Phillips Show, BBC Radio Merseyside, 6 September 2016
• McGarry, J., Response to the Government’s consultation: (2013) Judicial Review: Proposals for Further Reform (CM 8703)