Trevor Allan (legal philosopher)
Trevor Robert Seaward Allan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 May 1955 |
| Occupation | Legal academic |
| Known for | Views on parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law |
| Title | Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Law, University of Cambridge |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Albans School |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Legal academic |
| Sub-discipline | constitutional theory, civil liberties, legal and political theory |
| Notable works | Law, Liberty and Justice: the legal foundations of British constitutionalism; The Sovereignty of Law: freedom, constitution and common law |
Trevor Robert Seaward Allan (born 9 May 1955) is Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is known for challenging constitutional orthodoxy in the United Kingdom, particularly in his redefinition of the scope of parliamentary sovereignty.