Brian Christopher Jones

University of Sheffield, School of Law

Sheffield

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (34)

1.

Parties versus Democracy: Addressing Today’s Political-Party threats to Democratic Rule

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 11 May 2019
Tom Daly and Brian Christopher Jones
Melbourne School of Government and University of Sheffield, School of Law
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political parties, democracy, representation, democratic decay

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Judicial Review and Embarrassment

BC Jones, 'Judicial Review and Embarrassment' (April 2022 issue of Public Law, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Dec 2021
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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judicial review, embarrassment, constitutional law, United Kingdom, United States

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Confrontational Contestation and Democratic Compromise: The Sunflower Movement and its Aftermath

(Forthcoming) Hong Kong Law Journal (Spring 2015)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Feb 2015
Brian Christopher Jones and Yen-Tu Su
University of Sheffield, School of Law and Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS)
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contestation, democracy, democratic peace, democratic conflict, disobedience, freedom of Speech, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan

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Preliminary Warnings on 'Constitutional' Idolatry

(Forthcoming) Public Law (January 2016)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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written constitution, unwritten constitution, constitutional worship, constitutional idolatry, parliamentary sovereignty, judicial review

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The Rule of Law in UK Public Law Textbooks: From Critique to Acceptance?

Forthcoming in Public Law
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 May 2018
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Rule of Law, United Kingdom, Public Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, AV Dicey, Textbooks

6.

The Legal Contribution to Democratic Disaffection

Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2023 (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Mar 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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law and politics, democracy, disaffection, distancing, constitutionalism, judicial review, judgment

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Justices As 'Sacred Symbols': Antonin Scalia and the Cultural Life of the Law

(Forthcoming) British Journal of American Legal Studies (2017)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2017
Brian Christopher Jones and Austin Sarat
University of Sheffield, School of Law and Amherst College
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Antonin Scalia, sacred symbol, US Supreme Court, originalism, textualism, cultural life of law

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Don't Be Silly: Lawmakers 'Rarely' Read Legislation and Oftentimes Don't Understand It . . . But That's Okay

Penn State Law Review, Penn Statim Vol. 118, No. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Nov 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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legislation, bills, acts, reading, understanding, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare

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Disparaging the Supreme Court: Is SCOTUS in Serious Trouble?

Wisconsin Law Review Online, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Constitutional Paternalism: The Rise and (Problematic) Use of Constitutional ‘Guardian’ Rhetoric

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (JILP), Vol. 51, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2018
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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constitutional guardians, judicial rhetoric, constitutional rhetoric, paternalism, factionalism, constitutional maintenance

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Disparaging the Supreme Court, Part II: Questioning Institutional Legitimacy

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2016, No. 3, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Feb 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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disparagement, legitimacy, US Supreme Court, constitutional interpretation, UK Supreme Court, court communications

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The Online/Offline Cognitive Divide: Implications for Law

SCRIPT-ed, Volume 13, Issue 1, May 2016
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 May 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Legal Development; Cognitive Differences; Speech; Offline; Online; Social Media; Technological Neutrality

13.

Constitutions and Bills of Rights: Invigorating or Placating Democracy?

Forthcoming in Legal Studies
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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constitutions, bills of rights, voting, voter turnout, democracy, constitutional amendment, written constitutions, unwritten constitutions, HRA 1998

14.

Dissonant Constitutionalism and Lady Hale

29(2) King's Law Journal 177-186, 2018
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 May 2019
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Lady Hale, UK Supreme Court, dissonant constitutionalism, public speeches, UK constitution, rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty

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Thought Experiment: Would Congressional Short Bill Titles Survive FTC Scrutiny?

Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Brian Christopher Jones and Randal M. Shaheen
University of Sheffield, School of Law and Harvard University - Law School - Alumni
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short titles, bills, drafting, FTC, deceptive advertising, deceptive practices, drafting standards

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Drafting Proper Short Bill Titles: Do States Have the Answer?

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 23, p. 455, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2012
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, legislation, congress, states

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Plain Language Prospects in American Public Law: Insiders Weigh In

9 Am U. Modern American 15-28, Fall 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Feb 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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legislation, public law, plain language, plain writing, statutes, statutory drafting, US Congress, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament

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Interpreting Acronyms and Epithets: Examining the Jurisprudential Significance (or Lack Thereof)

25 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. Online 1, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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acronyms, epithets, interpretation, legislation, psycholinguistics, public laws, Congress, jurisprudence, short titles, USA PATRIOT Act

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Assessing the Constitutionality of Legislation: Constitutional Review in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan

Asia Pacific Law Review, Volume 23(2), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Jul 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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constitutional review, interpretative authority, legal constitutionalism, political constitutionalism, legislative processes, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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Processes, Standards and Politics: Drafting Short Titles in the Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament and US Congress

25 FLA. J. INT’L L., 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, legislation, bills, processes, standards, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament

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Surprisingly (Un)Inspiring Judicial Decisions: Lochner, Brown, Roe and Others

(Forthcoming) University of Illinois Law Review Online
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Oct 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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judicial review, voter turnout, SCOTUS, United States, United Kingdom, Lochner, Brown, Roe

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A Triumph of Ill Conceived Language: The Linguistic Origins of Guantanamo's 'Rough Justice'

Hastings Law Journal Voir Dire 1-9 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Oct 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Guantanamo Bay, Jess Bravin, terrorism, courts, justice, military commissions, due process, classified, custodial interrogation

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SCOTUS Short Title Turmoil: Time for a Congressional Bill Naming Authority

32(1) Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia 25-33 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Dec 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, bill names, SCOTUS, Windsor, bills, acts, legislation, lawmaking

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The Congressional Short Title (R)Evolution: Changing the Face of America's Public Laws

Kentucky Law Journal Online, Vol. 101, 42-64, 2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, acts, legislation, Congress

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Manipulating Public Law Favorability: Is It Really This Easy?

Brian Christopher Jones, Manipulating Public Law Favorability: Is It Really This Easy? 2(2) British Journal of American Legal Studies 511 (2013).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, bills, acts, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament, drafting, legislation, public law

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One Redeeming Quality About the 112th Congress: Refocusing on Descriptive Rather than Evocative Short Titles

112 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 1-15, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Jul 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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short titles, bills, acts, Congress, drafting, legislation, public law, legal writing

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Fiduciary Principles and Statutory Form in Relation to the Necessary and Proper Clause: Potential Constitutional Implications for Congressional Short Titles

6(2) University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy 347-372 (2012)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 May 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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necessary, proper, drafting, bills, acts, short titles, Congress, fiduciary duty, fiduciary principles

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Personalized Bills as Commemorations: A Problem for House Rules?

46(9) Connecticut Law Review CONNtemplations 9-17 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Congress, House Rules, bills, acts, personalized legislation, commemorations, bill titles

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Westminster's Impending Short Title Quandary: And How To Fix it

Public Law, April (2013) 223-232
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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bills, statutes, short titles, Westminster Parliament, legislative drafting, evocative language, standards

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Our Forgotten Constitutional Guardians: Preserving Respect for the Law

(Forthcoming) Statute Law Review (2019)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2019
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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constitutional guardians, respect for law, legislative process, bill drafting, Parliamentary Counsel, House Authorities

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Transatlantic Perspectives on Humanised Public Law Campaigns: Personalising and Depersonalising the Legislative Process

6(1) LEGISPRUDENCE 57-76
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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personalised bills, legislative process, emotional law, short titles, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament, US Congress

32.

Court Criticism and the Rule of Law: From ‘Foreign’ to ‘Dinosaur’ Judges

(draft chapter) Final version appears in: BC Jones (ed), Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow (Hart Publishing, 2021), chp 4.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Aug 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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democracy, rule of law, court criticism, judicial criticism, judicial power, Hong Kong, Taiwan

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Idolatry and Constitutional Change

BC Jones, Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Apr 2020
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law

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Constitutional Change, Constitutional Moments, Idolatry, Constitutional Maintenance, UK Constitution, Authorship, Ownership, US Constitution

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Research Note: Do Short Bill Titles Matter? Surprising Insights from Westminster and Holyrood

65(2) PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, 448-462 (2012)
Posted: 28 Jun 2012
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law

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short bill titles, legislative process, bill drafting, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament

Other Papers (4)

Total Downloads: 683
1.

Is Social Media a Human Right? Exploring the Scope of Internet Rights

International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, December 5, 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Dec 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Arab Spring, Free Expression, ICCPR, Right to Internet, Social Media, Twitter

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A Middle Ground for Democratic Accountability: Retention Elections for the House of Lords

I-CONnect Blog, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Jan 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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House of Lords, democratic accountability, retention elections, reform, Lords reform

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How Far Out of Step is SCOTUS?

International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 30 Sep 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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supreme courts, US Supreme Court, SCOTUS, UK Supreme Court, UKSC, court communications, cameras in the courtroom, judicial selection

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Britain's Other — Perhaps More Important — Anniversary

Blog of the IACL, AIDC, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 12 Feb 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Sheffield, School of Law
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Magna Carta, Parliament, Simon de Montfort, anniversary, democracy, representative government