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Public Law (journal)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ7257437 ↗
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Public Law is an academic law journal published four times a year by Sweet & Maxwell. The journal was established in 1956 by Professor John Griffith (London School of Economics). The journal publishes articles and commentary on both British and international constitutional law, administrative law, and human rights law.

Subsequent editors include: Professor Graham Zellick (Queen Mary, University of London), Professor Anthony Bradley (University of Edinburgh), Professor Dawn Oliver (UCL), Professor Andrew Le Sueur (Queen Mary, University of London), Professor Maurice Sunkin (University of Essex), and since 2021 co-editors Professors Roger Masterman and Aileen McHarg (Durham University).

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The public source identifies “Public Law (journal)” as journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Public and journal.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Public and journal providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Public Law (journal)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.