Dr Steve Crawford

I am a specialist in constitutional theory and British constitutional history. I have a particular interest in influence of culture and values in constitutionalism (broadly understood). This stems from my PhD which examined the influence of Protestant Reformation thinking on constitutional thought in the so-called ‘Glorious’ Revolution. 

I joined Leicester from Kent Law School in August 2022 where I had previously been a lecturer and completed my PhD.

I am an interdisciplinary law and humanities researcher, interested in how culture and values shape constitutional formation and development. In my research I draw on both my expertise in constitutional theory and my previous study of archaeology. I have previously published on both law and literature critiques of constitutional values and legal design research methodology.

I am currently completing a law and literature critique of current understandings of constitution and jurisdiction as applied to digital spaces.  

• S Crawford ‘Constitution and Jurisdiction in Neal Stephenson’s speculative fiction’ in Tranter, Green & Travis (eds) Jurisprudence for the Future (Routledge, forthcoming)
• S Crawford ‘Making things visible and tangible: Sociolegal Model Making as a research method’ [2020] Jurisprudence Revue Critique 9: 167-200
• S Crawford ‘Re-reading Borders and Migration: Post-apocalyptic Fiction and the Nation-State’ (2018) Brief Encounters 2(1): 13-25
• S Crawford ‘Janus-headed intaglio’ (2017) N.I.L.Q. 68(3): 305-316

I welcome approaches from prospective PhD students in the areas of constitutional theory legal history and (public law) environmentalism.

Undergraduate

• LW1120 Constitutional and Administrative Law/LW2120 Constitutional and Administrative Law (advanced)
• LW2370 Equity and Trusts
• LW3631 Environmental, Climate Change and Sustainability Law (co-lead) 

The theory and history of constitutionalism

Paul Maharg prize (with Dr Allison Holmes, Kent Law School) BILETA annual conference 2022

• PhD in Law (Kent)
• PGCHE (Kent), Fellow of the HEA
• MA in Law (Sheffield)
• MA in European Prehistory (Sheffield)
• BA Archaeology (Sheffield)