Dawn Oliver
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A. Dawn H. Oliver {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (born 1942) is a British constitutional legal scholar. She is Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at University College, London.{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/people/prof-dawn-oliver#:~:text=Dawn%20Oliver%20is%20Emeritus%20Professor,98%20and%20again%20in%202007 |title=Prof Dawn Oliver |date=11 September 2017 |publisher=University College London |accessdate=28 September 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/dawn-oliver-FBA/ |title=Professor Dawn Oliver FBA |publisher=British Academy |accessdate=28 September 2021}}
Biography
Oliver was born on 9 September 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85043136.html|title=Oliver, Dawn - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)}} She was Dean of the Faculty of Law at UCL from 1993 to 1998. She was elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 2005, and as an elected as an honorary Queen's Counsel in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/new-queens-counsel-2011-12-kghtkgs82gk |title=New Queen's Counsel 2011 12 |work=The Times |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=28 September 2021}}
Select publications
- Oliver, D. 2013. "Parliament and the Courts: A Pragmatic Defence of Parliamentary Sovereignty", in Oliver, D., Drewry, G., Horne, A. (eds), The Law of Parliament. Oxford, Hart Publishing.
- Oliver, D. and Fusaro, C., 2011. How Constitutions Change: A Comparative Study. Oxford, Hart Publishing.
- Oliver, D. 2009. Justice, Legality, and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Pitcairn Prosecutions. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Oliver, A.D. 2003. "Constitutional Reform in the UK". Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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