Wilkinson, Michael

Dr Michael Wilkinson  

Department

Position held

Associate Professor in Law

 

Experience keywords:

European integration; constitutionalism; democracy; legal and political theory; sovereignty; statehood

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Dr Wilkinson's research interests lie in European constitutionalism and the theoretical dimensions of constitutionalism beyond the state; and legal and political theory, particularly in relation to the concepts of statehood, sovereignty, democracy and constitutionalism.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Law

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Europe

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6608

Publications

2016

Wilkinson, Michael (2016) The brexit referendum and the crisis of “extreme centrism” German Law Journal, 17 (s). 131-142. ISSN 2071-8322

Wilkinson, Michael A. and Dowdle, Michael W. (2016) Introduction Jus Politicum: Revue de Droit Politique (16). 3-13. ISSN 2101-8790

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2016) The reconstitution of postwar Europe: lineages of authoritarian liberalism LSE Law, Society and Economy Working Papers, Working Paper No. 05/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Law, London, UK.

2015

Wilkinson, Michael (2015) The euro is irreversible! … or is it? on OMT, austerity and the threat of “Grexit” German Law Journal, 16 (4). 1049-1072. ISSN 2071-8322

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2015) Politicising Europe’s justice deficit: some preliminaries In: Kochenov, Dimitry and de Búrca, Gráinne and Williams, Andrew, (eds.) Europe's Justice Deficit? . Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, 111-136. ISBN 9781849465274

Wilkinson, Michael (2015) Austerity, Grexit and the battle for the euro LSE Law policy briefing series, 10. LSE Law, London, UK.

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2015) Authoritarian liberalism in the European constitutional imagination: second time as farce? European Law Journal, 21 (3). 313-339. ISSN 1351-5993

Dowdle, Michael W. and Wilkinson, Michael (2015) On the limits of constitutional liberalism: in search of a constitutional reflexivity Working paper series, 2015/009. National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Singapore.

2014

Wilkinson, Michael (2014) From Karlsruhe, with love? questioning the constitutionality of unconventional monetary policy LSE Law Policy Briefing Series, 6. The London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Wilkinson, Michael (2014) Political jurisprudence or institutional normativism?: maintaining the difference between Arendt and Fuller Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy (3). 240-259. ISSN 2213-0713

Wilkinson, Michael (2014) Economic Messianism and constitutional power in a ‘German Europe’: all courts are equal, but some courts are more equal than others LSE Law, Society and Economy working paper series, 26/2014. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Law, London, UK.

Wilkinson, Michael (2014) Politicising Europe's justice deficit: some preliminaries Law Society and Economy Working Paper Series, WP8/2014. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2013

Wilkinson, Michael (2013) Political constitutionalism and the European Union Modern Law Review, 76 (2). 191-222. ISSN 0026-7961

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2013) The specter of authoritarian liberalism: reflections on the constitutional crisis of the European Union German Law Journal, 14 (5). 527-560. ISSN 2071-8322

2012

Wilkinson, Michael (2012) Between freedom and law: Hannah Arendt on the promise of modern revolution and the burden of the tradition In: Goldoni, Marco and McCorkindale, Christopher, (eds.) Hannah Arendt and the Law. Law and practical reason (4). Hart, Oxford, UK, 35-58. ISBN 9781849461436

Wilkinson, Michael (2012) Book review: a polity which fails to place a holistic political ethics at the heart of its deliberations cannot endure LSE Review of Books (22 Aug 2012) Blog entry

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2012) Dewey's 'democracy without politics': on the failures of liberalism and the frustrations of experimentalism Contemporary Pragmatism, 9 (2). 117-142. ISSN 1572-3429

2011

Wilkinson, Michael (2011) Between freedom and law: Hannah Arendt on the promise of modern revolution and the burden of ‘the tradition’ LSE law, society and economy working papers, 5-2011 . Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2010

Wilkinson, Michael (2010) Three conceptions of law: towards a jurisprudence of democratic experimentalism Wisconsin Law Review, 2010 (2). 673. ISSN 0043-650X

Wilkinson, Michael A. (2010) Is law morally risky?: alienation, acceptance and Hart's concept of law Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 30 (3). 441-466. ISSN 0143-6503

2007

Wilkinson, Michael (2007) Between constitutionalism and democratic experimentalism? Law and new governance in the EU and the US Modern Law Review, 70 (4). 680-700. ISSN 0026-7961

2005

Wilkinson, Michael (2005) Who's afraid of a European constitution? European Law Review, 30 (2). 297-313. ISSN 0307-5400

2003

Wilkinson, Michael (2003) Civil society and the re-imagination of European constitutionalism European Law Journal, 9 (4). 591. ISSN 1351-5993

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Awards

Rudolph Schlesinger Scholar, Cornell Law School (2007); EU-US Fulbright Scholar, Columbia University and NYU Law Schools (2004-05)

Short bio >

Mike Wilkinson, lecturer in law at LSE, studied at University College London, the College of Europe, Bruges, and completed a PhD at the European University Institute, Florence, on ‘The Idea of Postnational Constitutionalism’. Prior to taking up his post at LSE in September 2007, Mike was lecturer at Manchester University, EU-US Fulbright Research Fellow at Columbia and NYU and was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2000. He has also taught at Cornell University as adjunct professor of law.

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