Professor Theodore Konstadinides
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874273
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Location
5S.4.9A, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
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Profile
Biography
Theodore joined the Law School as a Senior Lecturer in 2016, and has been Professor of Law since 2018. His research and teaching interests lie broadly in the field of constitutional and administrative law, EU Law and constitutional theory. He has written on a number of issues, primarily on principles of constitutionalism such as the separation of powers and the rule of law. The European context in which public law develops, including where competence lies, how the EU's competences are used and what that means for national sovereignty are key areas of Theodore's research. Theodore has previously taught at the University College London and the University of Surrey. He has been a visiting professor at various institutions and a research fellow, most recently at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London and the Centre for European Law at Kings College London. He advised the European Scrutiny Committee of the House of Commons and acted consultant for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the Government's Balance of Competence Review prior to the 2016 UK-EU referendum. He has also undertaken twice (in 2014 and 2018) research on the constitutional challenges in the European Monetary Union funded by the European Central Bank. Since the beginning of 2022 he has been working together with Dr Nikos Vogiatzis on an empirical project funded by the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman looking into how the provincial ombud offices in Canada perceive their role and contribution to constitutional principles. Theodore is currently senior editor of the Nordic Journal of European Law based at Lund University's Faculty of Law. He is the author of three monographs. His first book entitled 'Division of Powers in EU Law' was quoted by Advocate General Tanchev of the Court of Justice of the EU in Case C-414/16 Egenberger (2017) concerning the extent to which occupational requirements of religious organisations may be judicially reviewed. His most recent book on the 'Rule of Law in the European Union' has been reviewed in the European Human Rights Law Review (2018), the European Law Review (2019) and Public Law (2019) where it has been described as 'a fundamental doctrinal input to the dialectic exercise surrounding rule of law debates'. Theodore is currently working on a new monograph entitled 'The UK Constitution and Foreign Affairs' which will be published by Oxford University Press. The aim of the book is to explore the separation of powers and especially the constitutional limits to executive power in the conduct of foreign policy. He is also working on a piece about judicial independence in the UK after Brexit which follows up from his work as national rapporteur for the UK at the congress of the International Federation of European Law (FIDE 2021) on the role of national courts in the EU legal order. Theodore is currently supervising two PhD students: Mr Abdullah Almajed working on judicial review in Saudi Arabia and Miss Amelie Godfrey researching the constitutional protection of derivative citizenship rights in the UK after Brexit. He welcomes approaches for supervision.
Qualifications
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LLB Qld University of Kent,
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LLM University of Kent,
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PhD in Law University College London,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Constitutional concepts: such as the rule of law, constitutional identity and sovereignty
The constitutional ramifications of the UK's departure from the European Union
European and comparative constitutional law
EU external relations: esp. EU implied powers; Security policy and the relationship between EU and public international law
Human rights law: Effective judicial protection of EU and ECHR rights and national remedies
Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative
Administrative Justice, Constitutional and Public Law, Social Justice, Judicial Review.
Conferences and presentations
FIDE 2020 National Rapporteur
Invited presentation, International Federation of European Law Congress (FIDE) 2020, International Federation of European Law Congress (FIDE) 2020, The Hague, Netherlands, 21/5/2020
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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The Protection of Human Rights in the UK (LW244)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (22)
Konstadinides, T. and Karatzia, A., (2019). The legal nature and character of Memoranda of Understanding as instruments used by the European Central Bank. European Law Review. 44 (4), 444-464
Konstadinides, T., (2019). Judicial independence and the Rule of Law in the context of non-execution of a European Arrest Warrant: LM. Common Market Law Review. 56 (3), 743-769
Konstadinides, T. and Dyson, T., (2016). Enhancing Energy Security in the European Union: Pathways to Reduce Europe?s Dependence on Russian Gas Imports. European Law Review. 41 (4), 535-556
Konstadinides, T., (2016). The Meso Level: Means of Interaction between EU and International Law: Customary International Law as a Source of EU Law: A Two-Way Fertilization Route?. Yearbook of European Law. 35 (1), 513-532
Konstadinides, T., (2015). Dealing with Parallel Universes: Antinomies of Sovereignty and the Protection of National Identity in European Judicial Discourse. Yearbook of European Law. 34 (1), 127-169
Konstadinides, T., (2015). In the Union of Wine: Loose Ends in the Relationship between the European Union and the Member States in the Field of External Representation. European Public Law. 21 (4), 679-689
Konstadinides, T., (2014). EU foreign policy under the doctrine of implied powers: Codification drawbacks and constitutional limitations. European Law Review. 39 (4), 511-530
Herlin-Karnell, E. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). EU Constitutional Principles as Housekeeping Rules in EU External Variable Geometry
Herlin-Karnell, E. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). The Rise and Expressions of Consistency in EU Law: Legal and Strategic Implications for European Integration. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. 15, 139-167
Konstadinides, T., (2013). Civil Protection Cooperation in EU Law: Is There Room for Solidarity to Wriggle Past?. European Law Journal. 19 (2), 267-282
Konstadinides, T., (2012). Drawing the Line between Circumvention and Gap-Filling: An Exploration of the Conceptual Limits Around the Scope of Article 352 TFEU. Yearbook of European Law. 31 (1), 1-1
Konstadinides, T., (2012). When in Europe: Customary International Law and EU Competence in the Sphere of External Action
Konstadinides, T., (2012). Mass Surveillance and Data Protection in EU Law: The Data Retention Directive Saga
Konstadinides, T., (2011). Constitutional Identity as a Shield and as a Sword: The European Legal Order Within the Framework of National Constitutional Settlement. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. 13
Konstadinides, T., (2011). Destroying democracy on the ground of defending It? the Data Retention Directive, the surveillance state and our constitutional ecosystem. European Law Review. 36 (5), 722-736
Konstadinides, T., (2010). La fraternité européenne? The extent of national competence to condition the acquisition and loss of nationality from the perspective of EU citizenship. European Law Review. 35 (3), 401-414
Konstadinides, T., (2010). Wavering between centres of gravity: Comment on Ireland v Parliament and Council. EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW. 35 (1), 88-102
Konstadinides, T., (2009). Wavering between the Centre of Gravity in Internal Market Harmonization Legislation and the Borderline between the Different Pillars in the EU Treaty. European Law Review. 35 (1), 88-102
Konstadinides, T., (2008). Citizenship within the Scope Ratione Materiae of Community Law: The Current Approach of the Court of Justice. European Current Law XI-XV. 4
Konstadinides, T., (2007). The Perils of the ‘Europeanisation’ of Extradition Procedures in the EU Mutuality, Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Guarantees. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. 14 (2), 179-200
Konstadinides, T., (2004). The Element of Conditionality in the Pre-Accession Strategy of the East and Central East European Enlargement. Common Law Review Prague. 12
Konstadinides, T., (2003). Now and Then: Fischer's Core Europe in the Aftermath of the Collapse of December 2003 Constitutional Talks. Irish Journal of European Law. 11 (1), 117-117
Books (7)
Konstadinides, T., (2024). The Constitution and the conduct of foreign affairs in the UK. Oxford University Press
Konstadinides, T., (2017). The Rule of Law in the European Union The Internal Dimension. Hart Publishing Limited. 1849464707. 9781849464703
(2016). Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. 1783473304. 9781783473304
(2014). Human Rights Law in Europe. Routledge. 1138204552. 9780203538029
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Springer. 1137281308. 9781137281302
Konstadinides, T., (2012). Division of Powers in European Union Law: The Delimitation of Internal Competence between the EU and the Member States. Kluwer Law International. 9041126155. 9789041126153
Eckes, C. and Konstadinides, T., (2011). Crime Within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: A European Public Order. Cambridge University Press. 113949547X. 9781139495479
Book chapters (21)
Konstadinides, T. and Karatzia, A., FIDE XXIX Congress 2020 National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law: UK Report. In: The XXIX FIDE Congress in The Hague, 2020 Congress Publications, Vol. 1. Editors: Botman, MR. and Langer, J., . Eleven International Publishing. 493- 508. 9789462361287
Konstadinides, T., (2022). 'Comment on Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston in Case C-240/09 Slovak Bears'. In: Shaping EU Law the British Way: UK Advocates General at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Editors: Butler, G. and Lazowski, A., . Edward Elgar Publishing
Konstadinides, T. and Sallustio, R., (2022). What about our constitutional requirements? Revisiting the decision of the UK to withdraw from the EU. In: Research Handbook on Legal Aspects of Brexit. Editors: Cygan, A. and Lazowski, A., . Edward Elgar. 978 1 80037 313 6
Konstadinides, T., (2022). The Rule of Law as the Constitutional Foundation of the General Principles of EU Law. In: Research Handbook on General Principles of EU Law: Constructing Legal Orders in Europe. Editors: Ziegler, K., Neuvonen, P. and Moreno-Lax, V., . Edward Elgar Publishing. 287- 307. 978 1 78471 237 2
Konstadinides, T., (2021). 'Member States as Trustees of the European Union in International Organisations: International Organisation of Vine and Wine (O.I.V)’. In: EU External Relations Law: The Case in Context. Editors: Butler, G. and Wessel, R., . Hart Publishing
Konstadinides, T. and Xanthopoulou, E., (2020). International Fight against Impunity and EU Counter-Terrorism Law: The Case of Foreign Terrorist Fighters. In: The Fight Against Impunity in EU Law. Hart Publishing. 1509926887. 9781509926886
Konstadinides, T. and Mantzari, D., (2018). The Nexus between EU Common Foreign & Security Policy and Energy Policy. In: Research Handbook in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. Editors: Blockmans, S. and Koutrakos, P., . Edward Elgar Publishing. 331- 353. 978-1785364075
Konstadinides, T., (2018). The Competences of the European Union. In: The Oxford Principles of European Union Law, Vol. 1: The European Union Legal Order. Editors: Schütze, R. and Tridimas, T., . Oxford University Press. 9780199533770
Konstadinides, T., (2016). EU Law and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: a tale of legal competence and political competency. In: Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law. Editors: Mitsilegas, V., Bergström, M. and Konstadinides, T., . Edward Elgar Publishing. 567- 579. 9781783473304
Mitsilegas, V., Bergström, M. and Konstadinides, T., (2016). Introduction. In: Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law. 1- 6. 9781783473304
Konstadinides, T. and O'Meara, N., (2014). Protection of Procedural and Substantive Rights in the EU and the ECHR: Introduction. In: Human Rights Law in Europe: The influence, overlaps and contradictions of the EU and the ECHR. Editors: Dzehtsiarou, K., Lock, T., O’Meara, N. and Konstadinides, T., . Routledge. 9780415825993
Konstadinides, T. and O'Meara, N., (2014). Rebalancing Judicial Protection in Criminal Matters after Lisbon and Stockholm. In: EU Security and Justice Law: After Lisbon and Stockholm. Editors: Arcarazo, DA. and Murphy, CC., . Hart Publishing. 77- 91. 9781849464222
Konstadinides, T., (2014). Mass Surveillance and Data Protection in EU Law: The Data Retention Directive Saga. In: European Police and Criminal Law Cooperation. Editors: Bergström, M. and Jonsson Cornell, AJ., . Hart Publishing. 9781782251491
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). The Legal Underpinnings of European Defence Cooperation. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 56- 85. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). Theoretical Contestation on European Defence Cooperation. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 113- 135. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). Introduction. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 1- 6. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). The Application of EU Law in Defence Collaboration and Armament Procurement. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 86- 112. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). Explaining European Defence Cooperation. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 136- 170. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). Mapping European Defence Cooperation. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 7- 55. 9781349448111
Dyson, T. and Konstadinides, T., (2013). Conclusions. In: European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 171- 180. 9781349448111
Konstadinides, T., (2011). The Europeanisation of extradition: How many light years away to mutual confidence?. In: Crime within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: A European Public Order. Editors: Eckes, C. and Konstadinides, T., . Cambridge University Press. 191- 223. 9780511751219
Reports and Papers (1)
Konstadinides, T., (2018). The role of Parliament in the Constitution inquiry
Other (2)
Karapapa, S., Karatzia, A., Konstadinides, T. and O'Connor, N., (2020).Response to the consultation by the Ministry of Justice on the departure from retained EU case law by UK courts and tribunals,University of Essex, School of Law
Dzehtsiarou, K., Baker, RRB., Fontanelli, F., Ioannidou, M., Jago, R., Konstadinides, T. and Sarvarian, A., (2015).Family Visits for Life Long Prisoners: Written Comments in Khoroshenko v Russia. SSRN Electronic Journal,SSRN
Grants and funding
2022
Provincial Ombud Offices in Canada and fundamental constitutional principles: An empirical study
Forum of Canadian Ombudsman
Policy paper on 'European Citizenship revisited: A constitutional analysis of the transition from free movement rights to citizenship rights'
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)
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