Lewis Graham

Lewis Graham is the Law Society Fellow in Law at Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he has taught Jurisprudence, EU Law, and Administrative Law since 2022. He holds Law degrees from Oxford, Bristol, and a Cambridge doctorate. His research focuses on judicial decision-making, apex courts, public law, and human rights, particularly the Human Rights Act and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). He emphasizes empirical legal methods to analyze judicial behavior and institutional dynamics.

His recent publications explore topics like UK Supreme Court restraint in public law cases, ECtHR admissibility strategies, and life imprisonment rulings. His monograph Judicial Individuality on the UK Supreme Court (Hart Publishing) will soon be released. Graham's work spans Public Law, Human Rights Law Review, and International and Comparative Law Quarterly.

His research interests include the intersection of law and politics in UK courts, comparative constitutional review, and transnational human rights enforcement. He has contributed chapters to volumes like Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems (Edward Elgar, 2023) and International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2022).

Graham’s teaching focuses on constitutional and administrative law modules at Oxford, emphasizing critical legal analysis. His research often bridges empirical analysis with doctrinal legal scholarship, offering insights into how courts navigate complex human rights and public law dilemmas.