about
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Law and Legal Theory at the University of Surrey School of Law. I am also:
- a member of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy,
- a Research Associate of the University of Oxford Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, and
- a Research Associate of the University of Oxford Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government.
Previously, I taught Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, European Union Law and Roman Law at the University of Oxford. I was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne.
I specialise in law & technology, public law (constitutional and administrative law), and in legal theory (philosophy of law).
As a former computer programmer, I am interested in connections between law and technology, both from practical and philosophical perspectives. Some of my current research projects include:
- law and policy solutions to problems of data security (cybersecurity) and privacy,
- using machine learning for predictive analytics in UK law (predicting court case outcomes).
I am also pursuing projects on Brexit (disentangling UK and European Union law, constitutional consequences of Brexit) and on the role of fundamental rights and principles in statutory interpretation.
I published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, the Law Quarterly Review, Public Law, Notre Dame Law Review Online and in several edited collections. I also blog (e.g., at the UK Constitutional Law Blog and at I·CONnect ). (For details see my Publications page.)
How to pronounce my name
- [mʲiˈkɔwaj] or simply [me-koh-why]
Contact
- The School of Law, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
- m.barczentewicz[to-delete]@
surrey[to-delete].ac.uk
My other online places
Selected Publications
- ‘The Illuminati Problem and Rules of Recognition’ (2018) 38 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 500–527 SSRN Oxford University Press
- ‘Judicial Duty Not to Apply EU Law’ (2017) 133 Law Quarterly Review 469 SSRN Westlaw UK