Professor Philip Lord Norton of Louth

Professor Philip Lord Norton of Louth

Professor

+44 (0)1482 465863 | P.Norton@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
  • Department of Politics

Related groups

  • Politics

Summary

Lord Norton of Louth (Philip Norton) has been described as the UK's greatest living expert on Parliament. He is the Professor of Government, and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, at the University of Hull. Lord Norton was appointed to his chair in 1986, making him at the time the youngest professor of politics in the UK. He is the author or editor of 32 books, including The British Polity, now in its fifth edition and Politics UK, with Bill Jones, now in its eighth edition. He was elevated to the peerage in 1998.

Recent outputs

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Book

Governing Britain: Parliament, ministers and our ambiguous constitution

Norton, P. (2020). Governing Britain: Parliament, ministers and our ambiguous constitution. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526150240

Politics UK

B. Jones, P. Norton, & O. Daddow (Eds.), (2018). Politics UK

Book Chapter

Relationship Between the Two Houses

Lord Norton of Louth, P., & Maer, L. (2018). Relationship Between the Two Houses. In A. Horne, & G. Drewry (Eds.), Parliament and the Law, 125-46. (2nd). Oxford: Hart Publishing

Journal Article

Post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament: adding value

Norton, P. (in press). Post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament: adding value. Journal of Legislative Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2019.1633778

Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures

Norton, P. (2019). Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures. Parliamentary affairs, 72(2), 245–266. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsy018

Postgraduate supervision

Lord Norton welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in working in the following areas. - Legislative studies - Comparative legislatures - UK Parliament - Conservative Party Completed PhDs Since 2000: Ernest Darfour (2017), Wenbo Chen (2015), Webster Kameme (2015), Xingian Yan (2013), Louise Thompson (2013), Lucy Grant (2010), Pedram Saeid (2010), Mandana Naini (2010), Kaifala Marah (2010), Hassan Vakilian (2009), Jose Abel Rivera Sanchez (2001), Cristina Leston-Bandeira (2000).

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