Dr. Craig Prescott is an expert in UK Constitutional Law and politics, with a particular focus on the monarchy, Parliament, devolution and Brexit. Dr. Prescott frequently appears in the media discussing royal affairs as well as constitutional and political matters. His blog is available at www.craigprescott.com.

Dr. Prescott joined Bangor University in 2020. Previously he has taught at King's College London, The University of Manchester, and the University of Winchester. At the latter, he founded the Centre for Parliament and Public Law.

With Dr. John Stanton, City, University of London, Dr. Prescott is the co-author of Public Law, a textbook published by Oxford University Press. A third edition is due for publication in 2021.

Dr. Prescott also has an interest in Sports Law, particularly, the governance of sport, anti-doping, and the FIFA Regulations and the Status and Transfer of Players. Dr Prescott has taught Sports Law at Birkbeck College and is introducing this subject to Bangor in 2021-22.

Dr. Prescott welcomes inquiries from potential postgraduate research on all matters of UK Constitutional Law and politics as well as Sports Law.

Email: c.prescott@bangor.ac.uk

In 2021/22 Dr. Prescott is teaching the following modules:

Undergraduate

• SXL2110/3210 EU Law
• SXL2140/3140 Sports Law

Postgraduate

• SXL-4009 Legal Research Methods
• SXL-4300 Dissertation

Previous modules he has taught at other institutions include Constitutional and Administrative Law, Equity & Trusts and Land Law.

Dr. Prescott's current research is focused on the following:

• The future direction of the monarchy, and its continuing place in politics and the constitution.
  
  
• The operation of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, and its replacement - the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill currently before Parliament.
  
  
• The future of the Union of the UK after Covid and Brexit. 
  
  
• The emergence of Football Law as a specialism within the broader field of Sports Law.

Current Research Interests

Dr. Prescott's current research is focused on the following:

• The future direction of the monarchy, and its continuing place in politics and the constitution.
  
  
• The operation of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, and its replacement - the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill currently before Parliament.
  
  
• The future of the Union of the UK after Covid and Brexit. 
  
  
• The emergence of Football Law as a specialism within the broader field of Sports Law.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books

• John Stanton & Craig Prescott, Public Law (2^nd edn, OUP 2020).
  
  
• John Stanton & Craig Prescott, Public Law (OUP 2018).

Journal Articles

• Craig Prescott, Manuela Pilato & Claudio Bellia, ‘Geographical Indications in the UK After Brexit: An Uncertain Future?’ (2020) 90 Food Policy 101808.
  
  
• Craig Prescott, ‘Select Committees: Understanding and Regulating the Emergence of the ‘Topical Inquiry’ (2019) 72(4) Parliamentary Affairs 879-902.

Written Evidence to Select Committees

• Select Committees and Contempts - House of Commons Committee of Privileges submitted in June 2021 to be published by the Committee.
   
• Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - House of Lords Constitution Committee cited in the Committee’s report at paras 24, 59, 76, 94, 96, and 126.
  
  
• Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 cited in the Committee’s report at paras 20 and 158.
  
  
• Effectiveness of Select Committees - House of Commons Liaison Committee cited in the Committee’s report at paras 17 and 18 as the basis of a specific recommendation to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and the powers of select committees.
  
  
• Status of Resolutions of the House of Commons - House of Commons Public Administration Committee
  
  
• Lessons Learned from the EU Referendum – House of Commons Public Administration & Constitutional Affairs Committee cited in the Committee’s report at para 20).

Other Publications

• ‘Harry and Meghan, Regency, Counsellors of State and a “Slimmed Down” Royal Family’
  UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (21st Jan 2020) (available at https://ukconstitutionallaw.org).
  
  
• ‘Why Sir Philip Rutman’s resignation matters when considering the response to COVID-19’ 
  LSE Politics and Policy Blog (2nd March 2020) (available at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/).
  
  
• ‘The modern monarchy and prorogation: clearer rules are required’ 
  Democratic Audit (17th September 2019) (available at https://www.democraticaudit.com/. 
  
  
• ‘La regina unisce un regno disunito dal Brexit’  (The Queen & Brexit)
  Limes Magazine (5/19, June 2019) (originally in Italian, English version available at craigprescott.com).
  
  
• ‘A “Snap” General Election? It’s Far from a Certainty’.
  UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (13th July 2016) (available at https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/).
  
  
• ‘Conference Report: Prisoner Voting and the Constitution, UCL’.
  UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (9th July 2014) (available at https://ukconstitutionallaw.org). 
  
  
• ‘“Interdisciplinary Uncertainty” – A Report from Conference on the Teaching of Public Law.
  UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (2nd July 2013) (available at https://ukconstitutionallaw.org).
  
  
• ‘The Union, Constitutional Change and Constitutional Conventions (and English Regionalism?)’ 
  UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (3rd April 2013)  (available at https://ukconstitutionallaw.org).
  
  
• ‘Fundamental Principles of EU Law’ in David Vaughan QC (ed) Manual on EU Law for Romanian Judiciary, The Slynn Foundation (2008).

Conference Contributions and Other Presentations

• ‘The Burns Report on the Size of the House of Lords: Using Parliamentary Privilege to Informally Repeal an Act of Parliament?’ 
  Political Studies Association International Conference 2019, Nottingham, April 2019.
  
  
• ‘Introduction to the WADA Anti-Doping Code’. 
  Guest Lecture, UCFB Wembley Stadium, London, February 2019.
  
  
• ‘Brexit: 5 Questions’

  Keynote Speech, Winchester Scholars Conference, University of Winchester, February 2019.
  
  
• ‘Brexit, the Union and English Parliament, are “Common Frameworks” the answer?’
Routes to an English Parliament Conference, Centre for Parliament and Public Law and Centre for English Identity & Politics, University of Winchester, Winchester Cathedral, January 2019.
  
  
• ‘Modern Monarchy: State and Nation' 
  Constitutional Law Seminar Series, City, University of London, February 2018 (text available at https://papers.ssrn.com/).
  
  
• ‘Brexit: The Withdrawal Bill - A Drama on Many (Legislative) Stages’ 
  Public Seminar, University of Winchester, December 2017.
  
  
• ‘When Statutory Silence is Deafening: The Binding Nature of Referendums in the UK’ Society of Legal Scholars Conference, University College Dublin, September 2017.
  
  
• ‘When Statutory Silence is Deafening: The Binding Nature of the Brexit Referendum’ Research and Knowledge Exchange Symposium, University of Winchester, April 2017.
  
  
• ‘Brexit: What Next?’ 
  Public Lecture, University of Winchester, December 2016 (available at https://www.youtube.com/).
  
  
• ‘Modern Monarchy: Brexit and English Identity’ 
  Expertise in English Issues Event, University of Winchester, September 2016.
  
  
• ‘Legal and Constitutional Implications of the EU “In or Out” Referendum’ 
  England in the EU Conference, University of Winchester, April 2016.
  
  
• ‘Informal Constitutional Change: Pulling Iraq Up from Its Bootstraps’
  ‘Who Takes Britain to War?’ Conference, University of Leicester, April 2016.
  
  
• ‘Brexit: A Legal and Political Perspective’, 
  Boston College, University of Notre Dame London Campus, March 2016.

•  ‘Cameron’s Methodology of Constitutional Change’ 
  2015 UK Constitutional Law Association Conference at the University of Manchester, September 2016.