Julian Sempill

The Rule of Law and the Rule of Men: History, Legacy, Obscurity

Julian Sempill

Journal article  |  2021  |  HAGUE JOURNAL ON THE RULE OF LAW

The distinction between “the rule of law” and “the rule of men” is still in use, after more than two and a half thousand years. It..

Dignity and disobedience

Julian A Sempill

Journal article  |  2020  |  Jurisprudence: an international journal of legal and political thought

It may seem curious that I should go round giving advice like this and busying myself in people’s private affairs, and yet never v..

Against Errors of Intellectual Abstraction: For a Humanist Rule of Law

Julian Sempill

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

Somebody once told me that, in certain intellectual circles, it is the done thing to say that one is re-reading so-and-so, say Pla..

What Rendered Ancient Tyrants Detestable: The Rule of Law and the Constitution of Corporate Power

Julian Sempill

Journal article  |  2018  |  Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

The phrase ‘‘corporate tyranny’’ might seem to be nothing more than empty rhetoric, a muscular slogan with a plausible ring, but o..

Law, Dignity and the Elusive Promise of a Third Way

Julian A Sempill

Journal article  |  2018  |  OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES

What is law's relationship to dignity? In Jeremy Waldron's view, 'There is an implicit commitment to dignity in the tissues and si..

The Lions and the Greatest Part: John Locke and the Constitution of Employer Power

J SEMPILL

Journal article  |  2017  |  Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

On the limited government conception of the Rule of Law, it is axiomatic that the state may only act for the public good according..

Making Law About Power A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University

J SEMPILL

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2016

Ruler's Sword, Citzen's Shield: The Rule of Law & the Constitution of Power

J SEMPILL

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Law and Politics- University of Virginia

Under the Lens: Electronic Workplace Surveillance

J SEMPILL

Journal article  |  2001  |  Australian Journal of Labour Law

Electronic surveillance has become a feature of many Australian workplaces. The first part of this article explores the relationsh..

Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization

N Chomsky, H Dieterich, D Glasbeek, J Sempill

Book  |  1999