Teaching
I teach these papers for Oxford undergraduates
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Prelims
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Introduction to the Practice of Politics
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Final Honour Schools
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Comparative Government
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British Politics and Government, 1900-present
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Modern British Government
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Government and Politics of the United States
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Research
My research interests include:
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History of Constitutions, Institutions and Government
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Law and Religion
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Religion, Politics and the Constitution in the United Kingdom
Publications
Books
2013
Peterson, S. and McLean, I. Legally Married: Love and law in the UK and US (Edinburgh University Press).
Journal Articles
2021
McLean, I. and Peterson, S. “Of Crises, Constitutionalism and Irresponsible Advisers”, The Political Quarterly, 92(2), pp. 331–342.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12985
Peterson, S. “Heresthetic and Strategic Choice in a Constitutional Moment: The Abdication of Edward VIII” British Politics.
Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-021-00178-4.
2014
Peterson, S. and McLean, I. “Transitional Constitutionalism in the United Kingdom”, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 3(4), pp. 1113–1135.
Available at https://doi.org/10.7574/cjicl.03.04.282
2011
McLean, I. and Peterson, S. “Entrenching the Establishment and Free Exercise of Religion in the Written U.K. Constitution”, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 9(1), pp. 230–250.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/mor027
2010
McLean, I. and Peterson, S. “Adam Smith at the Constitutional Convention” Loyola Law Review 56(1), 95–133.
2009
Peterson, S. “Rational Choice, Religion, and the Marketplace: Where Does Adam Smith Fit In?”, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(1), pp. 185–192.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01438.x
2007
Peterson, S. and McLean, I. “Of Wheat, the Church in Wales And The West Lothian Question”, The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 23(3), pp. 151–174.
Available at https://doi.org/10.16922/whr.23.3.6
2006
Cranmer, F. and Peterson, S. “Employment, Sex Discrimination and The Churches: The Percy Case”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 8(39), pp. 392–405.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x00006694
2005
Peterson, S. “Beerheide v Suthers: A Case Study Concerning Religion in Prisons in the USA”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 8(36), pp. 67–73.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x00006013
Book Chapters
2016
Mclean, I. and Peterson, S. “Religious freedom and anti-discrimination in Europe and the US: generally applicable laws and possible exemptions”, in A. Carling (ed.) The Social Equality of Religion or Belief. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 68–79.
2011
Mclean, I. and Peterson, S. “A Uniform British Establishment”, in M. Chapman, J. Maltby, and W. Whyte (eds.) The established church: past, present and future. T & T Clark, pp. 141–157.
2009
Morris, R. (ed.) “Church and State in 21st Century Britain”, in. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234376
Book Reviews
2020
Peterson, S. “The Cambridge Companion to the First Amendment and Religious Liberty. Edited by Michael D. Breidenbach and Owen Anderson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 456pp. $39.99 paper”, Journal of Church and State, 63(1), pp. 135–137.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/csaa087
2015
Peterson, S. (2015) “Religion in Public Spaces: A European Perspective. Edited by Silvio Ferrari and Sabrina Pastorelli. Ashgate, Farnham, 2012, 384 pp (hardback £70) ISBN: 978-1-4094-5058-0”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 17(1), pp. 102–103.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x14001070
2011
Peterson, S. (2011) “National Religion and the Prayer Book Controversy, 1927–1928 – By John Maiden”, Parliamentary History, 30(2), pp. 279–280.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00271_13.x
Peterson, S. (2011) “Crown Rights of the Redeemer: The spiritual freedom of the Church of Scotland. Marjory Maclean. St Andrew Press, Edinburgh, 2009, 224 pp (£25.00) ISBN: 978-0-7152-0877-9”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 13(2), pp. 239–241.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x11000147
2010
Peterson, S. (2010) “Law and Faith in a Secular Age. Anthony Bradney. Routledge-Cavendish, Abingdon, 2009, 177 pp (hardback £75.00) ISBN: 10 1-904385-73-7”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 12(2), pp. 248–250.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x10000189
2009
Peterson, S. (2009) “Religion and the Constitution: Establishment and Fairness. Kent Greenawalt. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ and Oxford, 2008, x + 555 pp (hardback £32.50) ISBN: 978-0-691-12583-1; (paperback £16 95) ISBN: 978-0-691-14114-5”, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 11(2), pp. 229–231.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x09002087
