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Staff Profile

Dr Adam Rowe

Lecturer in Constitutional Law

Background

Adam completed his undergraduate LLB degree in Law at Newcastle University, following which he was awarded an LLM with distinction in International Law. He completed his PhD at Durham University with no corrections.


Adam’s research spans the intersection between philosophy, public law, public international law, and history. His current work concentrates, first, on developing a Nietzschean philosophy of western legal/political theory, with a particular focus on theorising the nature of Critical and Postcritical scholarship. His upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of a Global Order: Nietzsche, Sovereignty, and the Power of Nihilism, is due to be published with Routledge in December 2026. Second, he is researching the period of the Napoleonic Empire and its connections to / legacy for public law, international public law and international relations. His previous work in this period has explored the exiling of Napoleon I and its connection to the theorisation of sovereignty at the beginning of the 19th century century. Currently, Adam is researching the French invasion of Egypt and the discourse of Oriental despotism, as well as, in collaboration with Dr Ruth Houghton, the constitutional thought of Madame de Stael.

Teaching
  • Constitutional Law
  • Administrative Law and Human Rights
Publications