Tony Prosser

Visiting professor, European Law and Economic Analysis

Professor at the College of Europe since 2009. Professor of Public Law at the University of Bristol since 2002. Previously John Millar Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and lecturer at the University of Hull.

His main research interests are in Public Law relating to privatisation and regulation, especially regulation of public utilities and of broadcasting. His most recent book is The Limits of Competition Law (OUP, 2005), and he is now working on different social and economic models of regulation. He is also a participant in a major European project on Reflexive Governance, in particular in relation to services of general interest. His teaching interests are in the areas of law and government, law and the economy, and social and legal theory.

His recent publications include 'Regulatory Agencies, Regulatory Legitimacy and European Private Law' in Making European Private Law: Governance Design (2008, Edward Algar) and 'Regulation, Markets and Legitimacy' in The Changing Constitution (2007, 6th ed., Oxford University Press).

Forthcoming publication: 'The Regulatory Enterprise' (Oxford University Press) examining social and economic regulatory institutions.