Dr Thomas Webb

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

Tom is interested in administrative justice in the field of mental health, particularly the work of Hospital Manager Panels and the Mental Health Tribunal.

Tom is also interested in systems theory approaches to law, particularly complexity theory and autopoiesis.

Selected Publications

Who should exercise the Hospital Managers’ Discharge Power under s.23, Mental Health Act 1983?
Webb, T. 21/06/2024 In: Public Law. 2024, July, p. 505-527. 23 p.
Journal article

Essential Cases: Public Law (6th ed)
Webb, T. 1/09/2023 6th ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780191995729 . Electronic ISBN: 9780191995729 .
Book

Local, democratic community justice in the Mental Health Act 1983
Webb, T. 30/09/2023 In: Legal Studies. 43, 3, p. 523-542. 20 p.
Journal article

Uninformed Reform: The Attempt to Abolish the Hospital Managers' Section 23 Discharge Power Under the Mental Health Act 1983
Webb, T.E. 1/02/2019 In: Medical Law Review. 27, 1, p. 79–107. 29 p.
Journal article

Vulnerable bodies, vulnerable systems
Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, A., Webb, T. 12/2015 In: International Journal of Law in Context. 11, 4, p. 444-461. 18 p.
Journal article

Complexity theory & law: mapping an emergent jurisprudence
Murray, J., Webb, T.E., Wheatley, S.M. 30/07/2018 London : Routledge. 288 p. ISBN: 9780415786096. Electronic ISBN: 9781315158976.
Book

Tracing an outline of legal complexity
Webb, T. 12/2014 In: Ratio Juris. 27, 4, p. 477-495. 19 p.
Journal article

Searching for the Community in the Mental Health Act 1983 - Hospital Manager Panels, Local Justice and Legitimacy
02/01/2024 → 31/12/2024
Research

OUP Public Law Teaching Related Outputs
01/10/2017 → …
Other

Essential Cases: Public Law
03/10/2016 → 03/10/2017
Other

OUP Public Law Updates
01/10/2015 → …
Other

Law and Systems Theory Network
02/05/2011 → 02/05/2014
Research

The Mental Health Act at 40
Participation in conference - Academic

Delegating Discharge Powers and Community Review in the Mental Health Act 1983
Oral presentation

Mental Health Law Association - Hospital Manager Hearings
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Resilience and the Vulnerability of the Legal System
Invited talk

A community-based safeguard? Findings of a Freedom of Information Act 2000 Study into the Demographics of Associate Hospital Managers.
Invited talk

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 as a Research Tool in the Social Sciences
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Mapping the Hospital Managers’ Discharge Power using the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Invited talk

Legal Complexity, Myth and Certainty
Oral presentation

A postcode lottery? Initial Findings of a Freedom of Information Act 2000 study on the Administration of the s.23 Hospital Managers’ Discharge Power.
Oral presentation

Complexity theory and liberty safeguards in the Mental Health Act 1983
Invited talk

The implications of complexity thinking: Where do we go from here?
Invited talk

Thinking about complexity and law in mental health
Invited talk

Should the Mental Health Act 1983 s.23 Hospital Manager Discharge Power be Retained?
Oral presentation

Swept Along by the Winds of Change: The History of the Hospital Managers’ Discharge Power
Oral presentation

Lay Justice and Discharge from Compulsory Mental Health Care
Oral presentation

Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2016
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Heirs to Luhmann Workshops: Vulnerability Across Bodies and Systems
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

A Jurisprudence of Complexity? Rethinking the Relationship between Law and Society
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Constitutional Conventions Symposium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

LSA Annual Conference 2015, Seattle
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SLSA Annual Conference 2015, Warwick
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Socio-Legal Studies Association (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Social and Legal Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity

Stretching Luhmann
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Social and Legal Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity

Complexity and the law
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Journal of Politics and Law (Journal)
Editorial activity

SLSA Annual Conference 2013 - Systems Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SLSA Annual Conference 2013 - Systems Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2016
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Socio-legal conversations across systems in a world in crisis
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

SLSA Annual Conference 2012 - Systems Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SLSA Annual Conference 2012 - Systems Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SLSA Annual Conference 2011 - Systems Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SLSA Annual Conference 2010 - Administrative Law Stream
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

  • Centre for Law and Society
  • FASS Health Hub