He reshaped administrative law as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, and his wide-ranging contributions to the literature of public law were consistently incisive and constructive. His style was both elegant and distinctive: like Blackstone – as Jeremy Bentham put it – he spoke the language of the scholar and the gentleman".
In the United Kingdom, he altered administrative law into an academic field and provided substantial insights in public law literature. His writing style was refined and unique, comparable to that of Blackstone, who was recognized as both a scholar and a gentleman by Jeremy Bentham.