Philip Bobbitt
American legal scholar (born 1948)
Summary
Sir Philip Chase Bobbitt is an American legal scholar and political theorist. He is best known for work on U.S. constitutional law and theory, and on the relationship between law, strategy and history in creating and sustaining the State. He is currently the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School and a distinguished senior lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law.
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Reverted my reversion. As the editor kindly pointed out, Sir Philip acquired dual citizenship and King Charles changed his knighthood to be substantive.
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1341700050|1341700050]] by [[Special:Contributions/512215hgh|512215hgh]] ([[User talk:512215hgh|talk]]) I had a discussion with the person who submitted this. The Gazette is the official UK public record, and it says honorary knighthoods are not entitled to use Sir.
In 2021 Bobbitt was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. The appointment was made substantive on 11 June 2024 by King Charles III, conferring the prenominal title 'Sir'
As per the Gazette (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/103441) those with honorary knighthoods are not entitled to use "sir"
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