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Qualifications BA LLB (Hons), PhD (ANU)
Biography Professor Fiona Wheeler joined the Faculty in November 1990. Her teaching responsibilities have included Property, Constitutional Law and Foundations of Australian Law. Prior to her appointment to the Australian National University she was Associate to the Honourable Justice Mary Gaudron, High Court of Australia (1989–90).
Scholarly Interests Constitutional Law, Courts and the judicial system.
Recent Publications

'McTiernan, Sir Edward Aloysius' (with John Williams) in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 18 (forthcoming)

'The Separation of Judicial Power and Progressive Interpretation' in Peter Gerangelos and HP Lee (eds), Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent (2009) Federation Press, Sydney (forthcoming)

'Commonwealth Power over Infrastructure: Constitutional Tools for National Economic Regulation' (2007) 2 Public Policy 195-209

'"Restrained Activism" in the High Court of Australia' (with John Williams) in Brice Dickson (ed), Judicial Activism in Common Law Supreme Courts (2007) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 19-67

'BLF v Minister for Industrial Relations: The Limits of State Legislative and Judicial Power' in George Winterton (ed), State Constitutional Landmarks (2006) Federation Press, Sydney, 362-389

'Family Law and the Constitution' (2006) 18 LegalDate 1-2

'The Kable Doctrine and State Legislative Power Over State Courts' (2005) 20 Australasian Parliamentary Review 15-30

 
Name Fiona Wheeler
Head of School
Room 217
Tel 6125 4167
Fax 6125 3971
Email Fiona.Wheeler@anu.edu.au
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