Associate Professor
Joshua Neoh
Associate Professor
LLB (ANU), LLM (Yale), PhD (Cambridge)
Employment
Education
Scholarships
Appointments
Current University Positions
Previous Journal Editorial Positions
Previous Visiting Research Positions
Awards
| 2014 | ANU College of Law Education Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning |
Significant research publications
View more publications on the ANU Researchers website
Link to ANU Researchers profile
Books & edited collections
- Joshua Neoh,
Law, Love and Freedom
(Cambridge University Press, 2019), paperback (2021)
- Reviewed in the Cambridge Law Journal, the American Journal of Jurisprudence, the Journal of Church and State, the Journal of Law and Religion, the International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog , the Child and Family Law Quarterly, the Journal of Legal Philosophy, the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, and Jurisprudence
- Winner of the 2021 Penny Pether Prize in Law, Literature, and the Humanities
- Nigel Simmonds and Joshua Neoh, Central Issues in Jurisprudence , 6th ed (Sweet & Maxwell, 2022)
- Jonathan Crowe, Constance Lee and Joshua Neoh (eds), Jurisprudence and Theology: The Australian School (Routledge, 2025)
- Joshua Neoh and Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (eds), Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Zachary Calo, Joshua Neoh and Keith Thompson (eds), Love in Christian Legal Thought (Routledge, 2022)
- Paul Babie, Joshua Neoh, James Krumrey-Quinn and Chong Tsang, Religion and Law in Australia (Kluwer Law International, 2015), 2nd ed (2019), 3rd ed (2022)
- Renata Grossi and Joshua Neoh (eds), Law and Love (Federation Press, 2016) [Special Issue of Law in Context]
Refereed journal articles
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard and Hobbes on the State of Nature (2024) 69 American Journal of Jurisprudence
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard and Schmitt on the State of Exception (2024) 39 Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard's Works of Love (2024) 4 Australian Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaardian Ethics and the Rule of Law (2023) 34 Law and Critique
- Joshua Neoh, Law, Freedom and Slavery (2022) 35 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 223
- Joshua Neoh, Value Pluralism in the Political Form of Roman Catholicism (2022) 23 Political Theology 417
- Joshua Neoh, Political Natural Law (2019) 44 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 117
- Joshua Neoh, The Good of Religion (2019) 93 Australian Law Journal 791
- Joshua Neoh, Law Imprisons, Love Liberates (2018) 30 Law and Literature 221
- Joshua Neoh, Jurisprudence of Love in Paul’s Letter to the Romans (2016) 34 Law in Context 7
- Joshua Neoh, The Rhetoric of Precedent and Fulfillment in the Sermon on the Mount and the Common Law (2016) 12 Law, Culture and the Humanities 419
- Joshua Neoh, Law and Love in Abraham’s Binding of Isaac (2015) 9 Law and Humanities 237
- Joshua Neoh, The Name of God on Trial (2014) 18 Law Text Culture 198
- Ngaire Naffine and Joshua Neoh, Fictions and Myths in PGA v The Queen (2013) 38 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 32
- Joshua Neoh, Text, Doctrine and Tradition in Law and Religion (2013) 2 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 175
- Joshua Neoh, Legitimacy of the Common Law in Post-Colonial Malaysia [2010] LAWASIA 59
- Joshua Neoh, Islamic State and the Common Law in Malaysia (2008) 8 Global Jurist
Book chapters
- Joshua Neoh and Liam Sandison, ‘Dworkin’s Right Answer Thesis’, in Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Joshua Neoh and Jonathan Tjandra, ‘Law as a Leap of Faith: Response to Gardner' ’, in Jurisprudence and Theology: The Australian School (Routledge, 2025)
- Nicholas Aroney and Joshua Neoh, ‘Malaysian Federalism: Islam, State Jurisdiction, and Criminal Law’, in Federalism in a Turbulent Era (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Joshua Neoh, 'Law and Love in Monasticism', in Love in Christian Legal Thought (Routledge, 2022)
- Joshua Neoh, The Allah Case: What is the Name of God? , in Law and Religion in the Commonwealth (Hart, 2022)
- Joshua Neoh, 'Snake with Two Heads: The Two Voices of the Malaysian Constitution', in Law and Justice in Malaysia: 2020 and Beyond (Thomson Reuters, 2021)
- Joshua Neoh, Apostasy and Freedom of Religion in Malaysia , in Freedom of Religion or Belief (Edward Elgar, 2020)
- Joshua Neoh, ‘Political Theology and Legal Theory’, in The Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion (Edward Elgar, 2019)
- Joshua Neoh, ‘Law and Love in Eden’, in Law, Religion and Love (Routledge, 2017)
- Joshua Neoh, Donald Rothwell and Kim Rubenstein, ‘The Complicated Case of Stern Hu’, in Allegiance and Identity in a Globalized World (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Book reviews
- Joshua Neoh, Law without Lawyers, Lawyers without Law (2024) 5 Amicus Curiae 107
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Law and Religion in a Secular Age (2024) 66 Journal of Church and State
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: A Political Life of Jesus (2024) 39 Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Justice and Love (2022) 47 Journal of Legal Philosophy 200
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Film and Constitutional Controversy (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 639
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: The Possibility of Religious Freedom (2021) 36 Journal of Law and Religion 447
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Post-Liberal Religious Liberty (2021) 12 Jurisprudence 426
- Paul Babie and Joshua Neoh, Statement on Inclusive Law and Religion (2018) 39 Adelaide Law Review 203
- Joshua Neoh, Just Jurisprudence (2015) 40 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 237
View more publications on the ANU Researchers website
Link to ANU Researchers profile
Books & edited collections
- Joshua Neoh,
Law, Love and Freedom
(Cambridge University Press, 2019), paperback (2021)
- Reviewed in the Cambridge Law Journal, the American Journal of Jurisprudence, the Journal of Church and State, the Journal of Law and Religion, the International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog , the Child and Family Law Quarterly, the Journal of Legal Philosophy, the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, and Jurisprudence
- Winner of the 2021 Penny Pether Prize in Law, Literature, and the Humanities
- Nigel Simmonds and Joshua Neoh, Central Issues in Jurisprudence , 6th ed (Sweet & Maxwell, 2022)
- Jonathan Crowe, Constance Lee and Joshua Neoh (eds), Jurisprudence and Theology: The Australian School (Routledge, 2025)
- Joshua Neoh and Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (eds), Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Zachary Calo, Joshua Neoh and Keith Thompson (eds), Love in Christian Legal Thought (Routledge, 2022)
- Paul Babie, Joshua Neoh, James Krumrey-Quinn and Chong Tsang, Religion and Law in Australia (Kluwer Law International, 2015), 2nd ed (2019), 3rd ed (2022)
- Renata Grossi and Joshua Neoh (eds), Law and Love (Federation Press, 2016) [Special Issue of Law in Context]
Refereed journal articles
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard and Hobbes on the State of Nature (2024) 69 American Journal of Jurisprudence
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard and Schmitt on the State of Exception (2024) 39 Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaard's Works of Love (2024) 4 Australian Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Kierkegaardian Ethics and the Rule of Law (2023) 34 Law and Critique
- Joshua Neoh, Law, Freedom and Slavery (2022) 35 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 223
- Joshua Neoh, Value Pluralism in the Political Form of Roman Catholicism (2022) 23 Political Theology 417
- Joshua Neoh, Political Natural Law (2019) 44 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 117
- Joshua Neoh, The Good of Religion (2019) 93 Australian Law Journal 791
- Joshua Neoh, Law Imprisons, Love Liberates (2018) 30 Law and Literature 221
- Joshua Neoh, Jurisprudence of Love in Paul’s Letter to the Romans (2016) 34 Law in Context 7
- Joshua Neoh, The Rhetoric of Precedent and Fulfillment in the Sermon on the Mount and the Common Law (2016) 12 Law, Culture and the Humanities 419
- Joshua Neoh, Law and Love in Abraham’s Binding of Isaac (2015) 9 Law and Humanities 237
- Joshua Neoh, The Name of God on Trial (2014) 18 Law Text Culture 198
- Ngaire Naffine and Joshua Neoh, Fictions and Myths in PGA v The Queen (2013) 38 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 32
- Joshua Neoh, Text, Doctrine and Tradition in Law and Religion (2013) 2 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 175
- Joshua Neoh, Legitimacy of the Common Law in Post-Colonial Malaysia [2010] LAWASIA 59
- Joshua Neoh, Islamic State and the Common Law in Malaysia (2008) 8 Global Jurist
Book chapters
- Joshua Neoh and Liam Sandison, ‘Dworkin’s Right Answer Thesis’, in Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Nicholas Aroney and Joshua Neoh, ‘Malaysian Federalism: Islam, State Jurisdiction, and Criminal Law’, in Federalism in a Turbulent Era (Edward Elgar, 2025)
- Joshua Neoh, 'Law and Love in Monasticism', in Love in Christian Legal Thought (Routledge, 2022)
- Joshua Neoh, The Allah Case: What is the Name of God? , in Law and Religion in the Commonwealth (Hart, 2022)
- Joshua Neoh, 'Snake with Two Heads: The Two Voices of the Malaysian Constitution', in Law and Justice in Malaysia: 2020 and Beyond (Thomson Reuters, 2021)
- Joshua Neoh, Apostasy and Freedom of Religion in Malaysia , in Freedom of Religion or Belief (Edward Elgar, 2020)
- Joshua Neoh, ‘Political Theology and Legal Theory’, in The Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion (Edward Elgar, 2019)
- Joshua Neoh, ‘Law and Love in Eden’, in Law, Religion and Love (Routledge, 2017)
- Joshua Neoh, Donald Rothwell and Kim Rubenstein, ‘The Complicated Case of Stern Hu’, in Allegiance and Identity in a Globalized World (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Book reviews
- Joshua Neoh, Law without Lawyers, Lawyers without Law (2024) 5 Amicus Curiae 107
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Law and Religion in a Secular Age (2024) 66 Journal of Church and State
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: A Political Life of Jesus (2024) 39 Journal of Law and Religion
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Justice and Love (2022) 47 Journal of Legal Philosophy 200
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Film and Constitutional Controversy (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 639
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: The Possibility of Religious Freedom (2021) 36 Journal of Law and Religion 447
- Joshua Neoh, Book Review: Post-Liberal Religious Liberty (2021) 12 Jurisprudence 426
- Paul Babie and Joshua Neoh, Statement on Inclusive Law and Religion (2018) 39 Adelaide Law Review 203
- Joshua Neoh, Just Jurisprudence (2015) 40 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 237
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Class #4126 | Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2023 | Class #4127 | Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2023 | Class #6735 | Legal Research and Writing |
| 2023 | Class #5146 | Legal Theory |
| 2023 | Class #5535 | Legal Theory |
| 2023 | Class #4106 | Common Law Reasoning |
Previous courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Class #5209 | Legal Theory |
| 2021 | Class #5709 | Legal Theory |
| 2021 | Class #4277 | Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2021 | Class #4278 | Law and Society in South East Asia |
Philosophy & approach
My teaching philosophy is to teach philosophy to law students.
At the ANU Law School, I teach both basic and advanced courses in legal philosophy.
Teaching awards
| 2014 | ANU College of Law Education Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning |

Research themes
Asian Law
Jurisprudence
Law & Humanities
Law & Religion
Contacts
joshua.neoh@anu.edu.au
ANU Law School. Bld 6, Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600