How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? It’s a question that Associate Professor Joshua Neoh aims to address in his new book, "Law, Love and Freedom: From the Sacred to the Secular".
Associate Professor Joshua Neoh
Associate Professor
LLB (ANU), LLM (Yale), PhD (Cambridge)
ANU College of Law, Bld 6, Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
ANU College of Law, 5 Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
Research Themes
Research Centre
Research interests
Biography
Employment
Associate Professor (Level D), ANU (2020-Present)
Senior Lecturer (Level C), ANU (2017-19)
[On leave from 2015-18 for PhD at Cambridge]
Lecturer (Level B), ANU (2013-16)
Associate Lecturer (Level A), University of Adelaide (2012)
Education
PhD in Law, University of Cambridge (2015-18)
Master of Laws, Yale Law School (2010-11)
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours and the University Medal), ANU (2006-10)
Scholarships
Cambridge Australia Trust PhD Scholarship
Yale Law School LLM Scholarship
ANU International Undergraduate Scholarship
Appointments
Current University Positions
Associate Professor of Law, ANU Law School
Sub-Dean (International), ANU Law School
Advisory Committee, ANU Malaysia Institute
Previous Journal Editorial Positions
Academic Editor, Federal Law Review
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Law and Love, Law in Context
Student Editor, Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities
Previous Visiting Research Positions
Harvard Law School, Harvard University
St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Japan
Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney
School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia
Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Awards
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | ANU College of Law Education Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning |
Significant research publications
Recent news
06
Aug
2019
ANU Law alumnus Edmund Bao (BComm ’14, LLB (Hons) ’15) is heading to Stanford University on a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship.
14
Feb
2019
Aoyama Gakuin and Ritsumeikan Universities
04
Aug
2016
In Canberra for a very cold pit stop between Cambridge England and his new temporary base in Cambridge New England, ANU College of Law lecturer Joshua Neoh has love on his mind – but not the conventional kind.
In the Media
14
Jul
2014
Joshua Neoh writes in The Malaysian Insider
Upcoming events
19
Feb
2020
3.00PM to 6.00PM Book launch
Join Associate Professor Joshua Neoh, Professor Philip Pettit and Associate Professor Nicole Roughan as they discuss Joshua's new book: Law, Love and Freedom.
Please note, only a small selection of recent publications and activities are listed below.
Books & edited collections
Joshua Neoh, Law, Love and Freedom (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Renata Grossi and Joshua Neoh (eds), Law and Love (Federation Press, 2016) [Special Issue of Law in Context]
Paul Babie, Joshua Neoh, James Krumrey-Quinn and Chong Tsang, Religion and Law in Australia (Kluwer Law International, 2015)
Book chapters
Joshua Neoh, ‘Political Theology and Legal Theory’, in The Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion (Edward Elgar, forthcoming)
Joshua Neoh, ‘Apostasy in Malaysia: Fundamental Right or Punishable Wrong’, in Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms (Edward Elgar, forthcoming)
Joshua Neoh, ‘Law and Love in Eden’, in Paul Babie and Vanja Savić (eds), Law, Religion and Love (Routledge, 2017)
Joshua Neoh, Donald Rothwell and Kim Rubenstein, ‘The Complicated Case of Stern Hu: Allegiance, Identity and Nationality in a Globalized World’, in Fiona Jenkins, Mark Nolan and Kim Rubenstein (eds), Allegiance and Identity in a Globalized World (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Refereed journal articles
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 [Special Issue on ‘Law and Love’]
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: Narratives of Law, Religion and State in Malaysia (2014) 18 Law Text Culture 198 [Special Issue on ‘The Rule of Law and the Cultural Imaginary in Post-Colonial East Asia’]
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: Journal of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific 59
Joshua Neoh, Islamic State and the Common Law in Malaysia: A Case Study of Lina Joy (2008) 8 Global Jurist
Case notes & book reviews
Joshua Neoh, Just Jurisprudence: Review of Philip Pettit’s Just Freedom (2015) 40 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 237
Other
Paul Babie and Joshua Neoh, Statement on Inclusive Law and Religion (2018) 39 Adelaide Law Review 203
Research interests
PhD supervision
I welcome PhD proposals in all fields of legal theory.
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
LAWS2249 Class #7217 |
Legal Theory |
| 2020 |
LAWS4229 Class #4571 |
Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2020 |
LAWS6249 Class #9149 |
Legal Theory |
| 2020 |
LAWS6249 Class #7884 |
Legal Theory |
Previous courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
LAWS4280 Class #6684 |
Law and the Humanities |
| 2016 |
LAWS4280 Class #6628 |
Law and the Humanities |
| 2019 |
LAWS2249 Class #7243 |
Legal Theory |
| 2019 |
LAWS6249 Class #8370 |
Legal Theory |
| 2019 |
LAWS6249 Class #9559 |
Legal Theory |
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
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | ANU College of Law Education Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning |
