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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
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
Steering Committee, ANU Academic Board
Teaching and Learning Development Committee, ANU Academic Board
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
Joshua Neoh, Law, Love and Freedom (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Recent news
15
Dec
2022
Associate Professor Joshua Neoh has co-authored a new textbook that provides law students with a roadmap of the major theories and arguments in jurisprudence.
31
Oct
2022
Two legal scholars at the ANU College of Law put legal theory and public law under the microphone on a regular basis on their weekly podcast, ‘Secondary Rules’.
08
Aug
2022
Guhong Zhou has landed a coveted graduate role at a top-tier Sydney law firm, capping off a memorable academic experience enriched by prizes, mentorship and an unshakeable focus.
In the Media
3
Jun
2021
Joshua Neoh quoted in ABC News
14
Jul
2014
Joshua Neoh writes in The Malaysian Insider
Past events
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Aug
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21
Oct
2022
10.00AM to 12.00PM Annual event
The International Students Orientation Program is designed to introduce new international and exchange students to Australian political and cultural institutions which are relevant to the study of Australian law.
17
May
2022
5.00PM Webinar
- Joshua Neoh
Take a journey into jurisprudence with Associate Professor Joshua Neoh as he traces the philosophical roots of law and offers a deeper look at legal theory.
25
Feb
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13
May
2022
10.00AM to 12.00PM Annual event
The International Students Orientation Program is designed to introduce new international and exchange students to Australian political and cultural institutions which are relevant to the study of Australian law.
08
Feb
2022
1.00PM to 2.00PM ANU Law and Philosophy Forum
- Associate Professor Joshua Neoh
The ANU Law and Philosophy Forum is delighted to announce its seventh meeting in 2021: a reading and discussion led by Dr Joshua Neoh, who will be reflecting on the topic of death.
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, and Jurisprudence
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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)
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, 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 119
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 [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
Book chapters
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: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms (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: Allegiance, Identity and Nationality in a Globalized World’, in Allegiance and Identity in a Globalized World (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Case notes & book reviews
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: Review of Philip Pettit’s Just Freedom (2015) 40 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 237
PhD supervision
I welcome PhD proposals in all fields of legal theory.
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
LAWS4229 Class #4126 |
Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2023 |
LAWS8594 Class #4127 |
Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2023 |
LAWS2248 Class #6735 |
Legal Research and Writing |
| 2023 |
LAWS2249 Class #5146 |
Legal Theory |
| 2023 |
LAWS6249 Class #5535 |
Legal Theory |
| 2023 |
LAWS8078 Class #4106 |
Common Law Reasoning |
Previous courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
LAWS2249 Class #5209 |
Legal Theory |
| 2021 |
LAWS6249 Class #5709 |
Legal Theory |
| 2021 |
LAWS4229 Class #4277 |
Law and Society in South East Asia |
| 2021 |
LAWS8594 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
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | ANU College of Law Education Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning |
