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Associate Professor Ron Levy
Associate Professor
BSc (McGill); JD (Toronto); LLM (Columbia); PhD (Osgoode); admitted to Bar of Ontario
ANU College of Law, Bld 7, Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
ANU College of Law, 5 Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
Research Centre
Biography
Associate Professor Dr Ron Levy is an interdisciplinary researcher writing on public law and political theory - especially deliberative democratic theory. His recent projects explore referendums in deeply divided societies, Indigenous constitutional reform, environmental constitutionalism and the deliberative dimensions of rights practice. Levy's books include Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021, with Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong); The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018, with Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King eds); and The Law of Deliberative Democracy (Routledge, 2016, with Graeme Orr). He has published numerous works on law and political theory, in several countries, including in Public Law, McGill Law Journal, UBC Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, Melbourne University Law Review, Griffith Law Review, Public Law Review, Election Law Journal, Australian Journal of Political Science, Journal of Deliberative Democracy and The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy.
Levy is the winner of several research awards including grants from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Australian Research Council. He was a chief investigator on two ARC Discovery Projects: 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Theory and Reform' (DP130100706, 2013-2015) bridging research on election law with deliberative democratic theory; and 'Confronting the Devolution Paradox' (DP140102682, 2014-2016) on federalism and political culture.
Levy convenes the International Advisory Panel on Referendums, a global network of scholars providing advice to governments and non-governmental organisations on referendum design and innovation. He also co-convenes the ICON•S Australia/New Zealand Constitutional Theory Group. And he is the Director of the ANU Law School's LLB and JD Programs.
Levy has been a Fellow or Visitor at Cambridge, Yale, UC Berkeley, Stanford, McGill, Hebrew University, Sydney, King's College London and Oxford. He previously worked in the Ministry of the Attorney-General of Ontario, Constitutional Law Branch.
Current teaching: Commonwealth Constitutional Law, Australian Public Law, Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law
Significant research publications
Books & Edited Collections
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Ron Levy, Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong, Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021)
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Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Rosalind Dixon, Ron Levy and Mark Tushnet (eds), Symposium: The Theory and Practice of Federalism in Deeply Divided Societies (2018) Federal Law Review 46:4
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Ron Levy and Graeme Orr, The Law of Deliberative Democracy (Routledge, 2016)
- Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton (eds), New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform (ANU Press, 2017)
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Mark Bruerton, Tracey Arklay, Robyn Hollander and Ron Levy (eds), A People's Federation (Federation Press, 2017)
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Ron Levy and Graeme Orr (eds), Symposium: The Law of Deliberative Democracy (2013) Election Law Journal 12:4
Other Publications
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Ron Levy, 'Fixed Constitutional Commitments: Evaluating Climate Change Constitutionalism's "New Frontier"' (2022) 46(1) Melbourne University Law Review (forthcoming)
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Ron Levy, 'Rights and Deliberative Systems' (2022) 18(1) Journal of Deliberative Democracy 27
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Ron Levy and Ian O’Flynn, ‘The Role of Deliberative Peace Referendums in the Constitutional Settlement of Conflict’ in James Gardner (ed), Comparative Election Law (Edward Elgar, 2022)
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Ron Levy and Ian McAllister, 'Public Opinion, Indigenous Recognition and Referendum Voting in Australia' (2021) Australian Journal of Political Science 1
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Ian O’Flynn and Ron Levy, ‘Deliberative Constitutional Referendums in Deeply Divided Societies’ (2020) 53(1) University of British Columbia Law Review 203
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Ron Levy, 'Democratic Innovation in Constitutional Reform', in Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar (eds), Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance (Edward Elgar, 2019)
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Asmi Wood and Ron Levy, 'A Mini-public of Academics: Experimenting with Deliberative Democracy and Indigenous Cultural Competency in Legal Education' (2019) 28(2) Legal Education Review 1
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Rosalind Dixon, Ron Levy and Mark Tushnet, 'Theories and Practices of Federalism in Deeply Divided Societies' (2018) 46(4) Federal Law Review 481
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Ron Levy, '"Shotgun Referendums": Popular Deliberation and Constitutional Settlement in Conflict Societies' (2018) 41(3) Melbourne University Law Review 1237
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Ron Levy, Amelia Simpson, Ian O’Flynn and Georgina Flaherty, 'Designing Referendums for Peacemaking: The Case of Bougainville', (2018) 33(2) Australasian Parliamentary Review 6
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Hoi Kong and Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Constitutionalism', in André Bächtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge and Mark Warren (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy and Hoi Kong, 'Introduction: Fusion and Creation', in Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy, 'The "Elite Problem" in Deliberative Constitutionalism', in Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy, 'The Deliberative Case for Constitutional Referenda', (2017) 16(2) Election Law Journal 213
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Ron Levy, Neomal Silva and Benjamin Saunders, 'Deliberation at the Founding: Deliberative Democracy as an Original Constitutional Value', (2017) 28(1) Public Law Review 41
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Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton, 'Introduction', in Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton, New Directions in Law For Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform (ANU Press, 2017)
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Ron Levy, 'A People’s Federation? Populism, Deliberation and Federal Reform', in Mark Bruerton, Tracey Arklay, Robyn Hollander and Ron Levy (eds), A People's Federation (Federation Press, 2017)
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Moses, Lyria Bennett, Rajeev Goré, Ron Levy, Dirk Pattinson and Mukesh Tiwari, ‘No More Excuses: Automated Synthesis of Practical and Verifiable Vote-Counting Programs for Complex Voting Schemes’ in International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (Springer International Publishing, 2017)
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Ron Levy, 'Regulating Opinion Polling: A Deliberative Democratic Perspective', (2016) 39(1) UNSW Law Journal 318-340 (with G. Orr)
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Ron Levy, 'Constitutional Codification and Deliberative Voting', in Robert Blackburn (ed.), Case Studies on Constitution Building, UK Parliament, 2014
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Ron Levy, 'La démocratie délibérative et de la loi électorale: le conflit et la congruence', (2014) 8(2) Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (Amanda Mihoub Wright, James O McCarthy and Charlotte-Anne Malischewski transl; based on 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Seeding the Field')
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Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Voting: Realising Constitutional Referendum Democracy', (2013) Public Law 555-574
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Ron Levy, 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Seeding the Field', (2013) 12(4) Election Law Journal 355-371
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Ron Levy, 'Dibujando fronteras: igualdad de la ley electoral y sus consecuencias democráticas', in Carlos Báez Silva (ed.) (Antonio Márquez Aguilar transl.; based on 'Drawing Boundaries: Election Law Fairness and its Democratic Consequences'), Sistemas electorales y principios constitucionales, viii Congreso Mundial de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Constitucional, 2012
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Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Constitutional Change in a Polarised Federation', in P. Kildea, A. Lynch and G. Williams (eds.), Tomorrow’s Federation, Federation Press, 2011
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Ron Levy, 'Drawing Boundaries: Election Law Fairness and its Democratic Consequences', in J-C. Tham, B. Costar and G. Orr (eds.), Electoral Democracy: Australian Prospects, Melbourne University Press, 2011
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AJ Brown and Ron Levy, 'A Tale of Two Questions? An Argument for Coordinated Constitutional Reform', (2011) 7(25) Indigenous Law Bulletin 31-36
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Ron Levy, 'Breaking the Constitutional Deadlock: Lessons from Deliberative Experiments in Constitutional Change', (2010) 34(3) Melbourne University Law Review 805-838
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Graeme Orr and Ron Levy, 'Electoral Malapportionment: Partisanship, Rhetoric and Reform in the Shadow of the Agrarian Strongman', (2009) 18(3) Griffith Law Review 638-655
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Ron Levy, 'Regulating Impartiality: Electoral Boundary Politics in the Administrative Arena', (2008) 53 McGill Law Journal 1-57
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Ron Levy, 'Judicial Selection: Trust and Reform', (2007) 40(1) University of British Columbia Law Review 195-249
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Ron Levy, 'Judicial Selection Reform in Comparative Context', (2007) 40(2) University of British Columbia Law Review 591-628
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Ron Levy, 'Expressive Harms and the Strands of Charter Equality: Drawing Out Parallel Coherent Approaches of Discrimination' (2002-2003) 40 Alberta Law Review 393
REPORTS
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Ron Levy, 'Informed Referendums', 14 January 2019, Research and Development Note, prepared for newDemocracy Foundation
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Ron Levy, 'Independent Report on ACT Citizens' Jury Pilot', 2 February, 2018 (requested by the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory)
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Ron Levy, 'Review Report on Bougainville Referendum Outcome Issues Study', 31 August 2018 (for National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea)
Recent news
04
Feb
2021
ANU public law scholars have supported a submission to the Federal Government urging the enshrinement of an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution.
11
Jun
2020
An essay titled ‘The Significant Role of the Australia Acts in Australian Public Law’ written by Liam Boyle, a senior lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor in Canberra, has won the prestigious 2020 Zines Prize for Excellence in Legal Research.
05
Jun
2020
GreenLaw aims to empower the next generation of lawyers and build a better planet.
In the Media
23
May
2022
Ron Levy interviewed by ABC PM
Past events
01
Apr
2022
10.00AM to 5.30PM Conference
The first Plenary Conference of the Constitutional Theory Group of the I·CON-S Aus/NZ branch.
30
Jun
2021
4.30PM to 5.30PM Webinar
Join Dr Levy and Dr O’Flynn in this ANU Law and Philosophy Forum event as they discuss the theoretical foundations and normative value of deliberative peace referendums, in a range of conflict situations.
26
Sep
2017
3.00PM to 4.00PM Seminar
- Udit Bhatia, University of Oxford
Why should we prefer democracy to an epistocracy of competent persons? In his response to this question, David Estlund appeals to the ‘demographic objection’.
Research biography
Associate Professor Dr Ron Levy is an interdisciplinary researcher writing on public law and political theory - especially deliberative democratic theory. His recent projects explore referendums in deeply divided societies, Indigenous constitutional reform, environmental constitutionalism and the deliberative dimensions of rights practice. Levy's books include Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021, with Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong); The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018, with Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King eds); and The Law of Deliberative Democracy (Routledge, 2016, with Graeme Orr). He has published numerous works on law and political theory, in several countries, including in Public Law, McGill Law Journal, UBC Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, Melbourne University Law Review, Griffith Law Review, Public Law Review, Election Law Journal, Australian Journal of Political Science, Journal of Deliberative Democracy and The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy.
Levy is the winner of several research awards including grants from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Australian Research Council. He was a chief investigator on two ARC Discovery Projects: 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Theory and Reform' (DP130100706, 2013-2015) bridging research on election law with deliberative democratic theory; and 'Confronting the Devolution Paradox' (DP140102682, 2014-2016) on federalism and political culture.
Levy convenes the International Advisory Panel on Referendums, a global network of scholars providing advice to governments and non-governmental organisations on referendum design and innovation. He also co-convenes the ICON•S Australia/New Zealand Constitutional Theory Group.
Levy has been a Fellow or Visitor at Cambridge, Yale, UC Berkeley, Stanford, McGill, Hebrew University, Sydney, King's College London and Oxford. He previously worked in the Ministry of the Attorney-General of Ontario, Constitutional Law Branch.
Research projects & collaborations
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Deliberative constitutionalism
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The law of deliberative democracy
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Constitutional referendums
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Referendums in divided societies
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Rights and deliberation
Grants
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ARC Discovery Project, 2013-2015: ‘The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Theory and Reform’ (with Graeme Orr) bridging research on law and deliberation
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ARC Discovery Project, 2014-2016: Confronting the Devolution Paradox’ (with AJ Brown, Robyn Hollander, Paul Kildea, Rodney Smith) on federalism and political culture
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COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action – Deliberative Constitution Making (led by Prof Min Rauchamps, Louvain, with 43 member states) – Non-European (Observer) member
Books & edited collections
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Ron Levy, Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong, Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021)
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Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Rosalind Dixon, Ron Levy and Mark Tushnet (eds), Symposium: The Theory and Practice of Federalism in Deeply Divided Societies (2018) Federal Law Review 46:4
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Ron Levy and Graeme Orr, The Law of Deliberative Democracy (Routledge, 2016)
- Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton, New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform (ANU Press, 2017)
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Mark Bruerton, Tracey Arklay, Robyn Hollander and Ron Levy (eds), A People's Federation (Federation Press, 2017)
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Ron Levy and Graeme Orr (eds), 'Symposium: The Law of Deliberative Democracy' (2013) 12(4) Election Law Journal
Refereed journal articles
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Ron Levy, 'Fixed Constitutional Commitments: Evaluating Climate Change Constitutionalism's "New Frontier"' (2022) 46(1) Melbourne University Law Review (forthcoming)
Ron Levy, 'Rights and Deliberative Systems' (2022) 18(1) Journal of Deliberative Democracy 27
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Ron Levy and Ian McAllister, 'Public Opinion, Indigenous Recognition and Referendum Voting in Australia' (2021) Australian Journal of Political Science 1
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Ian O’Flynn and Ron Levy, ‘Deliberative Constitutional Referendums in Deeply Divided Societies’ (2019) 52(4) University of British Columbia Law Review 203
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Asmi Wood and Ron Levy, 'A Mini-public of Academics: Experimenting with Deliberative Democracy and Indigenous Cultural Competency in Legal Education' (2019) 28(2) Legal Education Review 1
- Ron Levy, '"Shotgun Referendums": Popular Deliberation and Constitutional Settlement in Conflict Societies' (2018) 41(3) Melbourne University Law Review 1237
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Ron Levy, Amelia Simpson, Ian O’Flynn and Georgina Flaherty, 'Designing Referendums for Peacemaking: The Case of Bougainville', (2018) 33(2) Australasian Parliamentary Review 6
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Ron Levy, Neomal Silva and Benjamin Saunders, 'Deliberation at the Founding: Deliberative Democracy as an Original Constitutional Value', (2017) 28(1) Public Law Review 41
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Ron Levy, 'The Deliberative Case for Constitutional Referenda', (2017) 16(2) Election Law Journal 213.
-
Graeme Orr and Ron Levy, 'Regulating Opinion Polling: A Deliberative Democratic Perspective', (2016) 39(1) UNSW Law Journal 318-340
-
Ron Levy, 'La démocratie délibérative et de la loi électorale: le conflit et la congruence', (2014) 8(2) Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (Amanda Mihoub Wright, James O McCarthy and Charlotte-Anne Malischewski transl.; based on 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Seeding the Field')
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Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Voting: Realising Constitutional Referendum Democracy', (2013) Public Law 555-574
-
Ron Levy, 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Seeding the Field, (2013) 12(4) Election Law Journal 355-371
-
AJ Brown and Ron Levy, 'A Tale of Two Questions? An Argument for Coordinated Constitutional Reform', (2011) 7(25) Indigenous Law Bulletin 31-36
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Ron Levy, 'Breaking the Constitutional Deadlock: Lessons from Deliberative Experiments in Constitutional Change', (2010) 34(3) Melbourne University Law Review 805-838
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Graeme Orr and Ron Levy, 'Electoral Malapportionment: Partisanship, Rhetoric and Reform in the Shadow of the Agrarian Strongman', (2009) 18(3) Griffith Law Review, 638-655
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Ron Levy, 'Regulating Impartiality: Electoral Boundary Politics in the Administrative Arena' (2008) 53 McGill Law Journal 1-57
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Ron Levy, 'Judicial Selection: Trust and Reform', (2007) 40(1) University of British Columbia Law Review 195-249
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Ron Levy, 'Judicial Selection Reform in Comparative Context', (2007) 40(2) University of British Columbia Law Review 591-62
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Ron Levy, 'Expressive Harms and the Strands of Charter Equality: Drawing Out Parallel Coherent Approaches of Discrimination', (2002-2003) 40 Alberta Law Review 393
Book chapters
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Ron Levy and Ian O’Flynn, ‘The Role of Deliberative Peace Referendums in the Constitutional Settlement of Conflict’ in James Gardner (ed), Comparative Election Law (Edward Elgar, 2022)
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Ron Levy, 'Democratic Innovation in Constitutional Reform', in Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar (eds), Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance (Edward Elgar, 2019)
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Hoi Kong and Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Constitutionalism', in André Bächtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge and Mark Warren (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy, 'The "Elite Problem" in Deliberative Constitutionalism', in Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy and Hoi Kong, 'Introduction: Fusion and Creation', in Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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Ron Levy, 'A People’s Federation? Populism, Deliberation and Federal Reform', in Mark Bruerton, Tracey Arklay, Robyn Hollander and Ron Levy (eds), A People's Federation (Federation Press, 2017)
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Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton, 'Introduction', in Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton, New Directions in Law For Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform (ANU Press, 2017)
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Moses, Lyria Bennett, Rajeev Goré, Ron Levy, Dirk Pattinson and Mukesh Tiwari, ‘No More Excuses: Automated Synthesis of Practical and Verifiable Vote-Counting Programs for Complex Voting Schemes’ in International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (Springer International Publishing, 2017)
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Ron Levy, 'Constitutional Codification and Deliberative Voting', in Robert Blackburn (ed.), Case Studies on Constitution Building, UK Parliament, 2014
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Ron Levy, 'Dibujando fronteras: igualdad de la ley electoral y sus consecuencias democráticas', in Carlos Báez Silva (ed.) (Antonio Márquez Aguilar transl.; based on Drawing Boundaries: Election Law Fairness and its Democratic Consequences), Sistemas electorales y principios constitucionales, viii Congreso Mundial de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Constitucional, 2012
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Ron Levy, 'Deliberative Constitutional Change in a Polarised Federation', in P. Kildea, A. Lynch and G. Williams (eds.), Tomorrow’s Federation, Federation Press, 2011
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Ron Levy, 'Drawing Boundaries: Election Law Fairness and its Democratic Consequences', in J-C. Tham, B. Costar and G. Orr (eds.), Electoral Democracy: Australian Prospects, Melbourne University Press, 2011
Conference papers & presentations
(Previous 10 years)
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Worcester College, University of Oxford, Project on Deliberative Governance and Law Workshop, chair, 18 Nov 2019
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Center for Constitutional Democracy, University of Indiana – Bloomington, invited presentation on Deliberative Peace Referendums, 7 Nov 2019
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'Deliberative Peace Referendums and Constitutional Normativity', paper presentation, Law School, University of Western Australia, 4 October, 2019
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'Elite Perceptions of Deliberative Democracy', roundtable on Permanent Citizens' Assembly for the ACT, School of Politics and International Relations, ANU, 19 August, 2019
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'Shotgun Referendums: Designing Popular Deliberation in Fractured Societies', International Political Science Association 25th World Congress, Brisbane, 22 July 2018 (concurrent with Australian Political Science Association conference)
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'Deliberative Referendums in Fractured Societies':
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McGill University Faculty of Law, Project on Deliberative Governance and Law Annual Workshop, 24 April 2017
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University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, seminar speaker, 4 May 2017
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University of Montreal, The Canadian Confederation: Past, Present and Future / La Confédération canadienne: Passé, présent et futur, 18 May 2017
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'ANU Guidelines on the Reserve Powers of the Governor-General', Public Law in the Classroom, UNSW Law School, 16 February, 2017
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Book launches for The Law of Deliberative Democracy:
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Supreme Court of Queensland, launch by Justice Peter Applegarth, 15 November 2016
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University of Melbourne Law School, hosted by Electoral Regulation Research Network, 10 November 2016
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'Shotgun Referendums', seminar speaker, Melbourne Law School, Legal Theory Workshop, 16 Sept 2016
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‘Deliberative Constitutionalism’, co-organiser and opening conference presenter, McGill University Faculty of Law, 9-10 April 2016
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‘Deliberative Constitutionalism’, co-organiser and opening conference presenter, University College London, Faculty of Laws, 7-8 Nov 2015; McGill University Faculty of Law, 9-10 April 2016
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'Constitutional Deliberations', Public Law Weekend, co-organiser and opening conference presenter, Australian National University, ANU College of Law, 1-2 October 2015
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‘Deliberative Democracy and Political Law: The Coercion Problem’, Public Law Conference, Cambridge University, 15 Sept 2014
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‘Deliberative Voting in European Referendums’, Conference on Referendums in Europe, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, paper presentation by video, 7 June 2013
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‘The Law of Deliberative Democracy’ co-organiser and opening conference presenter, New York University Straus Institute for Advanced Studies in Law and Justice (5-6 Apr 2013) and King’s College London, Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (9 Apr 2013)
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‘Deliberative e-Democracy in Referendums’, presentation to University of Edinburgh, Schools of Law and Political Science, 2 May 2012
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‘Election Law Fairness and its Democratic Consequences’, attendee/paper submission, Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law (triennial event), 6-11 Dec 2010, Mexico City, Mexico
Commissioned reports
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Ron Levy, 'Informed Referendums', 14 January 2019, Research and Development Note, prepared for newDemocracy Foundation
- Ron Levy, 'Independent Report on ACT Citizens' Jury Pilot', 2 February, 2018 (requested by the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory)
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Ron Levy, 'Review Report on Bougainville Referendum Outcome Issues Study', 31 August 2018 (for National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea)
Committees
External Organisations
Internal ANU Committees
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Co-director, Project on Deliberative Governance and Law (within Centre for International and Public Law)
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General Editor, Federal Law Review
Case notes & book reviews
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Erudite Primer to the Constitutional Practice of Deliberative Democracy (review), (2015) 9(2) Brazilian Political Science Review 133.
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Review of Australia: The State of Democracy, (2010) Alternative Law Journal 35(4), 250-251.
Other
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Rosalind Dixon, Ron Levy and Mark Tushnet, 'Theories and Practices of Federalism in Deeply Divided Societies' (2018) 46(4) Federal Law Review 481
PhD supervision
I am willing to supervise in the areas:
- Laws of politics and democracy
- Constitutional law, theory, history and reform
- Deliberative democracy
- Referendums
- Rights
SJD supervision
I am willing to supervise in the relevant areas.
MPhil supervision
I am willing to supervise in the relevant areas.
LLM Masters thesis supervision
I am willing to supervise in the relevant areas.
Honours thesis supervision
I am willing to supervise in the relevant areas.
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
LAWS8016 Class #3537 |
Comparative Constitutional Law |
| 2022 |
LAWS6202 Class #5504 |
Commonwealth Constitutional Law |
| 2022 |
LAWS8128 Class #1572 |
Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law |
| 2022 |
LAWS2202 Class #5190 |
Commonwealth Constitutional Law |
| 2022 |
LAWS4213 Class #1571 |
Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law |
Previous courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
LAWS6105 Class #2707 |
Australian Public Law |
| 2021 |
LAWS1205 Class #2211 |
Australian Public Law |
| 2021 |
LAWS4213 Class #1608 |
Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Laws |
| 2021 |
LAWS8016 Class #3551 |
Comparative Constitutional Law |
Past courses
- Commonwealth Constitutional Law
- Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law (advanced elective)
- Torts
- Australian Public Law
How my works connects with public policy
Associate Professor Ron Levy co-directs the Project on Deliberative Governance and Law (DGAL), within the Centre for International and Public Law. Based at the Australian National University and the University of British Columbia, DGAL is an international network of scholars. The project advances research on institutional innovation based on cutting-edge studies of law, governance and deliberative democracy, and provides a platform for innovative ideas to influence domestic and international approaches to governance.
