Administrative Law

PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Migration and Movement of Peoples
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Regulatory Law and Policy
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Legal Theory
Professor
Research interests:
Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples and the Law
Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Legal Theory
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Human Rights Law and Policy, International Law, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law
Professor
Research interests:
International Law
Visiting Fellow
Research interests:
Administrative Law
Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Human Rights Law and Policy, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, International Law, Law and Religion

Latest news

21
Apr
2023
Katelyn Ewart
Katelyn Ewart channeled her fascination with international relations, working with people, and solving complex problems into a career in law. Throughout the process, she has maintained her desire for learning, embarking on a new journey at Oxford.
04
Nov
2022
Jorgie Gorman
Arts and Law graduate Jorgie Gorman has been named as a finalist in the 2022 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards, joining over a dozen ANU College of Law alumnae who have been recognised for their work in the legal profession.
11
Aug
2022
Dr Stephen Thomson
Three ANU College of Law scholars have published chapters in a new edited collection that examines the challenges facing ombudsmen and the governance systems within which they operate.
08
Jan
2022
Professor Greg Weeks
For nearly 30 years, 'Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability' has been an institution in Australian legal circles.
05
May
2021
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A chapter examining Australian administrative law co-authored by Professor Greg Weeks appears in a new book published by Cambridge University Press.

In the Media

12
May
2023

Significance and potential issues of defence law reforms

David Letts speaks to Lawyers Weekly

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10
Jan
2023

Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains in danger from flawed credits

Andrew Macintosh writes in Australian Financial Review

09
Jan
2023

‘Well-designed’: Chubb review backs controversial carbon credit scheme

Andrew Macintosh quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald

02
Dec
2022

New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age

Faith Gordon quoted in The New York Times

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Upcoming events

26
Oct
2023

Twenty-fifth Geoffrey Sawer Lecture: The curse of the sausage: laws, expectation and complexity in modern elections

Sawer:Tom Rogers
5.30PM to 7.00PM
  • Tom Rogers

The 25th Annual Geoffrey Sawer Lecture will be delivered by Tom Rogers, Australian Electoral Commissioner.

Past events

28
Oct
2016

Public Law Weekend 2016

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9.00AM to 5.00PM

A leading administrative law conference will be held at the National Museum of Australia on Friday, 28 October 2016. The Public Law Weekend, run by the Centre for International and Public Law, is one of Australia’s preeminent public law conferences. 

08
Sep
2017

40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia

Black and White Photo of a Federal Court Sitting
9.00AM to 1.00PM

The ANU Centre for Commercial Law and Centre for International and Public Law are proud to announce a conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Court of Australia. 

27
Apr
2017

Pub Law forum

Pub Law forum
5.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Dr Greg Weeks, ANU College of Law
  • Will Sharpe, MinterEllison

MinterEllison's Administrative Law team and the ANU Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) are holding a Pub Law Forum. 

19
Apr
2017

Can good policy rescue politics? A Peter Karmel Forum on Public Policy

Good Policy
5.30PM to 7.30PM
  • Dr John Hewson AM
  • Professor Glenn Withers AO
  • Professor Meredith Edwards AM
  • Ms Katharine Murphy

Australia has a strong history of good policies built on well-researched evidence, but in this ‘post truth’ world, it is clear that evidence-based policy making has fallen on hard times. Join our eminent panel as it discusses how to revive good government.

15
May
2018

Can the legislature effectively supersede judicial interpretations with which it disagrees?

Deborah Widiss
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Deborah Widiss

Legislative supremacy depends on the assumption that if the legislative branch disagrees with a judicial interpretation of a law, it may “override” that interpretation by passing a new statute or amending an existing statute. This seminar will present my research looking at the efficacy of overrides in the United States, and it will explore possibilities for similar tensions to arise under the Australian system.

02
Nov
2018

Public Law Weekend 2018

Scales of Justice
9.00AM to 5.30PM

The ANU Law School has a long tradition of excellence in administrative law scholarship and of engagement with government and the private profession in public law.

26
Feb
2019

Judicial method and what Judges do

Justice Robertson
5.30PM to 6.30PM
  • Justice Alan Robertson
28
Feb
2019

What a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and a Judge’s associate do in a typical week

Photo of Justice Alan Robertson and Will Randles
4.15PM to 6.00PM
  • The Hon Justice Alan Robertson
  • Will Randles
  • Associate Professor Heather Roberts

Have you ever wondered what a typical week’s work looks like for a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia? How do Judges prepare for court sittings, and what happens in chambers? What does an Associate do, and what skills are required to perform the role? 

23
Jul
2019

In Conversation with Ron McCallum

In Conversation with Ron McCallum
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Ron McCallum AO - The University of Sydney
  • Professor Kim Rubenstein FAAL, FASSA - Australian National University

Ron McCallum AO will be in conversation with Professor Kim Rubenstein on Ron's memoir, Born at the Right Time.

14
Dec
2020

The Government's COVID-19 Response: Legal advising in the middle of a pandemic

Stephen Bouwhis_cipl guest speaker
5.30PM to 6.30PM
  • Stephen Bouwhuis

Join Stephen Bouwhuis for an informal Q&A on his experience as one of the lead public servants working on the Government’s response to COVID-19.

06
May
2021

Judging at the Interface: Deference to Domestic Authority in International Adjudication

Book launch_Judging at the Interface
5.30PM to 7.00PM
  • Various

Book launch and symposium event to celebrate the latest book by Associate Professor Esmé Shirlow, Judging at the Interface: Deference to Domestic Authority in International Adjudication (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

27
Apr
2021

Developments in cyber and international law at the UN

Developments in cyber and international law at the UN
12.30PM to 1.30PM

Lunchtime seminar jointly hosted under the CIPL Monthly Talk series.

21
Sep
2022

Common Law Constitutionalism and Australia’s Implied Freedom of Political and Governmental Communication

Ronald Krotoszynski
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Ron Krotoszynski

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Professor Ron Krotoszynski (University of Alabama).

09
Nov
2022

The patterns and purposes of anti-abortion legal experimentalism

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Fiona de Londras

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Professor Fiona de Londras (Birmingham Law School).

22
Mar
2023

CANCELLED - Sanctions through a 'South African lens': from political sovereignty to consumer sovereignty

VSS Jessica Whyte
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Associate Professor Jessica Whyte

CANCELLED: Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Associate Professor Jessica Whyte (UNSW).

12
Jul
2023

Introduction to financial crime law with Dr Anton Moiseienko

Finance crime
5.00PM to 6.00PM
  • Dr Anton Moiseienko

Introduction to Financial Crime Law with Dr Anton Moiseienko

26
Jul
2023

Legal Education and Practice: A matter of knowledge or experience?

Dr Luca Siliquini Cinelli
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Luca Siliquini Cinelli

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Dr Luca Siliquini Cinelli (Cardiff University).

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