Constitutional Law and Theory

PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Migration and Movement of Peoples
SJD Candidate
Associate Professor
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Administrative Law, Law and Social Justice, Law, Governance and Development, Regulatory Law and Policy
Professor
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Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Legal Theory
Senior Lecturer
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Administrative Law, Criminal Law
Honorary Professor
PhD Candidate
Distinguished Professor
Senior Lecturer
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Environmental Law
Associate Professor
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Migration and Movement of Peoples, Law and Social Justice
PhD Candidate
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International Law, Legal Theory
Associate Professor
Professor
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Administrative Law, Legal Theory
Emeritus Professor
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Administrative Law
Honorary Lecturer
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Law and technology
Associate Professor
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Law and Gender
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
Migration and Movement of Peoples, Administrative Law, Law and Gender
Honorary Associate Professor
Professor
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International Law
Honorary Senior Lecturer
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Administrative Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, International Law, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Emerita Professor
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
Administrative Law, Human Rights Law and Policy, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, International Law, Law and Religion
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, International Law, Law and Religion, Law and Social Justice, Legal Theory, Migration and Movement of Peoples

Latest news

28
Nov
2022
CT in Taiwan
ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay looks into the recent history of referendums in Taiwan after the referendum to lower the voting age to 18 was unsuccessful.
03
May
2022
Associate Professor Moeen Cheema
Associate Professor Moeen Cheema's new book has been praised as a 'must-read' for anyone interested in constitutionalism in South Asia.
07
Jan
2022
Prof Jeremy Farrall, Prof Jolyon Ford SFEA and A/Prof Imogen Saunders
An ANU College of Law research project that aims to reconceive states' engagement with the international legal order in the face of populism has secured nearly $620,000 in ARC funding.
09
Dec
2021
Will Bateman
ANU monetary law expert Associate Professor Will Bateman has given expert evidence on the financial, institutional and legal aspects of the UK's quantitative easing programme.
05
Oct
2021
The winning ANU team members Tom Dunbabin, Madeleine McGregor, and Benjamin Durkin, sitting on top of the High Court of Australia sign.
A team of ANU Law students has been declared joint champions of the prestigious Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot.

In the Media

12
Sep
2022

Op-Ed: Her Majesty was a pretty nice queen, without a lot to say

Matt Qvortrup Matt Qvortrup write in LA Times

10
Feb
2022

Podcast: The push to lower Australia’s voting age

Faith Gordon interviewed by APPS Policy Forum

10
Jan
2022

Game, Set and Match for the Rule of Law

Jelena Gligorijevic writes in UK Constitutional Law Association

15
Dec
2021

First Nations Voice to Parliament

Ron Levy interviewed by ABC Radio National

Upcoming events

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Past events

18
May
2010

20th Anniversary of the Centre for International and Public Law

CIPL 20th Anniversary
6.00PM to 9.00PM

The Centre for International and Public Law celebrated its twentieth anniversary at a special evening hosted by the ANU College of Law on 18 May 2010.

24
Aug
2016

The High Court’s decisions in Williams v The Commonwealth: The principle of parliamentary control of public money

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5.30PM to 6.30PM
  • Will Bateman, University of Cambridge

The High Court’s decisions in the Williams v The Commonwealth cases wrought a radical change to the settled understanding of the constitutional allocation of financial power between the parliament and executive government — even where appropriation legislation exists, the Commonwealth cannot spend most public money without additional and specific authorising legislation.

02
Dec
2016

New ways forward

Professor Michael Coper
12.00AM

A conference in honour of Professor Michael Coper.

13
Feb
2017

The explosive President: Donald Trump’s migration policy and its impact on international law and non-discrimination principles

Donald Trump
5.30PM to 7.00PM

Recent executive orders issues by President Donald Trump have shocked many and created an unprecedented travel crisis. 

21
Feb
2017

Citizenship stripping, children and citizenship

Australian Citizenship Law
5.30PM to 7.00PM
  • Professor Kim Rubenstein, ANU College of Law
  • Jacqueline Field
  • Dr Suzanne Akila, Assistant Director, Legal, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

With the first announced instance of an Australian dual citizen, Khaled Sharrouf, having his citizenship stripped, CIPL invites you to a seminar around the recent release of Kim Rubenstein’s 2nd edition of Australian Citizenship Law (Thomson Reuters, December 2016).

22
Mar
2017

Implications of the Brexit Supreme Court decision

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5.30PM to 6.30PM
  • Henry Burmester AO, QC
  • Dr Ryan Goss, ANU College of Law

On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court decided that Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union could not be triggered by an exercise of prerogative power. Instead, an Act of Parliament is required.

06
Apr
2017

Issues arising from police activity during election time

Police activity
12.30PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor James Stellios
  • Mr David Savage

In a number of recent cases, police forces have taken well-publicised actions which became part of the narrative of election campaigns in Australia.  

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. 

11
May
2017

Changing states, changing nations: National identity and constitutional reform in liberal democracies

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Andrew McDonald, Scope UK

Over the last 40 years, a number of liberal democracies have sought to use constitutional reform to re-imagine not just the state, but also the nation. Why?  And with what effect?  

21
Jun
2017

Constitutional rights recognition, litigation and adjudication in Thailand under Thai Constitutions 1997–2014

Sarah Bishop
1.00PM to 2.00PM

Sarah's thesis examines Thailand’s experience with rights recognition, litigation and adjudication. 

26
Sep
2017

Against epistocracy: Reconsidering the demographic objection

Udit Bhatia
3.00PM to 4.00PM
  • 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’.

05
Sep
2017

Proportionality: Historical and comparative review

Iddo Porat
12.00PM to 1.00PM
  • Associate Professor Iddo Porat, College of Law and Business, Israel

Associate Professor Porat will give a historical and comparative review of proportionality. He will also consider some of the main lines on which the debate over proportionality has been drawn and their possible application to the Australian context.

18
Oct
2017

30th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture - The Secret History of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government: The Palace Connection

Jenny Hocking
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Professor Jenny Hocking FASSA, Monash University

The dismissal of the Whitlam government by the Governor-General Sir John Kerr in 1975 remains one of the most contentious episodes in Australian politics. The history of the dismissal is no less contentious and has never been settled.

20
Nov
2017

Constitutional Protection for Political Protests: Brown v Tasmania

Bob Brown and Amelia Simpson
5.30PM to 7.00PM
  • Bob Brown, The Bob Brown Foundation
  • A/Prof Amelia Simpson, ANU College of Law

The Centre for International and Public Law and The Australia Institute are pleased to host a discussion of the High Court’s decision in Brown v Tasmania [2017] HCA 43. 

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.

04
Apr
2019

Brexit, referendums and deliberative democracy

Matt Qvortrup
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University
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.

12
Aug
2020

Freedom of Expression, Liberalism and Harmful Expression

Freedom of Expression, Liberalism and Harmful Expression
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Jelena Gligorijevic

Join Dr Jelena Gligorijevic as she discusses freedom of expression, liberalism and harmful expression in this research seminar.

02
Sep
2020

The Commonwealth’s power to use the ADF to provide civil aid during disasters and pandemics

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Anne Twomey

During the January bushfires, the Prime Minister observed that using the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide aid was ‘testing the limits of constitutionally defined roles and responsibilities’. The ‘Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements’ was established to inquire into these limits.

23
Sep
2020

Why the law is what it ought to be

Trevor Allan_col seminar 2020
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Professor Trevor Allan LLD, FBA

In this seminar, Professor Trevor Allan LLD, FBA of the University of Cambridge will present his thesis that the law is constituted by the requirements of justice for the political community in which it operates, so that a public conception of justice is substituted for conflicting private ones.

10
Nov
2020

The People in Question – Web Symposium

The People in Question – Web Symposium
5.00PM to 6.30PM

Join Professor Jo Shaw as she introduces the key themes of her book, The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times, before hearing and responding to a selection of expert commentaries from scholars in the field drawn from the Asia and Pacific region.

21
Apr
2021

The Lawful Forest: A Critical History of Property, Protest and Spatial Justice

Photo by Etienne Delorieux on Unsplash
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Cristy Clark

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Dr Cristy Clark (University of Canberra Law School).

30
Jun
2021

ANU Law and Philosophy Forum: Deliberative peace referendums

ANU Law and Philosophy Forum: Deliberative Peace Referendums
4.30PM to 5.30PM

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.

01
Apr
2022

ICON•S AUS/NZ Constitutional Theory Group Annual Conference 2022

ICON•S AUS/NZ Constitutional Theory Group Annual Conference
10.00AM to 5.30PM

The first Plenary Conference of the Constitutional Theory Group of the I·CON-S Aus/NZ branch.

11
Aug
2021

Voluntary assisted dying and discrimination on the basis of state residence

Voluntary assisted dying and discrimination on the basis of state residence
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Associate Professor Amelia Simpson

Join Associate Professor Amelia Simpson as she explores voluntary assisted dying and discrimination on the basis of state residence in this session of the ANU College of Law research seminar series.

15
May
2019

From coups to crises: where next for Thailand?

Thailand election
5.30PM to 7.00PM
  • Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Join leading Thai political scientist Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak, The Australian National University (ANU) Thai consitutional law expert Sarah Bishop and Director of Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia Project Ben Bland for a discussion on what happens next in one of Southeast Asia’s most volatile nations.

20
Oct
2021

The Rule of Law in Context: Australia

Image: Dr Gabrielle Appleby and Professor Megan Davis
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Gabrielle Appleby
  • Professor Megan Davis

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Dr Gabrielle Appleby and Professor Megan Davis and chaired by Professor James Stellios FAAL.

 

24
Feb
2022

Australian and New Zealand perspectives on the negotiations at UNCLOS III

Map of Australasia
5.00PM to 6.30PM
  • Mr Henry Burmester AO QC
  • Mr Bill Mansfield
  • Dr Penny Ridings MNZM, University of Auckland
  • Mr Richard Rowe PSM, ANU College of Law

The first webinar of the series Looking Back to the Future in the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS III and the LOSC at 40, presented by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL, ANU) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). 

26
Apr
2022

Pacific perspectives on the negotiations at UNCLOS III

Samoa. Credit: Francisco Blaha
5.00PM to 6.30PM
  • Dr Transform Aqorau
  • Judge Neroni Slade
  • Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen

The second webinar of the series Looking Back to the Future in the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS III and the LOSC at 40, presented by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL, ANU) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). 

23
Aug
2022

UNCLOS III and the LOSC institutions and implementing agreements

LOSC
5.00PM to 6.30PM
  • Associate Professor Joanna Mossop
  • Dr Phil Symonds
  • Mr Mark Alcock
  • Ms Alice Revell

The fourth webinar of the series Looking Back to the Future in the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS III and the LOSC at 40, presented by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL, ANU) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). 

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).

19
Oct
2022

Love; Thoms – belonging, citizenship and identity

Dr Lisa Strelein
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Lisa Strelein PSM
  • Craig Ritchie

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Dr Lisa Strelein PSM.

25
Oct
2022

UNCLOS III and the LOSC Dispute Settlement Framework

UNCLOS III
5.00PM to 6.30PM
  • Honorary Professor Bill Campbell AO
  • Professor Don McRae FRSC
  • Judith Levine
  • Dr Kate Parlett

The fifth webinar of the series Looking Back to the Future in the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS III and the LOSC at 40, presented by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL, ANU) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). 

19
May
2023

Questions of national (be)longing – critical and theoretical engagements with citizenship

Australia desert landscape
9.00AM to 5.00PM

In Australia, a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is set to be held during this parliamentary term. This moment follows the recent Love-Thoms High Court decision, which raises legal questions of constitutional belonging. In this context, questions of citizenship are at the forefront of the nation’s consciousness.

02
May
2023

Environmental constitutionalism: A masterclass with A/Prof Ron Levy

Environmental Constitutionalism: A masterclass with ANU's Associate Professor Ron Levy
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Associate Professor Ron Levy

Passionate about environmental law and policy? Interested in exploring emerging global phenomena in environmental constitutionalism? Join Associate Professor Ron Levy for this must-attend online masterclass that will expand your knowledge on this subject.

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