Constitutional Law and Theory
Constitutional Law and Theory
Adjunct Professor
Research interests:
General Human Rights Law and Policy, Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Asian Law, Public law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Reform, Access to Justice
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, State Fragility and Armed Conflicts, Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Rule of Law Reform, Philosophies of Law, Rule of Law Theory, Islamic criminal laws, Criminal Justice, Law and Society in South Asia, Post-disaster recovery and reconstruction
Professor
Research interests:
Legal Philosophy, Public law, Indigenous rights, Law and Cultural Difference
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Reform, Federalism, Separation of Powers, The Judicial System
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Parliamentary Process and Procedure, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Counter-Terrorism Law, Deliberative Democracy
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Constitutional History, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Law and Politics, Constitutional Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Asia-Pacific Security, Pacific Law, Law and Politics, Public law, Constitutional Courts, Judiciary, Transformative Constitutionalism, Separation of Powers, Constitutional Reform, Law and Governance
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Forced Migration and Movement of Peoples, Migration Law, Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Refugee Law
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Federalism, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Deliberative Democracy
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Administrative law, legal theory
Adjunct Professor
Research interests:
Public law, Commercial Law, National security
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Rights, Gender and Constitutional Law, The Judicial System, Property Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Administrative law, Torts, private law remedies, Accountability, Government liability
Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Federalism, Gender and Constitutional Law, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Separation of Powers, The Judicial System, Citizenship, Access to Government Information
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Federalism, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Separation of Powers
Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Rights, Federalism, Separation of Powers, The Judicial System, Private International Law, Administrative law, Constitutional Law
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Access to Government Information, Administrative law, Public law, Privacy
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Separation of Powers, The Judicial System
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Refugee Law, Immigration, Human rights, Constitutional Law, Public law, international legal theory, recognition theory, narrative legal identities
Latest news
20
Nov
2017
With the latest Newspoll showing voters split on whether to amend section 44, there is no clear way to fix the citizenship fiasco constitutionally before the next election. It is therefore urgent to confront head-on the unravelling challenge it poses. Kim Rubenstein writes.
10
Nov
2017
Dr Heather Roberts has received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council to undertake extensive research into the records of Australian judicial swearing-in ceremonies dating back to Federation.
07
Nov
2017
A new podcast from the ANU College of Law captures conversations about law in a way that is utterly charming and reminds listeners that lawyers are people too.
16
Oct
2017
Juris Doctor student Catherine Bladen has received the first Leslie Zines Constitutional Law Scholarship and will begin a 10-week internship at the Attorney-General’s Department this summer.
03
Sep
2017
As the High Court of Australia hears challenges to the postal plebiscite, Dr Ron Levy debunks some of the myths around the marriage equality debate.
In the Media
22
Jan
2018
Katy Gallagher case reaches High Court as dual citizenship saga continues into 2018
Kim Rubenstein quoted in Canberra Times
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01
Dec
2017
Same-sex marriage legislation could become law 'within days'
Ryan Goss speaks to News.com.au
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20
Nov
2017
OPINION Here’s a plan: the AEC can rule who qualifies
Kim Rubenstein writes in The Australian
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20
Nov
2017
Zimbabwe crisis an elite, not populist issue
Jolyon Ford speaks to ABC's The World Today
14
Nov
2017
Jewish heritage could present citizenship headache for PM and others
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The New Daily
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10
Nov
2017
Labor can’t have ‘cake and eat it too’: Cormann
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The Australian
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04
Nov
2017
David Speers: Pollies should show us their passports
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The Daily Telegraph
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11
Oct
2017
Joyce’s case hangs on overcoming 1992 ruling
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The Australian
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Upcoming events
15
May
2018
Can the legislature effectively supersede judicial interpretations with which it disagrees?
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.
Past events
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