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Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Simon%20Evans
Work: +61 3 834 44751
Mobile: 0421 476 641
Fax: +61 3 8344 1103
Room: 0803
Level: 08
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Constitutional Law Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, South Africa
Comparative Constitutional Law Australia, Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, South Africa
Statutory and Constitutional Protection of Human Rights Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa
Parliaments / legislatures and the protection of human rights Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada
Acquisition of property / eminent domain / takings / property rights Australia, South Africa, United States of America, Canada
Domestic Human Rights Law Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada
Accountability of government Australia, United Kingdom
Courts and judges: appointment and independence Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Sydney 31-Dec-1988
Bachelor of Laws University of Sydney 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of Cambridge 31-Dec-1997

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Association of Constitutional Law Treasurer 01-Mar-2005 28-Feb-2007
Member Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Member 01-Jan-2003
Member Australian Institute of Administrative Law Member 01-Jan-2003
Member Australian Study of Parliament Group Member 01-Jul-2006
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of Australia Barrister & Solicitor 31-Dec-1998
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of New South Wales Barrister & Solicitor 31-Dec-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Australian Parliaments and the protection of human rights Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
NEW MODELS FOR APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN JUDGES Chief Investigator JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF AUSTRALIA 03/10/2006

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW RESOURCE CENTRE EVALUATION Chief Investigator UMEE LTD

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Book Chapters

  • Overlap: Inconsistency, conflict and choice: Reconciling multiple norms in the Australian Federation
    Year: 2009
    Book: Judge made Federalism? The Role of Courts in Federal Systems
    Publisher: NOMOS Verlag(Baden-Baden)
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Australian Bills of Rights: The Law of the Victorian Charter and ACT Human Rights Act
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: LexisNexis(Chatswood)
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Journal Articles

  • Appointing Australian judges: A new model
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Sydney Law Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 295-327
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  • Book review: Governing with the charter: Legislative and judicial activism and framers' intent
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Political Science
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 521-523
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Work Choices Case: Analysis and Implications
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Book Chapters

  • Parliamentary deliberation about religious vilification legislation
    Year: 2007
    Book: Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Australian parliaments and the protection of human rights
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Papers on Parliament
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 17-39
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Major Reference Works

  • Work Choices: The High Court Challenge:Work Choices: The High Court Challenge
    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: Work Choices: The High Court Challenge
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Constitutional Property Rights in Australia: Reconciling Individual Rights and the Common Good
    Year: 2006
    Book: Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights: Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Australia: Freedom of Speech and Insult in the High Court of Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Constitutional Law
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 677-688
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  • Australia: Mandatory administrative detention
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Constitutional Law
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 517-532
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  • Evaluating The Human Rights Performance Of Legislatures
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Human Rights Law Review
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 545-569
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  • Legal redress under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsilbilities
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 264-281
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  • Legislative Scrutiny Committees and Parliamentary Conceptions of Human Rights
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Public Law
    Volume: 2006
    Issue: Winter
    Page numbers: 785-806
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  • Should Australian Bills of Rights Protect Property Rights?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-24
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  • The Meaning of Constitutional Terms: Essential Features, Family Resemblance and Theory-Based Approaches
    Year: 2006
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 207-237
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Continuity and flexibility: Executive power in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Book: The executive and public law: Power and accountability in comparative perspective
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(London)
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  • Standing to raise constitutional issues in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Book: Standing to raise constitutional issues: Comparative perspectives
    Publisher: Bruylant(Brussels)
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Journal Articles

  • Improving human rights analysis in the legislative and policy processes
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 665-703
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  • Parliaments and the protection of human rights
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 53
    Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co
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  • Symposium on executive power: Introduction
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 276-278
    Publisher: LBC Information Services
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The High Court's equity jurisprudence
    Year: 2004
    Book: Centenary essays for the High Court of Australia
    Publisher: LexisNexis(Chatswood)
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Journal Articles

  • Book review; Australian constitutional landmarks
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Public Law
    Volume: 2004
    Page numbers: 909-913
    Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell(London)
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  • Why is the constitution binding? Authority, obligation and the role of the people
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Adelaide Law Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 103-134
    Publisher: Adelaide Law Review Association(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Constitutional Law
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 123-130
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  • Privative clauses and time limits in the High Court
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Constitutional Law and Policy Review
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 61-67
    Publisher: Prospect Media(Sydney)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Constitutional Constraints on the Redistribution of Wealth.
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Big Makeover: A New Australian Constitution: Labour Essays 2002.
    Publisher: Pluto Press(Annandale)
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  • Standing to Raise Constitutional Issues in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Convergence of Legal Systems in the 21st Century: An Australian Approach.
    Publisher: CopyRight Publishing(Brisbane)
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Journal Articles

  • Protection Visas and Privative Clause Decisions: Hickman and the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Insolvency Law Journal
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 49-64
    Publisher: Law Book Co(North Ryde)
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  • The Rule of Law, Constitutionalism and the MV Tampa.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 94-101
    Publisher: LBC Information Services
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Defending Discretionary Remedialism
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Sydney Law Review
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 463-500
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  • Property and the Drafting of the Australian Constitution
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 121-150
    Publisher: Australian National University, Faculty of Law
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