Professor Hoong Phun (HP) Lee

Publications

2008

Lee H P, 'The Malaysian Constitution after 50 Years - Retrospective, Prospective and Comaparative Perspectives' (2008) The Australian Journal of Asian Law 9(2) 307-320  

2007

Constitutional Landmarks in Malysia: The First 50 Years 1957-2007 (with Harding, A.), LexisNexis, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, pp xxvi and 332

Australian Administrative Law - Fundamentals, Principles and Doctrines (with Groves, M.), Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria, pp li and 470

Australian Federal Constitutional Law - Commentary and Materials (with Winterton, G., Glass, A., Thomson, J.) 2nd Ed, Lawbook Co., Pyrmont NSW, pplvi-1347

Australian administrative law: The constitutional and legal matrix (with Groves, M.), in Australian administrative law - Fundamentals, principles and doctrines, eds Matthew Groves and H P Lee, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne Victoria, pp. 1-385

Constitutional Landmarks and Constitutional Signposts: Some Reflections on the First Fifty Years (with Harding, A.J.), in Constitutional Landmarks in Malaysia: The First 50 Years 1957-2007, eds Andrew Harding and H P Lee, LexisNexis, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, pp291-295

Improper purpose, in Australian administrative law - Fundamentals, principles and doctrines, eds Matthew Groves and H P Lee, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne Victoria, pp198-211

The 1983 Constitutional Crisis, in Constitutional Landmarks in Malaysia: The First 50 Years 1957-2007, eds Andrew Harding and H P Lee, LexisNexis, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, pp157-164

The Ningkan Saga: A Cheif Minister in the Eye of a Storm, in Constitutional Landmarks in Malaysia: The First 50 Years 1957-2007, eds Andrew Harding and H P Lee, LexisNexis, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, pp77-87

Judicial Independence as a Legal Criterion of Validity in Australia, Asia Pacific Law Journal, vol 15, issue 1, LexisNexis, Hong Kong, pp61-76

The Malaysian Constitution - Retrospective, Prospective and Comparative Perspectives, paper presented to 14th Malaysian Law Conference, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia, 29-31 October 2007

International Panel of Experts, Judicial Independence Project Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, 30 November - 2 December 2007

Malaysian Royalty and the Special Court, New Courts in the Asia Pacific Region, University of Victoria, British Columbia, 13-15 July 2007

2006

‘The Kable Case: A Guard-Dog that Barked But Once?’ In George Winterton, State Constitutional Landmarks The Federation Press, Sydney, NSW, (2006) 390-415

‘Human rights in Malaysia’ In Randall Peerenboom, Carole J. Petersen and Albert H.Y. Chen (Eds.) Human Rights in Asia: A comparative legal study of twelve Asian jurisdictions, France and the USA. Routledge, Abingdon UK (2006) 191-223

2005

‘The Reasonably Appropriate and Adapted Test and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication’. In M.N. Groves (Ed.). Law and Government in Australia. The Federation Press, Sydney NSW (2005) 59-81.

‘The Judicial Power and Constitutional Government - convergence and divergence in the Australian and Malaysian experience’ (2005) 30(5) Constitutional Law and Policy Review 45-57

2004

‘Competing Conceptions of Rule of Law in Malaysia’ in R. Peerenboom (ed), Asian Discourses of Rule of Law – Theories and Implementation of Law in Twelve Asian Countries, France and US (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004), 225-49

2003

‘Criticism of Judges and Freedom of Expression’ (2003) 8 Media & Arts Law Review 77-89 (joint author with Emeritus Professor Enid Campbell)

‘Implied Freedom of Political Communication’ in Lee & Winterton (eds), Australian Constitutional Landmarks (Cambridge UP, 2003), 383-411

‘The Commonwealth’s Constitutional Century’ in Lee & Winterton (eds), Australian Constitutional Landmarks (Cambridge UP, 2003), xxix-xxxvii (joint author with Professor George Winterton)

Australian Constitutional Landmarks (Cambridge University Press, 2003) pp xxxvii and 428 (Joint editor with Professor George Winterton)

2001

‘The 13th Singapore Law Review Lecture 1999: ‘A Tale of Two Entities – Parliament and the Judiciary’ (2000-1) 21 Singapore Law Review 214-29

‘A Unifying Constitution for a Diverse Nation’ (2001) 24 UNSWLJ 605-609

‘Judges and Constitutional Government’ [2000/2001] Lawasia J 30-45

The Australian Judiciary (Cambridge University Press, 2001) pp xxii and 298 (Joint author with Emeritus Professor Enid Campbell)

2000

‘Australian Nationhood in the Constitutional Interpretation of Section 117’ (2000) 8 Asia Pacific Law Review 169-190 (joint author with Jeannie Paterson)

1999

‘Constitutional Heads and Judicial Intervention’ in Wu Min Aun (ed), Public Law in Contemporary Malaysia (Longman, 1999), pp. 1-20

‘Emergency Powers in Australian and Indian Federalism’ in Ian Copland and John Rickard (eds), Federalism – Comparative Perspectives from India and Australia (Manohar, 1999), pp 34-44

Australian Federal Constitutional Law – Commentary and Materials (LBC Information Services, 1999) pp xlviii and 967 (Joint author with Professor George Winterton, Assoc. Professor Arthur Glass and Dr James Thomson)

1998

‘Subverting Judicial Independence’ (1998) 1.3 Constitutional Law & Policy Review, 55-60

1997

‘Constitutional Values in Turbulent Asia’ (1997) 23 Monash University Law Review, pp 375-396. (A condensed version was published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, December 27, 1997, p 19)

‘Asian Values Are a Dangerous Myth’ Sydney Morning Herald 27 December 1997, p 19

‘Hayne is His Own Man’, Sydney Morning Herald 22 August 1997, p 17

‘Judicious to Stay Out of Politics’ Sydney Morning Herald 19 June 1997, p 17

‘Why We Must Protect the Protector’ Sydney Morning Herald 13 March 1997, p 17

1996

‘International Dimensions of Constitutional Interpretation’ in Sampford and Preston (eds), Interpreting Constitutions: Theories, Principles and Institutions (Federation Press, 1996), pp 248 259

1995

‘Doing Business with Malaysian Royalty’ (1995) 5:1 Business Victoria 11

In the Name of National Security - The Legal Dimensions (Law Book, 1995), pp xxvii & 262. (Joint author with P.J. Hanks and V. Morabito, with Foreword by Chief Justice Anthony Mason)

Constitutional Conflicts in Contemporary Malaysia (Oxford University Press), pp xxiv & 155. (Foreword by Justice Michael Kirby)

1994

‘Proportionality in Australian Constitutional Adjudication’ in G. Lindell (ed.), Future Directions in Australian Constitutional Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Leslie Zines (Federation Press, 1994), pp 126- 149

‘Informal Administrative Action’ (with M.J. Pittard) in Alice E-S Tay & Conita Leung (eds), Australian Law and Legal Thinking in the 1990s (A Collection of 32 Australian Reports to XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law, Athens, 31 July – 6 August 1994) pp 454-466

1993

‘Hereditary Rulers and Legal Immunities in Malaysia’ (1993) University of Tasmania Law Review (Law School Centenary Volume: Constitutional Issues) 323-336

‘The Australian High Court and Implied Fundamental Guarantees’ (1993) Public Law (Winter) 606-629

1992

‘Removal of Judges – The Australian Experience’ (1992) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies pp 40-55 (with V. Morabito). (This is a comparative study of the removal mechanisms in Malaysia and Australia)

‘Manner and Form: An Imbroglio in Victoria’ (1992) 15 University of New South Wales Law Journal pp 516-539

‘The High Court and the External Affairs Power’ in Lee and Winterton (eds), Australian Constitutional Perspectives (Law Book, 1992), pp 60-91

Leslie Zines, Constitutional Changes in the Commonwealth, 17 Monash University Law Review 156-159

Australian Constitutional Perspectives (Law Book, 1992), pp xxxiii & 347 (joint editor with Professor George Winterton, University of New South Wales) (Foreword by Chief Justice Anthony Mason)

1991

‘May Day for Justice’ (1990) 15 Bulletin of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy 43-54

‘Emergency Powers in Australian Constitutional Law’ in Alice E-S Tay (ed), Australian Law and Legal Thinking – Between the Decades. (A Collection of 33 Australian Reports to the XIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law presented in McGill University, Montreal on 18-24 August 1990)

Tun Mohamed Salleh and Professor Dato Visu Sinnadurai, Law, Justice and the Judiciary: Transnational Trends, 2 Public Law Review 59-61

1990

‘A Fragile Bastion Under Siege – The 1988 Convulsion in the Malaysian Judiciary’ (1990) 17 Melbourne University Law Review 386-417. (This article was reprinted in INSAF (Journal of the Malaysian Bar, Vol. xxl, No. 3, December 1990))

Monash University Law Review – Special Anniversary Edition (Vol. 15, Nos. 3 & 4, 1989) (joint editor with M. Pittard, K. Barrett and D. Kreltszheim) pp xii & 139-433

1989

‘The Australian Security Intelligence Organization – New Mechanisms for Accountability’ (1989) 38 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 890-905

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1988, at pp 1-15 (joint author with J.D. Goldsworthy)

1988

‘The Australia Act 1986: Some Legal Conundrums’ (1988) 14 Monash University Law Review 298-315

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds) An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1987, at pp 140-164 (joint author with J.D. Goldsworthy)

‘Reforming the Australian Constitution: the Frozen Continent Refuses to Thaw’ (1988) Public Law 535-546

1987

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1986, at pp 187-206 (joint author with J.D. Goldsworthy)

‘Commonwealth Liability to State Laws: The Enigmatic Case of Pirrie v. McFarlane’ (1987) 17 Federal Law Review 132-40

Michael Coper, Encounters with the Australian Constitution, 13 Monash University Law Review 7-9

George Winterton, Monarchy to Republic: Australian Republican Government, 13 Monash University Law Review 12-14

L. Zines, The High Court and the Constitution, 13 Monash University Law Review 3-4

1986

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1985, at pp 130-156 (joint author with J.D. Goldsworthy)

‘Emergency Powers in Malaysia’ in Trindade & Lee, The Constitution of Malaysia: Further Perspectives and Developments, at pp 135-156

‘Suffian’s Contribution to Malaysian Constitutional Law’ in Trindade & Lee, The Constitution of Malaysia: Further Perspectives and Developments, at pp 190-211 (joint author with F.A. Trindade)

The Constitution of Malaysia: Further Perspectives and Developments (Oxford University Press) pp xix & 275 (joint editor with Professor F.A. Trindade, Monash University)

1985

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1984, at pp 203-219

‘Retrospective Amendment of Federal Laws and the Inconsistency Doctrine in Australia’ 15 Federal Law Review 335-343

1984

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (ed.), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1983, at pp 236-276

Emergency Powers (Law Book, Sydney) pp x1 & 334 (Foreword by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Sawer)

‘The Malaysian Constitutional Crisis: King, Rulers and Royal Assent’, Lawasia 22-44. (This article was reprinted in (1986) INSAF (Journal of the Malaysian Bar) and in Trindade & Lee (eds), The Constitution of Malaysia: Further Perspectives and Developments)

1983

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1982, at pp 197-222

Perlembagaan Malaysia: Perkembangannya 1957-1977 (Penerbit Fajar Bakti, 1983 and Second Reprint, 1984) pp xxiii & 477. (A translation of the 1978 book)

1982

‘Constitutional Law’ in R. Baxt & G. Kewley (eds), An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1981 (Law Book, Sydney) at pp.331-355

1979

Robin Everlegh, Peace-Keeping in a Democratic Society, 5 Monash University Law Review 316-317

1978

‘The Process of Constitutional Change in Malaysia’ in Suffian, Lee & Trindade, The Constitution of Malaysia: Its Development 1957-1977, at pp 367-412. (This was a revised and updated version of my article in (1974) Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 185-203)

The Constitution of Malaysia: Its Development 1957-1977 (Oxford University Press) pp xxiii & 425 (joint editor with Tun M. Suffian and Professor F.A. Trindade)

1977

Michael Zander, A Bill of Rights?, 4 Monash University Law Review 168 170

Kuldip Nayar, The Judgment, 4 Monash University Law Review 172-173

1976

‘Constitutional Amendments in Malaysia’ (Part I: A Quick Conspectus. Part II: An Analysis of Their Legal Effects) 18 Malaya Law Review 59-124

1975

‘Freelance Journalists and Contempt of Court’ 17 Malaya Law Review 233-238 (joint author with Professor F.A. Trindade)

‘Joinder of Offenders in Malaysia, Singapore and England: A Comparative Analysis’ International & Comparative Law Quarterly 328-336

1974

‘The Amendment Process under the Malaysian Constitution’ Journal of Malaysian & Comparative Law 185-203 (revised and published as ‘The Process of Constitutional Change in Malaysia’ in Suffian, Lee & Trindade, op. cit. at pp 367-412)

1973

‘Unsworn Statements from the Dock’ 15 Malaya Law Review 234-239

‘The Law Student in His ‘Legal Environment’’ (1973) 1 Neraca (University of Malaya) 27-30

1972

‘Joinder of Capital and Non-Capital Charges – A Questionable Exception’ 14 Malaya Law Review 298-303

1969: ‘Joinder of Capital and Non-Capital Charges in Singapore’ Singapore Law Review 127-129