Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy

Research Interests

Constitutional Law
Legal and Moral Philosophy
Legal History

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

No current projects

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

Has supervised many doctoral students on topics inlcuding:
- The separation of powers
- The rule of law in Brazil
- Implications in constitutional interpretation
- The historical and philosophical context of Australian federalism
- The consent theory of political obligation and international law
- Institutional alternatives for the protection of human rights
- Victoria's state borders
-Protecting rights by manner and form entrenchment in Victoria

Editorial Boards

University of Queensland Law Journal

Legal Theory Journal

Philosophy compass (Blackwell on-line journal)

Grants and Commissions

1996: ARC Small Grant for project titled Parliamentary Sovereignty, History and Philosophy ($10,000)

1998: ARC Small Grant for project titled The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy ($5,800)

1998-2000: ARC Large Grant for project titled Judicial Activism and Australian Democracy: a Philosophical and Legal Examination of the Rule of Law in Australia ($105,000 over three years with Tom Campbell)

2001-03: ARC Large Grant for project titled Legislative, Judicial and Popular Participation in the Protection of Human Rights in Australia ($138,400 over three years with Tom Campbell and Adrienne Stone)

2003-05: ARC Discovery-Project Grant for project titled Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative and Theoretical Study ($85,960 over three years)

Publications

2008

'Unwritten Constitutional Principles' in Huscroft, G. (Ed)  Expounding the Constitution; Essays in Constitutional Theory. Cambridge UP, Cambridge. (2008) 277-312

'Research Grant Mania' Australian Universities Review (2008) 50(2) 17-24

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008