Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy

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

2007

'The Myth of Common Law Constitution' in Edlin, D (Ed) Common Law Theory. Cambridge UP, Cambridge. (2007) 204-236

2006

Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study. (Edited collection of essays) Oxford University Press, Oxford  (2006) i-xvi, 1-353

Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights: Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia (edited with Campbell, A. & Stone, A.) Ashgate, Aldershot (2006)

'Conclusions' in Goldsworthy, J. (Ed) Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2006) 321-345

'Australia: Devotion to Legalism' in Goldsworthy, J. (Ed) Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2006) 106-160

'Questioning the Migration of Constitutional Ideas: Rights, Constitutionalism and the Limits of Convergence'. In Choudhry, S (Ed). The Migration of Constitutional Ideas. Cambridge UP, Cambridge, (2006) 115-141

'Trethowan’s Case'.  In Winterton, G (Ed). State Constitutional Landmarks. Federation Press, Sydney, (2006) 98-128.

'Abdicating and Limiting Parliament’s Sovereignty' (2006) 17 King’s College Law Journal 255-80.

2005

'Manner and  Form Revisited: Reflections on Marquet's Case' . In R Groves (Ed), Law and Government in Australia. Federation Press, Sydney (2005) 18-43

'Is Parliament Sovereign? Recent challenges to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty' (2005) 3 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 7-37

'Moderate versus strong intentionalism: Knapp and Michaels revisited' (2005) San Diego Law Review 669-83

'Legislative intentions, legislative supremacy and legal positivism' (2005) 42 San Diego Law Review 493-518

2004

“Parliamentary Sovereignty and Statutory Interpretation”, in R. Bigwood, ed., The Statute: Making and Meaning (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2004), 187-210

2003

Protecting Human Rights; Instruments and Institutions (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003), i-xxii, 1-344 (with T. Campbell and A. Stone)

“Judicial Review, Legislative Override, and Democracy”, in T. Campbell, J. Goldsworthy, and A. Stone, eds., Protecting Human Rights: Instruments and Institutions (OUP, Oxford, 2003), 263-79

“The American Debate About Sovereignty: a Comparative and Historical Perspective”, in N. Walker, ed., Sovereignty in Transition (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003), 423-46

“Homogenizing Constitutions” (2003) 23 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 483-505

“Raz on Constitutional Interpretation” (2003) 22 Law and Philosophy 167-193. 26

“Judicial Review, Legislative Override, and Democracy” (2003) 38 Wake Forest Law Journal 451-472

2002

Legal Interpretation in Democratic States (Ashgate/Dartmouth, Aldershot, 2002), i-xiv, 1-266 (with T. Campbell)

"Legislative Intentions, Legislative Supremacy, and Legal Positivism", in J. Goldsworthy and T. Campbell, eds., Legal Interpretation in Democratic States (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2002), 45-65

“Author’s Introduction” and “Author’s Reply” (2002) 27 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 137-141 and 191-204 (part of a Book Symposium on The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy)

2001

"Legislative Sovereignty and the Rule of Law", in T. Campbell, K. Ewing, and A. Tomkins, eds., Sceptical Essays on Human Rights (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001), 61-78

"Legislation, Interpretation, and Judicial Review" (2001) 51 University of Toronto Law Journal 75-86

“Legal Positivism”, in T. Blackshield, M. Coper, and G. Williams, ed., The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (OUP, Sydney, 2001), 547-548

2000

"The Development of Parliamentary Sovereignty", in H.T. Dickinson and M. Lynch, eds., The Challenge to Westminster: Sovereignty, Devolution and Independence (Tuckwell Press, Edinburgh, 2000), 12-21

"Interpreting the Constitution in Its Second Century" (2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review 677-710. 29

"Dworkin as an Originalist” (2000) 17 Constitutional Commentary 49-78

"The Preamble, Judicial Independence and Judicial Integrity" (2000) 11 Constitutional Forum 60-64 (Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, Canada)

1999

The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999), i-x, 1-319

Judicial Power, Democracy, and Legal Positivism (Ashgate/Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1999), i-xvi, 1-435 (with T. Campbell)

“The Philosophical Foundations of Parliamentary Sovereignty”, in J. Goldsworthy and T. Campbell, eds., Judicial Power, Democracy and Legal Positivism (Ashgate/Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1999), 229-50

“Hayek, Friedrich von (1899-1992)”, in C.B. Gray, ed., The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia (Garland, New York and London, 1999), vol. I, 350-51

1997

“Commentary [Lionel Murphy and Judicial Method]”, in M. Coper and G. Williams, eds., Justice Lionel Murphy, Influential or Merely Prescient? (Federation Press, Sydney, 1997), 259-74.

“A Role For the States in Initiating Referendums”, in Upholding the Australian Constitution (The Samuel Griffith Society, 1997), vol. 8, 39-58

“Originalism in Constitutional Interpretation” (1997) 1 Federal Law Review 1-50

“Constitutional Implications and Freedom of Political Speech: A Reply to Stephen Donaghue” (1997) 32 Monash University Law Review 362-74 

1996

“Fact and Value in the New Natural Law Theory” (1996) 41 The American Journal of Jurisprudence 21-46

Book Review:
S. Ratnapala and G.A. Moens, eds., Jurisprudence of Liberty (1996) 18 Adelaide Law Review 337-40

1995

“Marmor on Meaning and Interpretation” (1995) 1 Legal Theory 431-54

“Some Scepticism About Moral Realism” (1995) 14 Law and Philosophy, 357-74

“The High Court, Implied Rights and Constitutional Change” (March 1995) 39(3) Quadrant 46-54

Book Review:
F. Schauer, Playing By the Rules and A. Marmor, Interpretation and Legal Theory (1995) 21 Monash University Law Review 142-44

1994

“Implications in Language, Law and the Constitution”, in G. Lindell, ed., Future Directions in Australian Constitutional Law, Essays in Honour of Professor Leslie Zines (Sydney, Federation Press, 1994), 150-84

1993

"Constitutional Law" (with P. Hanks), in R. Baxt and A.P. Moore, eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1992 (Adelaide Law Review Association, 1993), 67-102

“Is Jurisprudence Liberal Ideology?" (1993) 12 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 548-70

1992

"Nozick's Libertarianism and the Justification of the State", in Andrew Levine, ed., The State and Its Critics (Edward Elgar, 1992) vol. 1, 219-28 [this is a republication of an article published in the journal Ratio, listed below]

"Constitutional Law" (with P. Hanks) in R. Baxt and A.P. Moore, eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1991 (Adelaide Law Review Association, 1992), 325-62

"The Constitutional Protection of Rights in Australia", in G.J. Craven ed., Australian Federation, Towards the Second Century (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992), 151-76

"The ‘Principle in Ranasinghe’: a Reply to H.P. Lee" (1992) 15 University of New South Wales Law Journal 540-45

"Internalism, Externalism and Moral Scepticism" (1992) 70 Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 40-60

"Well-being and Value" (1992) 4 Utilitas 1-26

1990

"Constitutional Law" (with P. Hanks), in R. Baxt and G. Kewley eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1989 (Sydney, Law Book Co., 1990), 164-89

"The Self-Destruction of Legal Positivism" (1990) 10 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 449-86

1989

"Constitutional Law" (with H.P. Lee), in R. Baxt and G. Kewley eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1988 (Sydney, Law Book Co., 1989), 1-15

"Realism About the High Court" and "Reply to Galligan" (1989) 18 Federal Law Review 27-39 and 50-54

1988

"Constitutional Law" (with H.P. Lee), in R. Baxt and G. Kewley eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1987 (Sydney, Law Book Co., 1988), 140 64

1987

"Constitutional Law" (with H.P. Lee), in R. Baxt and G. Kewley eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1986 (Sydney, Law Book Co., 1987), 187-206

"Manner and Form in the Australian States", (1987) 16 Melbourne University Law Review, 403 29

"Nozick's Libertarianism and the Justification of the State" (1987) 29 Ratio 180 89

1986

"Constitutional Law" (with H.P. Lee), in R. Baxt and G. Kewley eds., An Annual Survey of Australian Law 1985 (Sydney, Law Book Co., 1986), 130-56

Hayek's Political and Legal Philosophy: An Introduction" (1986) 11 Sydney Law Review 44-63

"Detmold's `The Unity of Law and Morality'" (1986) 12 Monash University Law Review 8-26

1985

"God or Mackie? The Dilemma of Secular Moral Philosophy" (1985) 30 The American Journal of Jurisprudence 45-78

1981

"Legal Rights, Subject Matters and Inconsistency" (1981) 7 Adelaide Law Review 487-505