Professor Nicholas Aroney

TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

Qualifications

PhD (Monash), LLM (Research) (UQ), LLB (Hons) (UQ), BA (UNSW), Solicitor High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Queensland

Contact

Phone: 61 7 3365 3053

Email: n.aroney@law.uq.edu.au

Homepage

http://www.law.uq.edu.au/academic-staff/staff.php?nm=nicholasaro ...

Research Interests

• Australian Constitutional Law
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Comparative Law
• Consitutional Law
• Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Law
• Federalism
• Human Rights Law
• Jurisprudence
• Law and Religion
• Law of Politics and Elections
• Legal History

Teaching Interests

• Principles of Public Law
• Consitutional Law
• Introduction to Legal Theory
• Advanced Public Law

Publications

• N Aroney, 'New Zealand, Australasia and Federation' (2011) 16 Canterbury Law Review 31-46
• N Aroney, 'Subsidiarity: European Lessons for Australia's Federal Balance' (2011) 39 Federal Law Review 31-53
• N Aroney, B Miller, 'Finnis on Liberty' in Suri Ratnapala and Gabriel Moens (ed), Jurisprudence of Liberty (LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney 2011) 247-269
• N Aroney, 'Bund, Bundesstaat and Staatenbund: The German Element in Australian Federalism' in Jürgen Bröhmer (ed), Sixty Years Deutsches Grundgesetz (Peter Lang Publishing, Berlin 2011) (forthcoming)
• N Aroney, 'Towards Fundamental Change of the Australian Federal System: Popular Ratification of the State Constitutions' in Paul Kildea, Andrew Lynch and George Williams (eds), Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government (Federation Press, Sydney 2011) (forthcoming)
• N Aroney, 'New Zealand, Australasia and Federation' (2010) 16 Canterbury Law Review 1
• N Aroney, 'The Influence of German and Swiss State-Theory on Late Nineteenth Century British, American and Australian Conceptions of Federalism' (2010) 59 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 669-699
• N Aroney, 'Australia' in Luis Moreno and César Colino (ed), Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 2010) 16-46
• R Ahdar (eds), Shari'a in the West ((forthcoming), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010)
• 'Reinvigorating Australian Federalism' in Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula (ed), Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2009 (Supreme Court Library Queensland, Brisbane 2010) 75-87
• R Ahdar, 'The Topography of Shari'a in the Western Political Landscape' in Rex Ahdar and Nicholas Aroney (ed), Shari'a in the West (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010) 1-31(forthcoming)
• 'Australian Constitutional Law', Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania (2010)
• 'Explanatory Power in Constitutional Interpretation', Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference, Melbourne (2010)
• 'New Zealand, Australasia and Federation', Trans-Tasman Law and Legal Practice Conference, School of Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2010)
• 'Religious Reasons in Public Discourse', Religion in the Public Square Conference, Melbourne (2010)
• The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009)
• S Prasser, J Nethercote (eds), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, Perth 2008)
• Freedom of Speech in the Constitution (Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney 1998)
• 'The Influence of German Staatslehre on Australian Federalism' in Jürgen Bröhmer (ed), Sixty Years Deutsches Grundgesetz (Peter Lang Publishing, Berlin 2010) (forthcoming)
• 'The People of Queensland and Their Constitution' in Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula (ed), Queensland's Constitution: Past, Present and Future (Supreme Court Library Queensland, Brisbane 2010) 214-232
• 'Before Federalism? Thomas Aquinas, Jean Quidort and Nicolas Cusanus' in Ann Ward and Lee Ward (ed), The Ashgate Research Companion on Federalism (Ashgate Publishing Limited, London 2009) 31-48
• 'The Implied Rights Revolution: Sacrificing Means to Ends?' in HP Lee and Peter Gerangelos (ed), Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent: Essays in Honour of George Winterton (Federation Press, Sydney 2009) 173-188
• 'Bicameralism and Representations of Democracy' in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and John Nethercote (eds), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, Perth 2008) 20-35
• 'Unity and Diversity in Federal Australia' in Rupak Chattopadhyay and Abigail Ostien Karos (ed), Dialogues on Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 2008) 10-12
• S Prasser, JR Nethercote, N Aroney, 'Upper Houses and the Problem of Elective Dictatorship' in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and JR Nethercote (eds), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, Perth 2008) xv-xxi
• 'Thomas McCawley v The King' in George Winterton (ed), State Constitutional Landmarks (Federation Press, Sydney 2006) 69-97
• 'Federal Constitutionalism/European Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective' in Gert-Jan Leenknegt (ed), Getuigend Staatsrecht: Liber Amicorum A. K. Koekkoek (Wolf Legal Publishers, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2005) 229-251
• 'Althusius at the Antipodes: The Politica and Australian Federalism' in Frederick Carney, Heinz Schilling, Dieter Wyduckel (eds), Jurisprudenz, Politische Theorie Und Politische Theologie (Duncker and Humblot, Germany 2004) 529-546
• 'Fiscal Competition' in Raoul Blindenbacher and Arnold Koller (ed), Federalism in a Changing World: Learning from Each Other (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 2003) 492-501
• 'The Griffith Doctrine: Reservation and Immunity' in Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula (ed), Queensland Judges on the High Court (Supreme Court of Queensland Library, Brisbane 2003) 219-254
• 'Griffith's Vision of Australian Federalism' in M White, A Rahemtula (eds), Sir Samuel Griffith: The Law and the Constitution (Thomson Lawbook Co, 2002) 179-201
• 'Queensland' in HM Kritzer (ed), Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2002)
• 'The Ghost in the Machine: Exorcising Engineers' in John Stone (ed), Upholding the Australian Constitution (Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney 2002)
• 'Implied Constitutional Rights: Implications and References' in Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams (eds), The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (Oxford University Press, 2001)
• 'Federal Representation and the Framers of the Australian Constitution' in Gabriel Moens (ed), Constitutional and International Law Perspectives: Achievements and Challenges (UQ Press, 2000) 13-53
• 'The Freedom of Political Communication Since Lange: Commentary' in Adrienne Stone and George Williams (ed), The High Court in Transition: Essays in Constitutional Law (The Federation Press, NSW 2000) 21-34
• 'Federal Judicial Structure, Subtitle 19.5' in Cheryl Saunders (ed), The Laws of Australia (Law Book Company, 1999)
• 'Federal Distribution of Judicial Power, Subtitle 19.5' in Cheryl Saunders (ed), The Laws of Australia (Law Book Company, 1998)
• S Prasser, 'Real Constitutional Reform After Fitzgerald: Still Waiting for Godot' (2010) 18 (3) Griffith Law Review 596-620
• 'Reinvigorating Australian Federalism' (2010) 2009 Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2009 75-87
• 'The Influence of German and Swiss State-Theory on Late Nineteenth Century British, American and Australian Conceptions of Federalism' (2010) 59 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 669-699
• J Allan, N Aroney, 'An Uncommon Court: How the High Court of Australia Has Undermined Australian Federalism' (2008) 30 (2) The Sydney Law Review 245-294
• 'Constitutional Choices in the Work Choices Case, or What Exactly is Wrong with the Reserved Powers Doctrine?' (2008) 32 (1) Melbourne University Law Review 1-43
• 'Democracy, Community and Federalism in Electoral Apportionment Cases: The United States, Canada and Australia in Comparative Perspective' (2008) 58 (4) University of Toronto Law Journal 421-480
• 'Four Reasons for an Upper House: Representative Democracy, Public Debate, Legislative Outputs And Executive Accountability' (2008) 29 (1) Adelaide Law Review 205-246
• 'Julius Stone and the End of Sociological Jurisprudence: Articulating the Reasons for Decision in Political Communication Cases' (2008) 31 (1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 107-135
• 'Reasonable Disagreement, Democracy and the Judicial Safeguards of Federalism'' (2008) 27 (1) University of Queensland Law Journal 129-143
• S Prasser, 'An Upper House for Queensland: An Idea Whose Time Has Come' (2007) 07 (1) Democratic Audit of Australia 1-9
• 'Comparative Law in Australian Constitutional Jurisprudence' (2007) 26 (2) University of Queensland Law Journal 317-340
• 'Subsidiarity, Federalism and the Best Constitution: Thomas Aquinas on City, Province and Empire' (2007) 26 (2) Law and Philosophy 161-228
• 'Formation, Representation and Amendment in Federal Constitutions' (2006) 54 (2) The American Journal of Comparative Law 277-336
• 'Justice McHugh, Representative Government and the Elimination of Balancing' (2006) 28 (3) The Sydney Law Review 505-534
• 'Politics, Law and the Constitution in McCawley's Case' (2006) 30 (3) Melbourne University Law Review 605-656
• 'The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for Their Interpretation' (2006) 34 (2) Federal Law Review 287-318
• 'Law, Revolution and Religion: Harold Berman's Interpretation of the English Revolution' (2005) 8 (2) Journal of Markets and Morality 355-385
• 'Lost in Translation: From Political Communication to Legal Communication?' (2005) 28 (3) University of New South Wales Law Journal 833-841
• 'Another Constitution for Australia: The Bede Harris Proposal' (2003) 5 (3) Constitutional Law and Policy Review 51-60
• 'Fundamental Law and Constitutional Rights in India and Australia' (2003) 29 Indian Socio-Legal Journal 89-98
• 'Towards a General Theory of the Formation and Amendment of Federal Constitutions: A Comparative Study' (2003) 89 (2) Archiv Fur Rechts- and Sozialphilosophie 88-99
• 'A Commonwealth of Commonwealths: Late Nineteenth Century Conceptions of Federalism and Their Impact on Australian Federation 1890-1901' (2002) 23 (3) Journal of Legal History 253-290
• 'Imaging a Federal Commonwealth: Australian Conceptions of Federalism, 1890-1901' (2002) 30 (2) Federal Law Review 265-294
• 'Mueller on European Federation: A Reply from the Perspective of Australian Federalism' (2000) 105 Public Choice 255-272
• 'Teaching Australian Constitutional Law' (2000) 23 (2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 380-383
• 'A Public Choice? Federalism and the Prospects of a Republican Preamble' (1999) 20 (2) University of Queensland Law Journal 262-293
• 'The Constitutional Demise of the Cross-Vesting Scheme' (1999) 7 (1) Insolvency Law Journal 116-131
• 'The Quebec Secession Reference' (1999) 1 (4) Constitutional Law and Policy Review 74-80
• 'Taking Liberty Seriously' (1998) 43 (1) American Journal of Jurisprudence 205-226
• 'The Structure of Constitutional Revolutions: Are the Lange, Levy and Kruger Decisions a Return to Normal Science?' (1998) 21 (3) University of New South Wales Law Review 645-680
• 'The Gestative Propensity Constitutional Implications' (1997) 13 (1) Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas 26-31
• 'Representative Democracy Eclipsed? The Langer Muldowney and McGinty Decisions' (1996) 19 (1) University of Queensland Law Journal 75-106
• 'A Seductive Plausibility: Freedom of Speech in the Constitution' (1995) 18 (2) University of Queensland Law Journal 249-274
• 'The Idea of a Federal Commonwealth', Twentieth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney 22-24 August, 2008 (The Samuel Griffith Society, Lane Cove, NSW 2008) 1-33
• 'Upper Houses, Democracy and Executive Accountability', The Politics of Democracy in South Australia, Adelaide 8-9 March 2007 (State Electoral Office (SA), Adelaide 2008) 179-194
• 'Democracy, Community and Federalism in Electoral Apportionment Cases: The United States, Canada and Australia in Comparative Perspective', Public Law Weekend Conference, 9-10 November, 2007
• 'Realism's End: Articulating the Reasons for Decision in Political Communication Cases', Julius Stone Centenary Conference, 5-7 July 2007
• 'Three Reasons for an Upper House: Democracy, Legislative Outputs and Executive Accountability', The Politics of Democracy in South Australia, Adelaide 8-9 March, 2007 (History Trust of South Australia, Adelaide 2007)
• 'Bicameralism and Representations of Democracy', Improving Government Accountability in Queensland: The Upper House Solution?, Brisbane 21 April, 2006
• 'Democracy, Community and Representation', Twentieth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Fukuoka, Japan July, 2006
• 'Justice McHugh on Representative Government', Public Law Weekend Conference, Canberra 11-12 November, 2005
• 'The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for Their Interpretation', Religious Tolerance Laws Conference, Melbourne 3 December, 2005
• 'Old Law, Best Constitution: City, Province, and Empire in Thomas Aquinas', Natural Law Conference, Michigan May 2004
• 'Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform: Restrictions on Legal Advertising and the Constitutional Freedom of Political Communication', National Conference of the Australian Plantiff Lawyers Association, Hyatt Regency, Coolum 16-19 October, 2003
• 'The Engineers Case', Fourteenth Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney 14-16 June, 2002
• 'Towards a General Theory of the Formation and Amendment of Federal Constitutions: A Comparative Study', Twentieth World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Amsterdam 2001
• 'The Legal Context of American, Australian and Canadian Federalism: A Comparative Perspective', Creating the Federal Republic Seminar, Washington DC June, 2000
• 'Locke, Althusius and the Theoretical Grounds of the Modern Federal State', Political Thought after Liberalism Conference, Michigan 27-29 June, 1999
• 'The Freedom of Political Communication Since Lange: Commentary', Public Law Weekend Conference, November, 1999
• 'Federal Representation and the Republic', Republic and the States Conference, Heritage Hotel, Brisbane 11 June, 1998
• 'Federalism and the Executive in a Republic', to Queensland Law Society, Law Society House 24 November, 1997
• 'Federalism and the Executive in a Republic', Constitutional Centenary Foundation, Brisbane Town Hall 17 November, 1997
• 'Towards a Jurisprudence of Constitutional Implications: Legal Positivism and Jusnaturalism in the Shadow of Liberal Constitutionalism', Annual National Conference of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, June 1996
• 'The Federal Commonwealth of Australia: A Study in the Formation of Its Constitution', (PhD Thesis, School of Law, Monash University 2001)
• 'Freedom of Speech in the Constitution: Legal Reasoning, Constitutional Implications and the Role of the Judiciary', (LLM Thesis, The University of Queensland 1994)
• S Prasser, J Nethercote, 'Restraining Executive Government Dominance – Are Upper Houses the Answer?' (2009) April-June Public Administration Today 72-73
• 'Queensland' in Herbert M Kritzer (ed), Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopaedia (ABC-CLIO, USA 2002) 1358-1360
• 'Review of JM Ward, The State and the People: Australian Federation and Nation-making, 1870-1901' [2002] Proctor 32-33
• 'Review of H Patapan, Judging Democracy: The New Politics of the High Court of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 2000)' (2001) 17 (1) Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas 53-54
• 'Review of G Winterton, HP Lee, A Glass and J Thomson, Australia Federal Constitutional Law: Commentaries and Materials' (2000) 23 (2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 380-383
• 'Review of H Irving, To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution' [1999] Proctor 38-38
• 'Text, Common Law and Constitutional Implications: A Reply to Chesterman' (1999) 4 (4) Media and Arts Law Review 293-296
• 'Review of C Saunders, It's Your Constitution: Governing Australia Today' (1998) 6 (2) Australian Law Librarian 134-135
• C Macintyre, 'Upper Houses: Relics or Champions of Democracy?', The National Interest, ABC Radio National, (20 March 2009)
• 'Why Australia Has a Unique Constitution', Evenings with Steve Austin, ABC Brisbane, (9 November 2009)
• 'An Upper House for Queensland?', The Brisbane Line, 2006 (30 March, 2006)
• 'The Upper House Solution?', Courier Mail, 2006 (9 April, 2006)
• 'Constitutional Concerns', ABC Television Stateline Program, ABC, 2005 (2005)

Memberships

• Australian Association of Constitutional Law
• Australian Society of Legal Philosophy