Scott Stephenson

University of Melbourne - Law School

Senior Lecturer

University Square

185 Pelham Street, Carlton

Victoria, Victoria 3010

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

13

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Scholarly Papers (13)

1.

The Supreme Court's Renewed Interest in Autochthonous Constitutionalism

[2015] Public Law 394
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2015
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
Downloads 279 (176,141)
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UK Constitution, UK Supreme Court, European Law, Common Law Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, European Communities Act 1972, HS2, Osborn, Kennedy, A v BBC

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Justiciability and the Voice

Public Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Constitutional Law, Australia, The Voice, Justiciability

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Federalism and Rights Deliberation

(2014) 38 Melbourne University Law Review 709
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2015
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Federalism, Rights, Australia, Deliberation, Constitutional Law

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When Constitutional Conventions Fail

(2015) 38 Dublin University Law Journal 447, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Comparative constitutional law, Constitutional theory, Constitutional Conventions, Australia, Canada

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The Rise and Recognition of Constitutional Statutes

‘The Rise and Recognition of Constitutional Statutes’ in Richard Albert and Joel Colon-Rios (eds), Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes: Forms, Functions, Applications (Routledge, 2019) 27–44., U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 780
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2021
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Constitutional statutes, quasi-constitutional law

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Book Review: Stephen Gardbaum, 'The New Commonwealth Model of Constitutionalism: Theory and Practice'

(2013) 76 Modern Law Review 1156-62
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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constitutional law, comparative law, human rights, new Commonwealth model of constitutionalism, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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Against Interpretation as an Alternative to Invalidation

(2020) 48 Federal Law Review 46-68, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 910
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2020
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Constitutional Law, Australia, Bills of Rights, Invalidation, Interpretation

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Are Political 'Attacks' on the Judiciary Ever Justifiable? The Relationship between Unfair Criticism and Public Accountability

American Journal of Comparative Law (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Dec 2021
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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comparative constitutional law, judicial independence, Australia, United Kingdom

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Constitutional Re-Engineering: Dialogue's Migration from Canada to Australia

(2013) 11 International Journal of Constitutional Law 870-97
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2015
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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constitutional law, comparative law, human rights, dialogue, Australia, Canada

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Dignity and the Australian Constitution

(2020) 42 Sydney Law Review 369–94
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Australia, constitutional law, dignity, freedom of political communication

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Is the Commonwealth's Approach to Rights Constitutionalism Exportable?

(2019) 17 International Journal of Constitutional Law 884–903., U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 771
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2020
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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comparative constitutional law, bills of rights, judicial review, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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The Challenge for Courts in a Moderately Rigid Constitution

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, 2021
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Sep 2021
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Rigidity, Australia

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Designing an Australian Bill of Rights: The Normative Trade-Offs

‘Designing an Australian Bill of Rights: The Normative Trade-Offs’ in Matthew Groves, Janina Boughey & Dan Meagher (eds), The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia (Hart, 2019) 411–29.
Posted: 24 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2020
Scott Stephenson
University of Melbourne - Law School

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Australia, Bills of Rights, Commonwealth Model, Dialogue Model