Adelaide Law School Academics Address Joint Select Committee on...
On Friday 13 March, Professor John Williams (Dean, Adelaide Law School) and Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs (PLPRU) gave evidence before the Commonwealth Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on...
View ArticleIs a Constitutional principle making States too cautious with law and order...
In a post on the Power to Persuade blog, Dr Anna Olijnyk and Associate Professor Gabrielle Appleby (UNSW) explain their research project on the effect of uncertain constitutional principle on State law...
View ArticleWould A Plebiscite On Marriage Equality Do Anything?
In an article published on New Matilda, Dr Adam Webster examines whether a plebiscite or referendum are really necessary to legislate on marriage equality. Click here to read Adam’s article.
View ArticleCan the Senate force the removal of a royal commissioner?
In an article published on The Conversation, Dr Adam Webster examines whether the Senate can force the removal of a royal commissioner. Click here to read Adam’s article.
View ArticlePLPRU submission on a plebiscite or referendum on same sex marriage
On Thursday, 10 September 2015, Dr Adam Webster appeared on behalf of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU) before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee on the issue...
View ArticleExplainer: what are double-dissolution elections? And why might we soon have...
In an article published on The Conversation, Dr Adam Webster, explains the difference between a double-dissolution election and an ‘ordinary’ election. Click here to read Adam’s article.
View ArticleElection explainer: what does it mean that we’re having a double-dissolution...
Malcolm Turnbull has made the journey to Government House at Yarralumla to ask the governor-general to dissolve both houses of parliament and hold a double-dissolution election. So, what is a...
View ArticleExplainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?
In an article published on The Conversation, Dr Adam Webster explains what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed? Click here to read Adam’s article.
View ArticleExecutive Power under the Constitution: A Presidential and Parliamentary...
In an article published in the University of Colorado Law Review, Dr Adam Webster (with Associate Professor Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW Law) compares the two systems of executive government under the US...
View ArticleSharing Water from Transboundary Rivers: Limits on State Power
In an article published in issue 44(1) of the Federal Law Review, Dr Adam Webster examines the the issue of whether states have a ‘right’ to a share in the water of rivers that flow through more than...
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