Glenn Patmore studied law at Monash University and Queen’s University, Canada. Before coming to Melbourne Law School (MLS), Glenn was a member of the Faculty of Law at Monash University.
Glenn’s research focuses on the legal regulation of democratic participation, with reference to constitutional amendment, constitutional freedoms, freedom from discrimination and workplace participation.
He is the author of a large body of published work on these topics including: two monographs, six books of collected essays, numerous book chapters, and many scholarly articles. His work has been published in numerous journals including the Melbourne University Law Review, Federal Law Review, Public Law Review, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal and Queen’s Law Journal. He has also contributed chapters to field-specific handbooks published by Oxford University Press and Edward Elgar.
Glenn’s most recent work includes the book chapter ‘Employee voice and democracy: a critique of national and transnational laws’ in Adrian Wilkinson, Jimmy Donaghey, Tony Dundon and Richard B. Freeman (eds), Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (Edward Elgar, 2nd ed, 2020). He is working on two research projects: ‘Developing a Right to Democracy in International Law: Protection by the Rule of Law?’ and ‘The First Amendment and Social Movements—Demonstration by Occupation in a Democracy’.
Glenn has presented his research at numerous Australian and overseas universities, including Cambridge University, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), King’s College London, Queen’s University (Canada), and the Paris-Sorbonne University. He has also been invited to give several presentations to the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales. Glenn’s presentations span domestic and comparative law as well as interdisciplinary fields.
Glenn has taught Legal Methods and Reasoning, Principles of Public Law, Constitutional Law, and Torts. His JD elective subject, entitled Democracy, Law and Civil Liberties, examines case law from Australia and the United States. Glenn helped found the MLS Law School Equality Committee and was the inaugural Equal Opportunity Liaison Officer for Disability. Glenn also co-organised the MLS Faculty Research Seminar Series from 2015 to 2017.
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Employee Voice and Democracy: A Critique of National and Transnational Laws
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Recognising the Politics of Constitutional Referenda: Initiation and the Policy Process fo..
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Evaluating Social Partnership in the Australian Context
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Law, Protest and Democratisation: The Case of Occupy Melbourne
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Regulation of Employee Voice
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Law and Democracy: Contemporary Questions
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A Non-Executive Australian Head of State, Now and Into the Future: Towards Constitutional ..
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Credentials
Positions
Positions
Associate Professor
Law
Barrister & Solicitor
Supreme Court of Victoria
Education
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Monash University
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Monash University
Master of Laws
Queen's University at Kingston