Lael K Weis

Originalism and Constitutional Amendment

Lael Weis

Journal article  |  2022  |  Chapman Law Review

This Article examines a problem that constitutional amendment uniquely poses for originalism, namely: how should changes to a cons..

Positive and Negative Constitutionalism and the Limits of Universalism: A Review Essay

Adrienne Stone, Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2021  |  OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES

In The Principles of Constitutionalism, Nicholas Barber provides a sophisticated yet highly readable introduction to fundamental c..

Situating Legislated Rights: legislative and judicial role in contemporary constitutional theory

Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2020  |  JURISPRUDENCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATURE

Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2020  |  UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LAW JOURNAL

This article argues that constitutional theory requires the concept of 'constitutional office' to theorize the place of the legisl..

Legislative Constitutional Baselines

Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Sydney Law Review

'Constitutional baselines' are interpretive tools that are widely used in constitutional reasoning, although often implicit and un..

Constitutionally obligatory legislation: A case study in legal constitutionalism

LK Weis

Book Chapter  |  2019

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the study of the boundary space between constitutional law and legislation f..

Environmental constitutionalism: Aspiration or transformation?

Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2018  |  ICON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

A striking feature of environmental constitutional provisions is that state obligations are predominantly entrenched using contraj..

Property

Lael K Weis

Book Chapter  |  2018

Abstract This chapter focuses on the unique formulation of section 51(xxxi), the expropriation clause found in the ..

Constitutional Directive Principles

Lael K Weis

Journal article  |  2017  |  OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES

This article is the first step toward developing a general and systematic account of constitutional directive principles. Directiv..

Does Australia Need a Popular Constitutional Culture?

Lael K Weis

Book Chapter  |  2017