Dr Scott Stephenson is a Senior Lecturer at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne. His research focuses on topics of Australian and comparative constitutional law and theory, including federalism, the migration of constitutional ideas, models of rights protection, political backlash against courts, and quasi-constitutional law.
After receiving his BA and LLB(Hons) with the University Medal in Law from the Australian National University, he worked at the High Court of Australia, first as the Court’s Legal Research Officer and then as Associate (Law Clerk) to Justice Virginia Bell AC.
He then obtained his LLM and JSD from Yale University. While at Yale, he held the position of Tutor-in-Law for two years, was awarded the Fox International Fellowship to spend a year undertaking research at the University of Cambridge, and visited the University of Copenhagen’s Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts).
His book on the bills of rights in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, From Dialogue to Disagreement in Comparative Rights Constitutionalism (Federation Press, 2016), was awarded the Holt Prize in 2015. He has published in a number of Australian, Irish, UK and international journals, including the Dublin University Law Journal, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the Melbourne University Law Review, and Public Law.
A full list of publications can be found at http://scottmstephenson.com.
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The characteristics of political backlash against courts
Internal Research Grant
Should Australia have a Bill of Rights?
NEWS ARTICLE
Is the Commonwealth's approach to rights constitutionalism exportable?
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Court ruling leaves the buck with MPs
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Designing an Australian Bill of Rights: The Normative Trade-Offs
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The rise and recognition of constitutional statutes
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Doctor of the Science of Law
Yale University
Masters of Law
Yale University
Bachelor of Laws
Australian National University
Bachelor of Arts
Australian National University