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William Partlett

Associate Professor
Law
arts & humanities
law
social sciences
government & law
humanities, multidisciplinary
arts & humanities - other topics
history
transformative constitutionalism
comparative methodology
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William Partlett

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Law Reform in Developing Countries
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Projects

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Implementation of Melbourne Forum Initiative

2018 - 2019
Completed
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What is Socialist Law?

2016 - 2017
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

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Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Socialist Constitutional Legacies

Sergei Belov, William Partlett, Alexandra Troitskaya

Journal article  |  2021  |  Russian Law Journal

With the end of the Cold War, many assumed that socialism, together with the specific constitutional values and political structure..

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Expanding Revision Clauses in Democratic Constitutions

William Partlett

Book Chapter  |  2020

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The Importance of Constitutional Law for Belarusian Democracy: An Analysis of the Amended 1994 Constitution and Considerations for Democratic Reform

Will Partlett

Report  |  2020

This report researches the relationship between constitutional law and democracy in Belarus.

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Engineers' Problematic Comparative Legacy

William Partlett

Journal article  |  2020  |  Public Law Review

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East Asian Socialism and East Asian Legality: A Response to Ewan Smith

Hualing Fu, John Gillespie, Pip Nicholson, William Partlett

Journal article  |  2019  |  Asian Journal of Comparative Law

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Russia’s non-transformative constitutional founding

W Partlett, M Krasnov

Journal article  |  2019  |  European Constitutional Law Review

The founding of Russia’s 1993 Constitution undermined its transformative potential – The use of pre-existing Soviet legality durin..

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Criminal Law and Cooperative Federalism

William Partlett

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Criminal Law Review

Cooperative federalism is now commonplace in the prosecution of street-level drug and gun crime in the United States. This Article..

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Post-Soviet Constitution-Making

William Partlett

Book Chapter  |  2019

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The Foundations of Democratic Dualism: Why Constitutional Politics and Ordinary Politics are Different

William Partlett, Zim Nwokora

Journal article  |  2019  |  Constellations

Formal constitution-making is now an increasingly common phenomenon. But how should we understand the politics of constitutional l..

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David Cameron's Critical Mistake: Brexit as Constitutional Politics

William Partlett, Zim Nwokora

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2019

In the ongoing drama of Brexit politics, it can be hard to know where to start with an evaluation. In this post, we want to assess..

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Keyword Analysis

Justice and the Law
Public Law
Other Law and Legal Studies
Historical Studies
Law in Context
Understanding Past Societies
International and Comparative Law
Other Education
Other Education and Training

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By jailing Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin may turn him into an even more potent opposition symbol

William Partlett

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to two years, eight months in a prison colony for violating the probation ter..

February 2, 2021
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Alexeï Navalny critique le Kremlin depuis longtemps. S’il a été empoisonné, pourquoi maintenant ?

William Partlett

Alexeï Navalny, l'un des principaux leaders de l’opposition en Russie, est actuellement entre la vie et la mort après avoir été apparemment ..

August 22, 2020
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Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?

William Partlett

Sergey Ponomarev/APThe headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently..

August 21, 2020
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Five things to know about Russia’s Constitutional amendments

William Partlett

After seven days of voting culminating on 1 July (amid allegations of vote falsification), official preliminary reports say that a majority ..

July 1, 2020
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Australia’s constitutional answer to structural racism

Shireen Morris, Julian Murphy, William Partlett

The death of George Floyd has triggered an important global discussion about structural racism, including here in Australia. Structural raci..

June 28, 2020
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A precarious high

Julian Murphy, William Partlett

At the end of last month, the possession and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis became legal in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)..

February 9, 2020
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How Putin is devising his exit plan

William Partlett

For much of Russian history, the transfer of power has been difficult. The bloody struggle for power after Stalin’s death is just one exampl..

January 16, 2020
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Does it matter that strikes against Syria violate international law?

William Partlett

Leading legal experts and former US officials have almost universally stated that the recent airstrikes in Syria carried out by the United S..

April 16, 2018
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The legal maze of the marriage equality survey

Adrienne Stone, Cheryl Saunders AO, Michael Crommelin, William Partlett

Before Australians even have a chance to have their say on the issue of same-sex marriage, the legality of the whole exercise is being chall..

August 31, 2017
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Section 44: Changing the Constitution to reflect modern Australia

Adrienne Stone, Cheryl Saunders AO, Michael Crommelin, William Partlett

Section 44(i) of the Australian constitution continues to wreak political havoc, affecting minor and major parties all the way up to the Dep..

August 20, 2017
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Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor

Law

Education

JD Law

Stanford University

Doctorate Modern History

University of Oxford

MPhil Russian and East European Studies

University of Oxford

Bachelor Public Policy and International Affairs

Princeton University

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