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Dr Dan Meagher
Present Position
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 61 3 5227 2075
Fax: 61 3 5227 2151
Email: daniel.meagher@deakin.edu.au
Academic Qualifications
PhD UNSW, LLM Monash, B Ec Monash,
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria |
Teaching Expertise
- Federal Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
Subjects Taught
- Introduction to Law
- Federal Constitutional Law
- Criminal Procedure
Research Interests
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Legal Philosophy
- Human Rights
Work History
- 1998-Present Lecturer, Deakin University
- 1996-97 Practising Solicitor
- 1994-95 Tutor and Lecturer
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
- 'Inciting Racial Violence as Sedition: A Problem of Definition?' (2006) 30 Criminal Law Journal 289
- 'So Far No Good: The Regulatory Failure of Criminal Racial Vilification Laws in Australia' (2006) 17 Public Law Review 209
- 'Regulating History: Australian Racial Vilification Law and History Denial' (2005) 24 University of Queensland Law Journal 499
- 'The "Fighting Words" Doctrine: Off the First Amendment Canvass and into the Implied Freedom Ring?' (2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 852
- 'Taking Parliamentary Sovereignty Seriously Within a Bill of Rights Framework' (2005) 10 Deakin Law Review 686
- 'The Status of the Kable Principle in Australian Constitutional Law' (2005) 16 Public Law Review 182
- 'The Protection of Political Communication Under the Australian Constitution' (2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 30
- 'Excessive Force Used in Making an Arrest: Does it Make the Arrest Ipso Facto Unlawful ?' - (2004) 28 Criminal Law Journal 237
- 'So far So Good ?: A Critical Evaluation of Racial Vilification Laws in Australia' (2004) 32 Federal Law Review 225
- 'Back to the future: The War on Terror and its Impact on Civil Liberties' (2004) 15 Public Law Review 177
- 'What is Political Communication: The Rationale of the Implied Freedom of Political Communication' (2004) 28 Melbourne University Law Review 438
- 'The "Tragic" High Court Decisions in Al-Kateb v Godwin and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Al Khafaji: The Triumph of the "Plain Fact" Interpretive Approach and Constitutional Form Over Substance' (2005) 7 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 69
- 'Guided By Voices ? - Constitutional Interpretation on the Gleeson Court' (2002) 7(2) Deakin Law Review 261
- 'Black and White is Always Grey - The Power of Police to Conduct a Strip Search in Victoria' (2002) 26 Criminal Law Journal 43.
- 'New Day Rising ? Non-Originalism, Justice Kirby and Section 80 of the Constitution' (2002) 24 Sydney Law Review 141.
- 'Should the Victorian Constitution be reformed to strengthen the separation of judicial power?' (2000) 2 (4) CLPR 63.
- 'The Quiet Revolution - A Brief History and Analysis of the Growth of Forensic Police Powers in Victoria' (2000) 24 Crim LJ 76.
- 'The Times are they a-changin' ? - Can the Commonwealth Parliament legislate for same sex marriages?' (2003) 17 Australian Journal of Family Law 134.
Chapters in Books
- 'Constitutional Law' in Richard Krever (ed) Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques (5th ed, 2001) 205.
Book Reviews
- Colin James (ed) Building the Constitution (2000) - (2001) 2 Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal 328
