Biography
Colin Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Deakin Law School. Colin’s research focuses on Anti-Discrimination Law and Administrative Law. He holds Masters degrees from the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge, and a doctorate in law from Cambridge, where he was a W.M. Tapp Scholar at Gonville and Caius College.
Colin has authored or co-authored articles that have been published in several of the common law world’s pre-eminent law journals, including the Modern Law Review, the Law Quarterly Review, the Cambridge Law Journal, and the University of Toronto Law Journal. He is the co-editor of Australian Charters of Rights, A Decade On (Federation Press, 2017) and the co-author of Emergency Powers in Australia (Cambridge University Press (England), 2nd ed.2018).
At Deakin, Colin currently teaches Administrative Law and Torts. In his academic career to date, Colin has supervised to completion over 20 Honours students and 6 PhD students.
He is Director of Deakin’s LLB (Hons) course, is founder and Convenor of the Deakin Law School Student Academic Excellence Program, and is a member of the Law School Executive.
Read more on Colin's profileResearch interests
I research primarily in the area of anti-discrimination law, but also in the area of administrative law.
Affiliations
Australian Discrimination Law Experts' Group
Teaching interests
I teach in the areas of Administrative Law, Torts and Anti-Discrimination Law
Units taught
MLL424 Administrative Law
MLL213 Tort
Knowledge areas
Ant-Discrimination Law, Administrative Law, Torts, Privacy Law.
Expertise
- Law
Awards
Winner Monash Student Association Award for Teaching Excellence in the Law Faculty, 2018.
Shorlisted, Zines Prize for Legal Excellence, 2015
Publications
Distinguishing Between Direct and Indirect Discrimination
C Campbell, D Smith
(2023), Vol. 86, pp. 307-330, Modern Law Review, C1
Social Media and Free Speech in the Australian Workplace
Colin Campbell
(2022), Vol. 2, pp. 535-566, Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia Volume 2, Sydney, N.S.W., B1
The Grounding Requirement for Direct Discrimination
Colin Campbell, Dale Smith
(2020), Vol. 136, pp. 258-283, The Law Quarterly Review, Andover, Eng., C1-1
The Nature and Limitations of Anti-Discrimination Law
Colin Campbell
(2019), pp. 163-183, The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia, Oxford, Eng., B1-1
Proportionality in Australian Public Law
Colin Campbell, H Lee
(2019), pp. 158-183, Legal transplants in East Asia and Oceania, Cambridge, Eng., B1-1
The risky business of urban water innovation in Australia: looking through the harm lens
Graeme Hodge, Tara McCallum, Colin Campbell
(2019), Vol. 41, pp. 1-18, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
H Lee, Michael Adams, Colin Campbell, Patrick Emerton
(2018), Cambridge, Eng., A1-1
Colin Campbell
(2017), pp. 104-119, Australian Charters of Rights A Decade On, Annandale, N.S.W., B1-1
Deliberative freedoms and the asymmetric features of anti-discrimination law
Colin Campbell, Dale Smith
(2017), Vol. 67, pp. 247-287, University of Toronto Law Journal, Toronto, Canada, C1-1
Australian Charters of Rights a Decade on
Colin Campbell, Matthew Groves
(2017), Sydney, N.S.W., A7-1
The Risky Business of Water Sensitive City Innovation : A Legal Analysis of Rick Allocation
Tara McCallum, Colin Campbell, Graeme Hodge, Emilie Boulot, Colin Campbell
(2016), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
Direct Discrimination without a Comparator? Moving to a Test of Unfavourable Treatment
Colin Campbell, Dale Smith
(2015), Vol. 43, pp. 91-118, Federal Law Review, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1
Judges, Bias and Recusal in Australia
Colin Campbell
(2011), pp. 279-300, Judiciaries in Comparative Perspective, B1-1
Monopoly Power as Public Power for the Purposes of Judicial Review
Colin Campbell
(2009), Vol. 125, The Law Quarterly Review, London, Eng., C1-1
The Nature of Power as Public in English Judicial Review
Colin Campbell
(2009), Vol. 68, pp. 90-117, Cambridge Law Journal, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
The public/private distinction in Australian administrative law
Colin Campbell
(2007), pp. 34-49, AUSTRALIAN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: FUNDAMENTALS, PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES, B1-1
Colin Campbell
(2007), Vol. 35, pp. 1-21, Federal Law Review, Acton, A.C.T., C1-1
An Examination of the Doctrine of Persona Designata in Australian Law
Colin Campbell
(2000), pp. 109-120, Australian Journal of Administrative Law, C1-1
Colin Campbell
(1999), Vol. 10, pp. 222-233, Australian Intellectual Property Journal, C1-1
An Examination of the Champertous Assignment of Bare Causes of Action
Colin Campbell
(1999), Vol. 27, pp. 142-159, Australian Business Law Review, C1-1
Colin Campbell
(1998), pp. 135-156, Australian Journal of Administrative Law, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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Supervisions
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