Biography
Dan Meagher is a Professor and Chair in Constitutional Law in Deakin Law School. Dan's research and teaching interests are in constitutional law, freedom of speech and statutory interpretation.
He is the editor of The Principle of Legality in Australian and New Zealand Law. Dan, along with Professor Matthew Groves, recently published, ‘The Principle of Legality and a Common Law Bill of Rights – Clear Statement Rules Head Down Under’, in the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. His chapter on ‘Legality’ will appear in Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone’s Oxford Companion to Australian Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Read more on Dan's profileResearch interests
- Constitutional Law
- Statutory Interpretation
- Freedom of Speech
Affiliations
- Member, Australian Association of Constitutional Law.
- Comments Editor, Public Law Review.
Teaching interests
- Constitutional Law
- Human Rights Law
- Statutory Interpretation
Professional activities
Publications
Fundamental Rights and Necessary Implication
D Meagher
(2023), pp. 0067205X2211463-0067205X2211463, Federal Law Review, C1
Voting Age and Non-Discrimination in New Zealand
Dan Meagher, Andrew Geddis
(2023), pp. 393-401, Public Law: the constitutional and administrative law of the commonwealth, London, Eng., C1
A Case for Recognising Non-Discrimination as a Fundamental Right at Common Law
Dan Meagher, Dominique Allen, Janina Boughey
(2023), Vol. 46, pp. 902-930, University of New South Wales Law Journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Dan Meagher
(2022), Vol. 52, pp. 79-93, Australian Bar Review, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
On the Wane? The Principle of Legality in the High Court of Australia
Dan Meagher
(2021), Vol. 32, pp. 61-81, PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, C1
Taking Seriously the Free Exercise of Religion under the Australian Constitution
B Saunders, D Meagher
(2021), Vol. 43, pp. 287-314, Sydney Law Review, C1
Statutory Precedents under the "Modern Approach" to Statutory Interpretation
Lisa Crawford, Dan Meagher
(2020), Vol. 42, pp. 209-239, SYDNEY LAW REVIEW, C1
Dan Meagher
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 191-217, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES LAW JOURNAL, C1
Rights, rhetoric and reality: An overview of Rights Protection in Australia
Matthew Groves, J Boughey, Danial Meagher
(2019), pp. 1-16, The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia, Oxford, Eng., B1
Daniel Meagher
(2019), pp. 373-391, The legal protection of rights in Australia, Oxford, Eng., B1
Is there a common law "Right" to freedom of speech?
Daniel Meagher
(2019), Vol. 43, pp. 269-302, Melbourne University law review, Melbourne, Vic., C1
D Meagher
(2018), pp. 1069-1093, The Oxford handbook of the Australian Constitution, Oxford, Eng., B1
D Meagher
(2018), pp. 397-425, Federal law review, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Two Reflections on Retrospectivity in Statutory Interpretation
Dan Meagher
(2018), Vol. 29, pp. 224-240, PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, C1
The principle of legality and proportionality in Australian law
D Meagher
(2017), pp. 114-138, The principle of legality in Australia and New Zealand, Annandale, N.S.W., B1-1
The principle of legality in Australian and New Zealand Law - final observations
D Meagher, D Meagher, M Groves, M Groves
(2017), pp. 258-268, The principle of legality in Australia and New Zealand, Annandale, N.S.W., B1-1
The principle of legality and contemporanea exposition est optima et fortissima in lege
D Meagher
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 98-115, Statute law review, Oxford, Eng., C1
The judicial evolution (or counter-revolution) of fundamental rights protection in Australia
D Meagher
(2017), Vol. 42, pp. 9-13, Alternative law journal, London, Eng., C1-1
The principle of legality in Australia and New Zealand
Dan Meagher, Matthew Groves
(2017), Annandale, N.S.W., A7-1
THE COMMON LAW PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY AND SECONDARY LEGISLATION
Dan Meagher, Matthew Groves
(2016), Vol. 39, pp. 450-487, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES LAW JOURNAL, C1
The principle of legality and a common law bill of rights - clear statement rules head down under
D Meagher
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 65-127, Brooklyn journal of international law, Brooklyn, N.Y., C1-1
The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Cth) and the courts
D Meagher
(2014), Vol. 42, pp. 1-25, Federal law review, Canberra, A. C. T., C1
The Principle of Legality as Clear Statement Rule: Significance and Problems
D Meagher
(2014), Vol. 36, pp. 413-443, Sydney Law Review, Sydney, NSW, C1
The common law principle of legality
D Meagher
(2013), Vol. 38, pp. 209-213, Alternative law journal, Melbourne, Vic., C1
D Meagher
(2012), Vol. 3, pp. 465-486, New Zealand law review, Auckland, New Zealand, C1
The legal recognition of same-sex unions in Australia : a constitutional analysis
M Brock, D Meagher
(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 266-278, Public law review, Rozelle, N. S. W., C1
The Brennan conception of the implied freedom : theory, proportionality and deference
D Meagher
(2011), Vol. 30, pp. 119-133, University of Queensland law journal, St Lucia, Qld., C1
The common law principle of legality in the age of rights
D Meagher
(2011), Vol. 35, pp. 449-477, Melbourne university law review, Melbourne, Vic., C1
The significance of Al-Kateb v Godwin for the Australian Bill of Rights debate
D Meagher
(2010), Vol. 12, pp. 15-25, Constitutional law and policy review, Chatswood, N.S.W., C1
CONSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN A FROZEN CONTINENT: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF GEORGE WINTERTON
Dan Meagher
(2010), Vol. 15, pp. 107-116, DEAKIN LAW REVIEW, C1-1
The status of using drug detection dogs under Australian law
D Meagher
(2009), Vol. 33, pp. 165-174, Criminal law journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Investigating 'indecent, obscene or pornographic' art : lessons from the Bill Henson controversy
D Meagher
(2009), Vol. 14, pp. 292-307, Media and arts law review, North Ryde, N.S.W., C1
The scope of judicial rights interpretation under bills of rights ( and its political consequences)
D Meagher
(2009), Vol. 20, pp. 214-232, Public law review, North Ryde, N.S.W., C1
The principle of legality and the judicial protection of rights - Evans v New South Wales
D Meagher
(2009), Vol. 37, pp. 293-311, Federal law review, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
D Meagher
(2008), Vol. 19, pp. 27-56, King's law journal, Oxford, U.K., C1
D Meagher
(2008), Vol. 29, pp. 175-204, Adelaide law review, Adelaide, S. Aust., C1
The status of flag desecration in Australian law
D Meagher
(2008), Vol. 34, pp. 73-102, University of Western Australia law review, Nedlands, W.A., C1
So far no good: the regulatory failure of criminal racial vilification laws in Australia
D Meagher
(2006), Vol. 17, pp. 209-232, Public law review, North Ryde, N.S.W., C1
Inciting racial violence as sedition: a problem of definition?
D Meagher
(2006), Vol. 30, pp. 289-301, Criminal law journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 7, pp. 69-80, Constitutional law and policy review, St. Leonards, NSW, C1
The status of the Kable principle in Australian constitutional law
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 16, pp. 182-187, Public law review, North Ryde, N.S.W., C1
Taking parliamentary sovereignty seriously within a Bill of Rights framework
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 10, pp. 686-696, Deakin law review, Burwood, Vic., C1
The protection of political communication under the Australian constitution
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 28, pp. 30-68, University of New South Wales law journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
The 'fighting words' doctrine : off the First Amendment canvas and into the implied freedom ring?
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 28, pp. 852-860, University of New South Wales law journal, Kensington, N.S.W., C1
Regulating history: Australian racial vilification law and history denial
D Meagher
(2005), Vol. 24, pp. 499-532, University of Queensland law journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
So far so good? : A critical evaluation of racial vilification laws in Australia
D Meagher
(2004), Vol. 32, pp. 225-253, Federal law review, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Back to the future : the war on terror and its impact on civil liberties
D Meagher
(2004), Vol. 15, pp. 177-182, Public law review, Rozelle, N.S.W., C1
Excessive force used in making an arrest: does it make the arrest ipso facto unlawful?
D Meagher
(2004), Vol. 28, pp. 237-242, Criminal law journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
D Meagher
(2004), Vol. 28, pp. 438-473, Melbourne University law review, Melbourne, Vic., C1
The times are they a-changin'? Can the Commonwealth parliament legislate for same sex marriages?
D Meagher
(2003), Vol. 17, pp. 134-154, Australian journal of family law, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
New day rising? Non-originalism, Justice Kirby and section 80 of the Constitution
D Meagher
(2002), Vol. 24, pp. 141-188, Sydney law review, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Black and white is always grey-the power of the police to conduct a strip search in Victoria
D Meagher
(2002), Vol. 26, pp. 43-56, Criminal law journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Guided by voices? - Constitutional interpretation on the Gleeson Court
D Meagher
(2002), Vol. 7, pp. 261-293, Deakin law review, Burwood, Vic., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
Victoria Eleni Lambropoulos
Thesis entitled: Rethinking the Employer's Summary Dismissal Power in the Employment Contract
Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin Law School