Biography
Dr Matthew Lister is a Senior Lecturer in Deakin Law School. Matthew is a legal and political philosopher, writing on immigration and refugee law, international law, political philosophy, jurisprudence, and topics related to business ethics, broadly understood to include business law and labour and employment law issues.
Read more on Matthew's profileResearch interests
- Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy
- Political Philosophy
- Legal Philosophy
Teaching interests
- Immigration and Refugee Law
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Labour and Employment/Workplace Law
Media appearances
- Interview; 'Thinking about Globalization, Immigration, and Refugees', 3AM Magazine, United Kingdom, 2017.
Publications
Philosophical foundations for complementary protection
Matthew Lister
(2020), pp. 211-230, The political philosophy of refuge, Cambridge, Eng., B1
M Lister
(2020), Vol. 15, pp. 1-11, Philosophy compass, Chichester, Eng., C1
What Role for the State? (And a Comment on the Common Good)
Matthew Lister
(2020), Vol. 44, pp. 124-132, Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy, Australia, C1
The rights of families and children at the border
M Lister
(2018), pp. 153-170, Philosophical foundations of children's and family law, Oxford, Eng., B1
Contract, treaty, and sovereignty
M Lister
(2018), pp. 283-308, Sovereignty and the new executive authority, New York, N.Y., B1
M Lister
(2018), Vol. 62, pp. 323-332, Saint Louis university law journal, Saint Louis, Mo., C1
Applied political and legal philosophy
M Dempsey, M Lister
(2017), pp. 313-327, Companion to applied philosophy, Chichester, Eng., B1-1
A tax-credit approach to addressing brain drain
Matthew Lister
(2017), Vol. 62, pp. 73-84, Saint Louis University law journal, St. Louis, Mo., C1
The place of persecution and non-state action in refugee protection
M Lister
(2016), pp. 45-60, The Ethics and Politics of Immigration: Core Issues and Emerging Trends, London, Eng., B1-1
Self-determination, dissent, and the problem of populations
M Lister
(2016), pp. 120-144, The theory of self-determination, Cambridge, Eng., B1-1
Justice and temporary labor migration
M Lister
(2015), Vol. 29, pp. 95-123, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, United States, C1-1
Empirical desert, dangerousness, and limiting retributivism: a reply
M Lister, P Robinson, J Barton
(2014), Vol. 17, pp. 312-375, New Criminal Law Review, United States, C1-1
M Lister
(2014), Vol. 17, pp. 618-634, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, United Kingdom, C1-1
There is no human right to democracy. but may we promote it anyway?
M Lister
(2012), Vol. 48, pp. 257-276, Stanford journal of international law, United States, C1-1
The legitimating role of consent in international law
M Lister
(2011), Vol. 11, pp. 663-691, Chicago Journal of International Law, Chicago, Ill., C1-1
Immigration, association, and the family
M Lister
(2010), Vol. 29, pp. 717-745, Law and Philosophy, Netherlands, C1-1
Citizenship, in the immigration context
M Lister
(2010), Vol. 70, pp. 175-233, Maryland Law Review, United States, C1-1
Gang-related asylum claims: an overview and prescription
M Lister
(2008), Vol. 38, pp. 827-852, The University of Memphis law review, United States, C1-1
A Rawlsian argument for extending family-based immigration benefits to same-sex couples
M Lister
(2007), Vol. 37, pp. 745-780, University of Memphis law review, Memphis, Tenn., C1-1
Well-ordered science: the case of GM crops
M Lister
(2007), Vol. 32, pp. 127-139, Journal of philosophical research, Charlottesville, Va., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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Supervisions
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