The Frontiers of Public Law - by Jason Ne Varuhas & Shona Wilson Stark (Hardcover)

About the Book

"This major collection contains selected papers from the third Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Melbourne in July 2018. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and senior judges from across the common law world, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The collection explores the frontiers of public law, examining the intersection of public law with other signficant fields, and considering the possibilities for legal thought and legal development at public law's edges. The essays provide striking insights into public law, and its place within the wider legal landscape. The collection addresses four principal frontiers of public law - public law and international law; public law and indigenous law, rights and culture; public law and other domestic fields including private law and criminal law; and public law and public administration. In common with the two previous books in the Public Law Conference series, this collection provides invaluable insights at the cutting-edge of public law, and is a must-have for those working in the field"--

Book Synopsis

This major collection contains selected papers from the third Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Melbourne in July 2018. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and senior judges from across the common law world, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The collection explores the frontiers of public law, examining cutting-edge issues at the intersection of public law and other fields. The collection addresses four principal frontiers: public law and international law; public law and indigenous peoples; public law and other domestic fields, specifically criminal law and private law; and public law and public administration. In common with the two books from the previous Public Law Conferences, this collection offers authoritative insights into the most important issues emerging in public law, and is essential reading for those working in the field.

Review Quotes

"A voyage of a discovery ... any practitioner or scholar working within any subfield of public law will likely find something of direct interest among the book's contents." --Joanna Bell, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

About the Author

Jason NE Varuhas is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne and Associate Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge. He is a founder of the Public Law Conference series.

Shona Wilson Stark is a University Lecturer in Public Law at the Law Faculty at the University of Cambridge, and an Official Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge.