Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law

About us

The Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law in the Faculty of Law plays a prominent, independent role in public debate on issues vital to Australia's future including Charters of Rights, federal reform, reconciliation and native title, refugees and migration law and the challenges of responding to terrorism. The Centre is a focal point for research and discussion of these and other questions of public law for the academic, professional and wider community. The Centre's Members, Postgraduate Students and Visitors seek to actively engage with government, the legal profession and broader community through research, teaching, media and consultancy work and events including conferences and seminars.

Latest News

  • Sophie Duxson and Greg Weeks write for the UK Constitutional Law Group on Hungary's new Constitution

  • Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a submission to Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011

  • Paul Kildea writes in Inside Story on COAG and Federal/State relations

  • George Williams talks on ABC Radio's PM program on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal peoples

  • George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on removing race from the Constitution

  • Andrew Lynch considers the findings of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government on Inside Story

  • Laureate Project hosts postgraduate workshop on anti-terror laws at Centre for Criminology, Oxford University

  • Centre PhD student, Rebecca Welsh, comments on the Wainohu decision in the Public Law Review: ‘“Incompatibility” Rising? Some Potential Consequences of Wainohu v New South Wales’

  • George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on the High Court cases of 2012

  • Andrew Lynch contributes to the Human Rights Law Centre’s  Survey of 2012 agenda items for the new Commonwealth Attorney-General Nicola Roxon

  • Panel of Constitutional Experts - Review into Recall Elections Report released

  • Fergal Davis presents paper: 'Trial by Jury in Ireland and New Zealand in the State of Exception'  at the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork

Upcoming Events

Papers

Click here to see a selection of past conference papers including the 2011 Constitutional Law Conference

Webcasts

Click here to see a selection of past webcasts including the 2011 Constitutional Law Conference

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