SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Nicholas Aroney specialises in constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory, with a special interest in federalism, law and religion and human rights. He speaks frequently at overseas and interstate conferences and has published extensively in these fields. He has also worked as a consultant in building and construction law.
His major publications include:
Winterton’s Australian Federal Constitutional Law: Commentary & Materials, 5th ed (Sydney: Thomson Reuters, forthcoming 2022) (with Sarah Murray, Peter Gerangelos, Adrienne Stone, Patrick Emerton and Joel Harrison).
The Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism (London: Routledge, 2021) (edited with Patricia Popelier and Giacomo Delledonne).
Courts in Federal Systems: Unitarists or Federalists? (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017) (edited with John Kincaid).
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia: History, Principle and Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne 2015) (with Peter Gerangelos, Sarah Murray and James Stellios)
Winterton’s Australian Federal Constitutional Law: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2013) (with Peter Gerangelos, H P Lee, Sarah Murray, Simon Evans and Patrick Emerton)
The Future of Australian Federalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) (edited with Gabrielle Appleby and Thomas John)
Shari'a in the West (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) (edited with Rex Ahdar)
The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (Perth: University of Western Australia Press, 2008) (edited with Scott Prasser and J.R. Nethercote)
Freedom of Speech in the Constitution (Sydney: Centre for Independent Studies, 1998)