Associate Professor Matthew Zagor

Position: Associate Professor
School and/or Centres: Gender Institute

Email: matthew.zagor@anu.edu.au

Researcher profile: https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/matthew-zagor

  • Constitutional Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • International Law (Excl. International Trade Law)
  • Comparative Law
  • Legal Institutions (Incl. Courts And Justice Systems)
  • Legal Theory, Jurisprudence And Legal Interpretation
  • Law And Society
  • Law And Society
  • Refugee law - doctrinal, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches (eg refugee narrative identities and recognition; judicial approaches to the Refugee Convention - the High Court of Australia as global outlier; autonomy and authenticity in refugee legal discourses; antinominianism in refugee resettlement policy; discerning a political theology in refugee law and policy)
  • Judicial roles and rhetoric - identifying a legal and political theory in judicial approaches to exclusion and detention (project with the AACL, co-authorship with Dr Amelia Simpson); principle of legality; constitutional reverence / patriotism.
  • International Law - the 'humanity turn'; international law and religion.

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