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.