Academic Staff
Macquarie Law School
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW, 2109
Australia
tel: +61-2-9850 7060
fax: +61-2-9850 7686
email: margaret.kelly@law.mq.edu.au
location: W3A 616
Dr Margaret R.L.L. Kelly
BA (Hons) (QU), LLB (ANU), PhD (Macq)
Senior Lecturer
Teaching Responsibilities 2007
LAW314 Constitutional Law and Administration I
LAW404 Advanced Administrative Law - The Law Governing Decision-Making
LAW315 Constitutional Law and Administration II
LAW441 Politics and the Constitution
Research Interests:
Constitutional law, administrative law; the nature of governance; Australian governance; the people; Common law history and constitutionalism; History and law of the monarchy; Constitutional history
Recent Publications:
‘Overdue recognition that the States aren’t sovereign,’ article on Work Choices case, The Australian, 17 November 2006.
‘Common Law Constitutionalism and the Oath of Governance : ‘an hieroglyphic of the laws.’ Paper presented to the Legal History stream of the Society of Legal Scholars’ Conference, Keele University, UK, 4-7 September 2006, on 7 September 2006.
‘Common Law Constitutionalism—a Different View.’ Paper presented to the Australian Society for Legal Philosophy Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 23-25 June 2006, on 24 June 2006
‘Marbury v Madison: An analysis,’ (2005) High Court Quarterly Review Vol. 1, No. 2, 58-141