The Melbourne LLB

Associate Professor Simon Evans is Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law. He was Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies until July 2007 and Director of Teaching from July 2003 to December 2005.

He researches and teaches in constitutional law, constitutional theory, and property law. His particular fields of research are the constitutional provisions that limit the ability of governments to take or regulate private property for public purposes and the mechanisms for ensuring the accountability of the executive government.

He has worked as an Associate to Sir Anthony Mason at the High Court of Australia and as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney.

He is a member of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, the Australian Association of Constitutional Law, the Australian Institute of Administrative Law and the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy.

His latest working papers can be downloaded from SSRN.

• Constitutional law and theory, especially comparative constitutional law and constitutional interpretation
• Constitutional rights, especially constitutional property rights and free speech, and the boundaries between individual rights and legitimate regulation in a mixed liberal/social-democratic system
• Human rights, especially the role of legislatures in protecting human rights

• Deputy Dean
• Former Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies

• Member, Australasian Law Teachers Association
• Member, Australian Society of Legal Philosophy
• Treasurer, Australian Association of Constitutional Law
• Member, Australian Institute of Administrative Law