LLB(Hons)(QIT) LLM (London) Ph.D. (Bond) Gerard Carney teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights Law. He previously held lectureships at the Law Schools at QUT and at the University of Queensland before joining the Bond Law School in 1990. In 1988 he was seconded to the Legal Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. During 1995-96 he served as the Executive Associate to the then Chief Justice of Australia, the Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE. He has also been a visiting scholar to the Law Schools at Duke University (USA 1991), University of Stockholm (2001), University of Ghent (2005), and University of Western Australia (2006). His primary research interest is in all facets of Australian constitutional law. He has published articles and conference papers on a wide range of topics especially on State constitutional law, parliamentary privilege, members of parliament and public integrity law generally. His major books are: Members of Parliament: law and ethics (Prospect / LexisNexis Butterworths 2000) and The Constitutional Systems of the Australian States & Territories (Cambridge University Press 2006). Gerard has been engaged as a consultant to: Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (EARC); Commonwealth and State parliamentary committees; and Transparency International (Berlin). He is also a member of the Council of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL). He is a Barrister of the High Court of Australia and of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Articles
Abolition and restoration of a Legislative Council: Queensland and the other states, Law papers (2008)
If Australians, Canadians and Americans are, like Britons, living under ‘elective dictatorships’ then how can...
Constitutional framework for regulation of the Australian uranium industry, Australian resources and energy law journal (2007)
An outline of the constitutional legal foundations for the present regulation of the Australian uranium...
Australian federalism: crunch time?, Law papers (2006)
Australian federalism is under serious threat, with a Commonwealth government intent on exercising the full...
Lord Atkin: his Queensland Origins and Legacy, Law papers (2006)
This article examines the life of Baron Atkin of Aberdovey, one of the most famous...
Butler- The Governor, The National Legal Eagle (2004)
Extract:
Last year, the former butler to Princess Diana was the focus of international...
Books
The Constitutional Systems of the Australian States and Territories , Law papers (2006)
This book outlines the constitutional systems of the six Australian states and ten Commonwealth territories....
Members of parliament: Law and ethics, Law papers (2000)
Members of Parliament - Law and Ethics provides a critical appraisal of the legal and...
Book Chapters
The constitutional framework for water resources management (with Alex Gardner), Water resources law (2009)
The control of water resources in Australia is traditionally the responsibility of the states. The...
Egan v Willis and Egan v Chadwick: The triumph of responsible government, State Constitutional Landmarks (2006)
The constitutional significance of Egan v Willis, a decision of the High Court in 1998,...
The Ethical Standards of Politicians, The Worldly Art of Politics (2006)
If opinion polls are to be believed, politicians in Australia barely rate above car salesmen...
Reform of parliamentary privilege, Peace, order, and good government: state constitutional and parliamentary reform (2003)
This chapter by Gerard Carney is in the book 'Peace, order, and good government: state...
Sir Gerard Brennan – the principled judge, Queensland judges on the High Court (2003)
This chapter by Gerard Carney is in the book 'Queensland judges on the High Court'....