Scientia Professor George Williams

George Williams AO is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Planning and Assurance, Anthony Mason Professor and a Scientia Professor at UNSW. He has served as Dean of UNSW Law and held an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship and visiting positions at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Columbia University Law School in New York, and Durham University and University College London in the United Kingdom.

He has written and edited 37 books, including Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and Human Rights under the Australian Constitution. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court in many cases over the past two decades, including on freedom of speech, freedom from racial discrimination and the rule of law. He has also appeared in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Fiji, including on the legality of the 2000 coup.

His experience in higher education includes serving as Chair of the Australian Laureate Fellowships Selection Advisory Committee for the Australian Research Council. He was an invited member of the inaugural ERA Research Evaluation Humanities and Creative Arts Committee. He also led a Centre of Excellence bid.

As chair of the Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee in 2005 he helped bring about Australia’s first State bill of rights, the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. In 2007 he chaired the NSW Government inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System that produced the historic referral of State industrial power over the private sector to the Commonwealth. He has also served on a High Level Advisory Group on Federal-State Relations, was a member of the NSW Government’s Panel to Examine Recall Elections and assisted the Northern Territory in its attempt to become Australia’s seventh State as a member of its Constitutional Convention Committee.

George is a well-known media commentator on legal issues. He has been a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times and an on-air analyst for ABC Television. He is currently a columnist for The Australian, and reviews science fiction and fantasy books for The Weekend Australian and The Bookshelf on ABC Radio National.

George was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2011: ‘For distinguished service to the law in the fields of anti-terrorism, human rights and constitutional law as an academic, author, adviser and public commentator.’

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Books

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2020, Treaty

Williams G; Brennan S; Lynch A; Blackshield AR, 2018, Blackshield and Williams Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials, 7th Edition, Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW

Davis M; Williams G, 2015, Everything you Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians, NewSouth

Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2015, Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney

Davis F; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2014, Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, Routledge

Blackshield A; Sean Brennan ; Williams G; Brennan S; Lynch A, 2014, Blackshield and Williams Australian Constitutional Law and Theory Commentary and Materials

Davis F; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2014, Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203517451

Blackshield AR; Williams G; Brennan S; Lynch A, 2014, Blackshield and Williams Australian Constitutional Law and Theory Commentary and Materials

Davis F; Mc Garrity N; Williams G, 2014, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203517451

Davis FF; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2013, Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, Routledge

Williams G; Hume D, 2013, Human Rights under the Australian Constitution 2nd edition, http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/law/constitutional__and__admin_law/9780195523119

Williams G; Ramraj V; Hor M; Roach M, (eds.), 2012, Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, Cambridge University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043793

Williams G; Hume D, 2010, People Power: The History and Future of the Referendum in Australia, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, https://www.unswpress.com.au/isbn/9781742232157.htm

Blackshield AR; Douglas R; Williams G, 2010, Public Law in Australia: Commentary and Materials, Original, Federation Press, Annandale NSW, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862877986

Williams G; Stewart A, 2007, Work Choices: What the High Court Said, Original, Federation Press, Sydney

Williams G, 2007, A Charter of Rights for Australia, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney

Lynch A; Williams G, 2006, What Price Security: Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terror Laws, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney

Charlesworth H; Chaim M; Hovell DC; Williams G, 2006, No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney

Williams G; Blackshield AR, 2006, Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials, 5th, Federation Press, Sydney

Williams G; Hovell DC; Charlesworth H; Chaim M, (eds.), 2005, The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems, Federation Press, Sydney

Williams G; Brennan S; Behrendt L; Strelein L, 2005, Treaty, Original, Federation Press, Sydney

Williams G, 2004, The Case for an Australian Bill of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror, 1, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney

Williams G; Mercurio BC; Orr G, (eds.), 2003, Realising Democracy: Electoral Law in Australia, Federation Press, Sydney

Blackshield AR; Williams G, 2002, Australian Constitutional Law & Theory: Commentary and Materials, 3rd, Federation Press, Sydney

Edited Books

Williams G; Dixon R, (ed.), 2015, The High Court, The Constitution and Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/CBO9781107445253

Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G, (eds.), 2012, Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW

McGarrity N; Lynch A; Williams G, (eds.), 2010, Counter-Terrorism and Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203849897

Lynch A; MacDonald EC; Williams G, (eds.), 2007, Law and Liberty in the War on Terror, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW

Journal articles

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2019, 'The participation of indigenous australians in legal education, 2001–18', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 42, pp. 1294 - 1327, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/article/the-participation-of-indigenous-australians-in-legal-education-2001-18/

Williams G; Lynch A, 2019, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2018 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 42, pp. 1443 - 1459, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/article/the-high-court-on-constitutional-law-the-2018-statistics/

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2019, 'Protecting Religious Freedom in a Human Rights Act', Australian Law Journal, vol. 93, pp. 721 - 733, http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2019/09/16/australian-law-journal-update-vol-93-pt-9-special-issue-on-religious-freedom/

Williams G, 2019, 'EMERITUS PROFESSOR MICHAEL COPER AO, FAAL Obituary', AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, vol. 93, pp. 603 - 604, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000474211700011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zalnieriute M; Moses LB; Williams G, 2019, 'The rule of law and automation of government decision-making', Modern Law Review, vol. 82, pp. 425 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12412

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2019, 'Treaty Making in the Australian Federation', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 43, pp. 178 - 232, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/3166050/05-Hobbs-and-Williams.pdf

Lynch A; Williams G, 2018, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2017 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 41, pp. 1134 - 1158

williams G; hobbs H, 2018, 'The Noongar Settlement: Australia's First Treaty', The Sydney Law Review, vol. 40, pp. 1 - 38, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000436327000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Hobbs H; Pillai S, 2018, 'The disqualification of dual citizens from Parliament: Three problems and a solution', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 43, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X18777910

McGarrity N; Williams G, 2018, 'The Proscription of Terrorist Organisations in Australia', Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 30, pp. 216 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2018.1432200

Pillai S; Williams G, 2017, 'The utility of citizenship stripping laws in the UK, Canada and Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 41, pp. 845 - 889

Lynch A; Williams G, 2017, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2016 and French Court Statistics', The University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 40, pp. 1468 - 1491, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3082658

Williams G; Blackham A, 2017, 'A Balancing Act', Law Institute, vol. 91.05, pp. 28 - 31

pillai S; williams G, 2017, 'Twenty-First Century Banishment: Citizenship Stripping In Common Law Nations', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 66, pp. 521 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020589317000021

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2017, 'The case for a national whole-of-government anti-corruption body', ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL, vol. 42, pp. 178 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X17730190

Reynolds D; Williams G, 2017, 'Gender Equality Among Barristers Before the High Court', AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, vol. 91, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000403080700003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Hobbs H; Lynch A; Williams G, 2017, 'The High Court Under Chief Justice Robert French', Australian Law Journal, vol. 91, pp. 53 - 71, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000395899500007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Hardy K; Williams G, 2016, 'Australian legal responses to foreign fighters', CRIMINAL LAW JOURNAL, vol. 40, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000390925700002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2016, 'A Human Rights ACT for Queensland?: Lessons from Recent Australian Experience', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 41, pp. 81 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1604100202

Hardy K; Williams G, 2016, 'SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS KEIRAN HARDY and GEORGE WILLIAMS', ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL, vol. 41, pp. 160 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1604100304

Lynch A; Williams G, 2016, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: 2015 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 39, pp. 1161 - 1181, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000398370700009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2016, 'Petitioning the Australian Parliament: Reviving a Dying Democratic Tradition', Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 31, pp. 60 - 79, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000394814700005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Hardy K, 2016, 'Special intelligence operations and freedom of the press', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 41, pp. 160 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1604100304

Williams G, 2016, 'The Legal Assault on Australian Democracy', QUT Law Review, vol. 16, pp. 19 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/qutlr.v16i2.651

Williams G; Williams A, 2016, 'The British Bill of Rights Debate: Lessons from Australia', Public Law, vol. July, pp. 471 - 490

Williams G; Ananian-Welsh R, 2015, 'Judicial Independence From The Executive: A First-Principles Review Of The Australian Cases', Monash University Law Review, vol. 40, pp. 593 - 638, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000215107700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Tyulkina S; Williams G, 2015, 'Preventative Detention Orders in Australia', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 38, pp. 738 - 755, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000365813600012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; Williams G, 2015, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2014 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 38, pp. 1078 - 1097, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000383373200009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2015, 'The Racial Discrimination Act and Inconsistency under the Australian Constitution', Adelaide Law Review Association, vol. 36, pp. 241 - 256, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000373812400013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G, 2015, 'Why it's time to recognise Indigenous peoples in the Constitution', Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 23, pp. 214 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215579821

Dixon R; Williams G, 2015, 'The high court, the constitution and Australian politics', The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, pp. 1 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/CBO9781107445253

Chordia S; Lynch A; Williams G, 2015, 'Williams v Commonwealth [No 2]: Commonwealth Executive Power and Spending after Williams [No 2]', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 39, pp. 306 - 330

Williams G, 2015, 'Bryan Pape and his Legacy to the Law', University of Queensland Law Journal, vol. 34, pp. 29 - 46

Williams G, 2015, 'A Referendum or Plebiscite on Same-Sex Marriage', Court of Conscience, pp. 32 - 36

Williams G; Pillai S, 2015, 'The High Court, the Constitution and Family Law', Australian Journal of Family Law, vol. 29, pp. 65 - 89

Pillai S; Williams G, 2015, 'Commonwealth power and environmental management: Constitutional questions revisited', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, vol. 32, pp. 395 - 408

Williams G, 2015, 'The High Court, the Constitution and Human Rights', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 21, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2015.11910929

Williams G; Rienstra A, 2015, 'Redrawing the Federation: Creating New States from Australia’s Existing States', Sydney Law Review, vol. 37, pp. 357 - 387, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000377962900003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2015, 'The Operation and Impact of Australia's Parliamentary Scrutiny Regime for Human Rights', Monash University Law Review, vol. 41, pp. 469 - 507, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000387025700007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G, 2015, 'Same-sex Marriage and the Australian States', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 40, pp. 4 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1504000102

Williams G, 2015, 'Should the Australian Constitution Establish an Indigenous Advisory Body?', Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 18, pp. 111 - 121

Williams G; Blackham A, 2015, 'Social Media and Court Communication', Public Law, vol. No 5, pp. 403 - 425, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/400507

Williams G, 2015, 'Constitutional Recognition by Way of an Indigenous Advisory Body', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, pp. 12 - 16, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=338080760924512;res=IELAPA

Williams G; Ananian-Welsh R, 2015, 'Judges in Vice-Regal Roles', Federal Law Review, vol. 43, pp. 119 - 146

Lynch A; Williams G, 2014, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2013 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 37, pp. 544 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2492781

Dixon R; Williams G, 2014, 'DRAFTING A REPLACEMENT FOR THE RACES POWER IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION', PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, vol. 25, pp. 83 - 88, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000421537700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Ananian-Welsh R; Williams G, 2014, 'The new terrorists: The normalisation and spread of anti-terror laws in Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 38, pp. 362 - 408

Hardy KA; Williams G, 2014, 'Terrorist, Traitor or Whistleblower? Offences and Protections in Australia for Disclosing National Security Information', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 37, pp. 784 - 819, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/t5_hardy_and_williams.pdf

Williams G, 2014, 'Protecting freedom of speech in Australia', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 39, pp. 217 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1403900403

Lynch A; Williams G, 2013, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2012 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 36, pp. 514 - 533, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213964700005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G, 2013, 'THE LEGAL LEGACY OF THE 'WAR ON TERROR'', MACQUARIE LAW JOURNAL, vol. 11-12, pp. 3 - 16, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216740300011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Williams G; Blackman A, 2013, 'Australian courts and social media', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 38, pp. 170 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1303800308

Williams G; Blackham A, 2013, 'Accountability of Members of Australia's Federal Parliament for Misconduct', Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, vol. 13, pp. 115 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/14729342.13.1.115

Williams G; Kildea P, 2013, 'The Constitution and Commonwealth proposals for new media regulation', Media and Arts Law Review, vol. 18, pp. 2 - 16, http://www.lexisnexis.com.au/aus/products/catalog/current_htm/MED.asp

Williams G; Burton L, 2013, 'What future for Australia’s control order regime?', Public Law Review, vol. 24, pp. 182 - 208, http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/public-law-review-parts/productdetail/20236

Williams G, 2013, 'Race & the Australian Constitution', Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 28, pp. 4 - 16, http://www.aspg.org.au/publications/journals/index.asp

Williams G; Burton L, 2013, 'Australia's exclusive parliamentary model of rights protection', Statute Law Review, vol. 34, pp. 58 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/slr/hms048

Williams G; Hardy KA, 2013, 'What is terrorism? Assessing Domestic Legal Definitions', UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, vol. 16, pp. 77 - 162

Williams G; Lennan J, 2012, 'The Death Penalty in Australian Law', Sydney Law Review, vol. 34, pp. 659 - 694, http://go.galegroup.com.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=LT&userGroupName=unsw&tabID=T002&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=3&contentSet=GALE%7CA314800424&&docId=GALE%7CA314800424&docType=GALE&role=

Williams G, 2012, 'Removing Racism from Australia's Constitutional DNA', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 37, pp. 151 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1203700302

Williams G; Lynch A, 2012, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 35, pp. 846 - 865, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213960100008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Burton L; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2012, 'The extraordinary questioning and detention powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 36, pp. 415 - 469, https://www.inslm.gov.au/sites/default/files/submissions/02_-_mcgarrity_and_williams_annexure_a.pdf

Williams G; McGarrity N; Gulati S, 2012, 'Sunset Clauses in Australian Anti-Terror Laws', Adelaide Law Review, vol. 33, pp. 307 - 333

Williams G; Blackham A, 2012, 'The Appointment of Ministers from Outside of Parliament', Federal Law Review, vol. 40, pp. 253 - 285, http://search.informit.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/fullText;dn=804188648272003;res=IELHSS

Williams G, 2012, 'Can Tasmania Legislate for same-sex marriage?', University of Tasmania Law Review, vol. 31, pp. 117 - 133, http://search.informit.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/browsePublication;py=2012;vol=31;res=AGISPT;issn=0082-2108;iss=1

Williams G; Lynch A, 2011, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2010 Term', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 34, pp. 1006 - 1029, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213950200010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; Williams G, 2011, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2010 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 34, pp. 1030 - 1047, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213950200011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G, 2011, 'The Australian Constitution and the Aid/Watch Case', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 3, pp. 1 - 8, http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/mcs/article/view/2152

Williams G, 2011, 'How to win the referendum to recognise Indigenous peoples in the Australian Constitution', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 7, pp. 18 - 21, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=440627799737800;res=IELHSS

Williams G, 2011, 'Recognising Indigenous Peoples in the Australian Constitution: What the Constitution Should Say and How the Referendum Can be Won', Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title, vol. 5, pp. 1 - 16, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/ntru/documents/WilliamsIssuesPaperVol5No1_002.pdf

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2010, 'Recognition of Local Government in the Commonwealth Constitution', Public Law Review, vol. 21, pp. 164 - 187, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/PLR/volumes/21&contentSourceHref=journals/PLR/volumes/21/parts/3/articles/164/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/PLR/volumes/21___tocType=fullText___sortBy=publicationYear/articleDate&searchId=0&hit=13&hits=21&articleType=fulltext&freeText=&titleCode=RolgitCC

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2010, 'Counter-Terrorism Laws in a Nation without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience', City University of Hong Kong Law Review, vol. 2, pp. 45 - 66, http://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/CityULR/doc/full_text/02.1.03_McGarrity_and_Williams.pdf

Williams G; Kildea P, 2010, 'Reworking Australia's Referendum Machinery', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 35, pp. 22 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1003500105

Williams G; Orr G, 2009, 'The people's choice: the prisoner franchise and the constitutional protection of voting rights in Australia.', Election Law Journal, vol. 8, pp. 123 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/elj.2008.0016

Lynch A; Williams G, 2009, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2008 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 32, pp. 181 - 197, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213938500008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2009, 'The Proscription of Terrorist Organisations in Australia', Federal Law Review, vol. 37, pp. 1 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205x0903700101

Williams G, 2009, 'Advocating terrorist acts and Australian censorship law', Public Law Review, vol. 20, pp. 37 - 55, http://www.thomson.com.au/catalogue/shopexd.asp?id=1197

Williams G; Hume DA, 2009, 'Australian Censorship Policy and the Advocacy of Terrorism', Sydney Law Review, vol. 31, pp. 381 - 410, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213722200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; Williams G; McGarrity N, 2009, 'Lessons from the History of Proscription of Terrorist and Other Organisations by the Australian Parliament', Legal History, vol. 13, pp. 25 - 54, http://heinonline.org.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ausleghis13&id=31&collection=journals&index=journals/ausleghis

Williams G; Pintos-Lopez H, 2009, 'Enemies foreign and domestic: Thomas v Mowbray and the new scope of the defence power', University of Tasmania Law Review, vol. 2008, 27, pp. 83

Williams G, 2008, 'High Court Appointments: The Need for Reform', Sydney Law Review, vol. 30, pp. 163 - 169, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213720700011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Lynch A, 2008, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2007 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 31, pp. 238 - 257, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213933900009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; Williams G, 2008, 'Beyond a Federal Structure: Is a Constitutional Commitment to a Federal Relationship Possible?', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 31, pp. 395 - 434, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213935000003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2008, 'The Investigatory Powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission', Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol. 21, pp. 244 - 279, http://www.lexisnexis.com.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/au/legal/results/pubTreeViewDoc.do?nodeId=TAALAAC&pubTreeWidth=23%25

Williams G, 2008, 'A Charter of Rights for Australia', Pandora`s Box, pp. 26 - 32

Williams G; Dalla-Pozza D, 2007, 'The Constitutional Validity of Declarations of Incompatibility in Australian Charters of Human Rights', Deakin Law Review, vol. 12, pp. 1 - 40, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213450600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lynch A; Williams G, 2007, 'The High Court of Australia: Some Statistics', The Commonwealth Lawyer, vol. 16, pp. 30 - 32

Lynch A; Williams G, 2007, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2006 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 30, pp. 188 - 203

Williams G, 2007, 'Victoria`s New Charter: Human Rights and the Community', Just Policy: a journal of Australian social policy, pp. 6 - 10

Williams G; Behrendt L; McCausland R; Reilly A; McMillan M, 2007, 'The Promise of Regional Governance for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities', Ngiya: Talk the Law, vol. 1, pp. 126 - 166

Williams G; MacDonald EC, 2007, 'Combating Terrorism: Australia`s Criminal Code', Griffith Law Review, vol. 16, pp. 27 - 54

Williams G; MacDonald EC, 2007, 'Banned Books and Seditious Speech: Anti-Terrorism Law and Other Threats to Academic Freedom', Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, vol. 12, pp. 7 - 16

Williams G, 2007, 'The Races Power and the 1967 Referendum', Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 11, pp. 8 - 11

Williams G, 2006, 'Strategies to Protect Academic Freedom', The Australian universities' review : journal of the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations, vol. 48, pp. 15 - 17, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213390200007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G, 2006, 'Australia`s Legal Response to Terrorism: Where will it end?', Arena Journal, vol. 27, pp. 7 - 16

Lynch A; Williams G, 2006, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2005 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 29, pp. 182 - 197

Williams G; Golder BJ, 2006, 'Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Assessing the Legal Response of Common Law Nations to the Threat of Terrorism', Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, vol. 8, pp. 43 - 62

Williams G, 2006, 'The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: Origins and Scope', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 30, pp. 880 - 905

Williams G; Hume D, 2006, 'Who`s Listening? Intercepting the Telephone Calls, Emails and SMS`s of Innocent People.', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 31, pp. 211 - 215

Lynch A; Williams G, 2005, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2004 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 28, pp. 14 - 29

Williams G; Kostakidis-Lianos L, 2005, 'Bills of Responsibilities', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 30, pp. 58 - 63

Williams G; Hovell DC, 2005, 'A Tale of Two Systems: The Use of International Law in Constitutional Interpretation in Australia and South Africa', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 29, pp. 95 - 130

Williams G, 2005, 'The Constitution and a National Industrial Relations Regime', Deakin Law Review, vol. 10, pp. 498 - 510

Williams G, 2005, 'Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Lessons from Australia', Borderlands e-journal, vol. 4

Stevens T; Williams G, 2004, 'A Supreme Court for the United Kingdom? A View from the High Court of Australia', Legal Studies, vol. 24, pp. 188 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2004.tb00247.x

Williams G, 2004, 'The Constitutional Role of the Courts: A Perspective from a Nation without a Bill of Rights', NZ Journal of Public and International Law, vol. 2, pp. 25 - 46

Lynch A; Williams G, 2004, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2003 Statistics', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 27, pp. 88 - 99

Mercurio BC; Williams G, 2004, 'Australian Electoral Law: Free and Fair?', Federal Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 365 - 395

Golder B; Williams G, 2004, 'What is Terrorism? Problems of Legal Definition', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 27, pp. 270 - 295

Williams G, 2004, 'Human Rights and Judicial Review in a Nation without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience', Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 23, pp. 305 - 334

Mercurio BC; Williams G; Orr G, 2004, 'Electoral Law Symposium: An Introduction', Federal Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 357 - 363

Williams G, 2004, 'Responding to Terrorism Without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience', Asia Rights, vol. 2, pp. 1 - 6

Williams G, 2004, 'Commentary on `The Growth of Constitutional Writs`', Australian Journal of Administrative Law, vol. 12, pp. 30 - 34

Williams G, 2004, 'The Power To Go To War: Australia in Iraq', Public Law Review, vol. 15, pp. 5 - 9

Brennan S; Williams G; Gunn B, 2004, 'Sovereignty and its Relevance to Treaty-Making Between Indigenous Peoples and Australian Governments', Sydney Law Review, vol. 26, pp. 307 - 352

Mercurio BC; Williams G, 2004, 'The Australian Diaspora and the Right to Vote', University of Western Australia Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 1 - 29

Williams G, 2003, 'National Security, Terrorism and Bills of Rights', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 9, pp. 263 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2003.11911101

Brennan S; Bosnjak V; Williams G, 2003, 'Rights-based Reconciliation Needs Renewed Action from Canberra', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 28, pp. 122 - 126

Williams G; Kerr D, 2003, 'Review of Executive Action and the Rule of Law Under the Australian Constitution', Public Law Review, vol. 14, pp. 219 - 233

Williams G, 2003, 'The First Step to a National Relations Regime? Workplace Relations Amendment', Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol. 16, pp. 94 - 98

Charlesworth H; Chiam M; Hovell DC; Williams G, 2003, 'Deep Anxieties: Australia and the International Legal Order', Sydney Law Review, vol. 25, pp. 423 - 465

Redman R; Williams G, 2003, 'Guarding Human Rights', Law Institute Journal, vol. 77, pp. 62 - 66

Williams G; Davis MJ, 2003, 'A Statutory Bill of Rights for Australia? Lessons from the United Kingdom', University of Queensland Law Journal, vol. 22, pp. 1 - 19

Davis R; Williams G, 2003, 'A century of appointments but only one woman', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 28, pp. 54 - 58

Davis R; Williams G, 2003, 'Reform of the Judicial Appointments Process: Gender and the Bench of the High Court of Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 27, pp. 819 - 863

Hovell DC; Williams G, 2003, 'Advice to Hon. Simon Crean MP on the Use of Force Against Iraq', Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 4, pp. 183 - 189

Williams G, 2003, 'Australian Values and The War Against Terrorism', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 26, pp. 191 - 199

Williams G; Redman R, 2003, 'Weaker Protections Rejected', Law Society Journal, vol. 41, pp. 62 - 65

Orr G; Mercurio BC; Williams G, 2003, 'Australian Electoral Law: A Stocktake', Election Law Journal, vol. 2, pp. 383 - 402

Williams G, 2002, 'One Year On: Australia`s Legal Response to September 11', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 27, pp. 212 - 215

Williams G, 2002, 'The Treaty Debate, Bill of Rights and the Republic: Strategies and Lessons for Reform', Balayi: Culture Law and Colonialism, vol. 5, pp. 10 - 24

Williams G, 2002, 'Co-operative Federalism and the Revival of the Corporations Law: Wakim and Beyond', Company and Securities Law Journal, vol. 20, pp. 160 - 171

McKenna M; Simpson A; Williams G, 2001, 'First Words: The Preamble to the Australian Constitution', University of New South Wales Law Journal, pp. 382 - 400

Williams G; McKenna M; Simpson AM, 2001, 'With Hope in God, the Prime Minister and the Poet: Lessons from the 1999 Referendum on the Preamble', University of New South Wales Law Journal, pp. 401 - 419

Williams G, 2001, 'A Victory for democracy? An alternative assessment of Republic of Fiji v Prasad', Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 2, pp. 535 - 548

Williams G, 2001, 'Freedom of Speech and Defamation: Developments in the Common Law World ( with Adrienne Stone )', Monash University Law Review, pp. 362 - 378

Williams G; Orr G, 2001, 'Electoral Challenges: Judicial Review of Parliamentary Elections in Australia', Sydney Law Review, pp. 53 - 94

Williams G, 2001, 'Human Rights and the Second Century of the Australian Constitution', University of New South Wales Law Journal, pp. 782 - 791

Williams G; Chin G, 2000, 'The failure of citizens' initiated referenda proposals in Australia: New directions for popular participation?', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 35, pp. 27 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140050002818

Williams G, 1996, 'The suppression of communism by force of law: Australia in the early 1950s', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 42, pp. 220 - 240

Book Chapters

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2020, 'Evaluating the Impact of Australia’s Federal Human Rights Scrutiny Regime', in Lawmaking and Human Rights: Executive and Parliamentary Scrutiny Across Australian Jurisdictions, Lawbook Co, pp. 67 - 98

Williams G, 2019, 'Australia’s Constitutional Design and the Protection of Human Rights', in Groves M; Boughey J; Meagher D (ed.), The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia, Hart Publishing, pp. 17 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509919857.ch-002

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2019, 'Trust and the Constitution', in Evans M; Grattan M; McCaffrie B (ed.), From Turnbull to Morrison: Understanding the Trust Divide, Melbourne University Publishing, pp. 75 - 92, https://www.amazon.com.au/Turnbull-Morrison-Understanding-Trust-Divide/dp/0522876137

Williams G, 2019, 'Human rights and anti-terror laws in Australia', in Juss SS (ed.), Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror, Routledge, 2 Park Square Milton Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN, pp. 168 - 188, https://www.routledge.com/Beyond-Human-Rights-and-the-War-on-Terror-1st-Edition/Juss/p/book/9781138543775

Williams G; Hardy K, 2019, 'Strategies for Countering Terrorism: An Australian Perspective', in Lennon G; King C; McCartney C (ed.), Counter-Terrorism, Constitutionalism and Miscarriages of Justice, Hart Publishing, Kemp House Chawley Park Cumnor Hill Oxford OX2 9PH UK, pp. 63 - 80, https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/counter-terrorism-constitutionalism-and-miscarriages-of-justice-a-festschrift-for-professor-clive-walker/ch5-strategies-for-countering-terrorism-an-australian-perspective

Hardy K; Williams G, 2019, 'Free speech and counter-terrorism in Australia', in Cram I (ed.), Extremism, Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 172 - 189, https://www.routledge.com/Extremism-Free-Speech-and-Counter-Terrorism-Law-and-Policy-1st-Edition/Cram/p/book/9781138545182

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2018, 'Parliamentary Human Rights Vetting and Deliberation', in The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 72 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108289474

Tyulkina S; Williams G, 2017, 'Combating terrorism in Australia through preventative detention orders', in Regulating Preventive Justice: Principle, Policy and Paradox, pp. 136 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315620978

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2017, 'Citizen Participation in Australia’', in Mechanisms of Citizen Participation: The Global Experience, Tirant lo blanch, Spain, pp. 49 - 64

Williams G, 2017, 'The Distinctive Features of Australia's Human Rights Charters', in Australian Charters Of Rights A Decade On, The Federation Press, Leichhardt NSW, pp. 22 - 35

Williams G, 2017, 'Human Rights and the Tasmanian Dam Case', in The Tasmanian Dam Case 30 Years On An Enduring Legacy, Federation Press, Sydney Australia, pp. 129 - 137

Williams G, 2016, 'The High Court, the Constitution and Human Rights', in Rajkhowa S; Deka S (ed.), Comparative Public Law, EBH Publishers (India), pp. 333 - 350

Williams G; Hardy K, 2016, 'Executive Oversight of Intelligence Agencies In Australia', in Goldman ZK; Rascoff SJ (ed.), Global Intelligence Oversight Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 315 - 342

Williams G; Ananian-Welsh R, 2016, 'State Judges as Lieutenant-Governors', in Ananian-Welsh R; Crowe J (ed.), Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Federation Press, pp. 194 - 207

Williams G; Blackham A, 2016, 'Social Media and the Judiciary: A Challenge to Judicial Independence?', in Ananian-Welsh R; Crowe J (ed.), Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 223 - 240

Williams G, 2016, ''Lone, vehement and incredulous': Chief Justice Latham in the Communist Party Case (1951)', in Lynch A (ed.), GREAT AUSTRALIAN DISSENTS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, Univ New S Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, pp. 97 - 115, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000390313100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Williams G; Kildea P, 2015, 'The Mason Court', in Williams G; Dixon R (ed.), The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 244 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107445253.013

Williams G; Burton L, 2015, 'Australia’s Parliamentary Scrutiny Act: An Exclusive Parliamentary Model of Rights Protection’', in Parliaments and Human Rights Redressing the Democratic Deficit, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, pp. 257 - 277

Williams G, 2015, 'Social Justice Through Constitutional Change: Mission Impossible?', in The Crimson Thread: Ideas for Australian Society, Henry Parkes Foundation, ETT Imprint, Australia, pp. 139 - 153

Williams G; Dixon R, 2015, 'Introduction', in Williams G; Dixon R (ed.), The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1 - 17, http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/43664/toc/9781107043664_toc.pdf

Davis FF; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2015, 'Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law: Australia’', in Roach K (ed.), Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law, Cambridge University Press, pp. 650 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107298002

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2015, 'The Racial Discrimination Act and the Australian Constution', in Perspectives on the Racial Discrimination Act PAPERS FROM THE FORTY YEARS OF THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975 (CTH) CONFERENCE SYDNEY, 19 - 20 FEBRUARY 2015, pp. 41 - 54

Hardy KA; Williams G, 2014, 'What is "Cyber-Terrorism"? Computer and Internet Technology in Legal Definitions of Terrorism', in Chen T; Jarvis L; Macdonald S (ed.), Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response, Springer, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0962-9_1

Davis FF; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2014, '‘Mapping the Terrain’', in Davis F; McGarrity N; Williams G (ed.), Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, Routledge, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203517451

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2014, 'From Covert to Coercive: A New Model of Surveillance by Intelligence Agencies?', in Davis F; McGarrity N; Williams G (ed.), Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, Routledge, pp. 234 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203517451

Williams G, 2014, 'OBITUARY Bryan Pape and his Legacy to the Law', in Upholding the Australian Constitution, Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, The Samuel Griffiths Society, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 207 - 244

Williams G, 2013, 'Mission Impossible? Achieving Social Justice through Constitutional Change', in Jones BT; McKenna M (ed.), Project Republic: Plans and Arguments for a New Australia, Black Inc., Australia, pp. 94 - 110, http://www.blackincbooks.com/books/project-republic

Williams G, 2013, 'Law Reform & the Constitution', in Bramston T (ed.), The Whitlam Legacy, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 280 - 288

Williams G, 2012, 'Anti-terror legislation in Australia and New Zealand', in Ramraj VV; Hor M; Roach K; Williams G (ed.), Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, Cambridge University Press, pp. 541 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043793.027

Roach K; Hor M; Ramraj VV; Williams G, 2012, 'Introduction', in Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043793.001

Williams G; Kildea P; Lynch AN, 2012, 'Introduction', in Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G (ed.), Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government, edn. Original, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, pp. 1 - 4, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878228

Williams G, 2012, 'Rewriting the Federation Through Referendum', in Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G (ed.), Tomorrow's Federation, edn. Original, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 294 - 309, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878228

Williams G, 2011, 'International Law and the War Power in Australia', in Brohmer J (ed.), The German Constitution turns 60 : basic law and Commonwealth Constitution, German and Australian perspectives, edn. Original, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 101 - 109, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156159440?selectedversion=NBD47686204

Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2010, 'The Emergence of a Culture of Control', in Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G (ed.), Counter-Terrorism & Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11, Routledge-Cavendish, Oxford, pp. 3 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203849897

McGarrity N; Lynch AN; Williams G, 2010, 'The Emergence of a “Culture of Control”', in Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G (ed.), Counter-Terrorism & Beyond: the culture of law and justice after 9/11, edn. Original, Routledge-Cavendish, Oxford, pp. 3 - 9, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415571753/

Williams G; Priest SR, 2010, 'Women and Public Law', in Easteal P (ed.), Women and the Law in Australia, edn. 1st, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, pp. 407 - 423

Williams G, 2010, 'The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities', in Sykes H (ed.), Future Justice, edn. Original, Future Leaders, pp. 136 - 150, http://future-justice-4833f5.reading.booki.sh/

Williams G, 2010, 'When Extraordinary Measures become Normal: Pre-Emption in Counter-Terrorism and Other Laws', in Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G (ed.), Counter-Terrorism & Beyond: the culture of law and justice after 9/11, Routledge-Cavendish, Oxford, pp. 131 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203849897

Williams G; Stone A, 2009, 'Freedom of Speech and Defamation: Developments in the Common Law World', in Barendt E (ed.), Freedom of the Press, edn. Original, Ashgate, UK, pp. 275 - 291

Williams G; Hume D, 2009, 'Commonwealth Power over Industrial Relations: Evolution without a Referendum', in Lee HP; Gerangelos P (ed.), Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent: Essays in honour of George Winterton, edn. Original, Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW, pp. 105 - 125

Golder B; Williams G, 2008, 'What is "Terrorism"? Problems of Legal Definition', in Malleswari VB (ed.), , ICFAI Amicus Books, Hyderabad, pp. 1 - 37

Williams G, 2008, 'Development of the Charter', in Pound A; Evans K (ed.), An Annotated Guide to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, edn. Original, Lawbook Co., Sydney, pp. 1 - 11

Williams G, 2008, 'A Cooperative Model for a National System of Workplace Relations', in Stafford J (ed.), Remaking Australian Industrial Relations, edn. 1, CCH Australian Industrial Relations, Sydney, pp. 43 - 52

Williams G, 2007, 'Strategies to Protect Academic Freedom in Australia', in Free Speech in Fearful Times, edn. 1, James Lorimer & Co. Ltd, pp. 245 - 252

Williams G, 2005, 'The Rule of Law and the Regulation of Terrorism in Australia and New Zealand', in Ramraj V; Hor M; Roach K (ed.), Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 534 - 552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493874.024

Williams G; Hovell DC; Chaim M; Charlesworth H, 2005, 'International Law and National Law: Fluid States', in Charlesworth H; Chaim M; Howell D; Williams G (ed.), The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems, edn. 1st, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 1 - 17

Williams G, 2004, 'Human Rights and Judicial Review in a Nation Without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience', in Huscroft G; Brodie I (ed.), Constitutionalism in the Charter Era, edn. 1, LexisNexis, Ontario, Canada, pp. 305 - 334

Williams G, 2003, 'Constructing a Community-Based Bill of Rights', in Campbell T; Goldsworthy J; Stone A (ed.), Protecting Human Rights: Instruments and Institutions, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 247 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264063.003.0013

Williams G, 2003, 'Foreword', in Hocking J (ed.), Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, pp. 7 - 8

Orr G; Mercurio BC; Williams G, 2003, 'The Australian Electoral Tradition', in Orr G; Mercurio B; Williams G (ed.), Realising Democracy: Electoral Law in Australia, edn. 1, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 1 - 6

Williams G, 2003, 'Globalisation of the Constitution', in French R; Lindell G; Saunders C (ed.), Reflections on the Australian Constitution, edn. Original, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 192 - 211

Williams G, 2003, 'The Whitlam Government and Constitutional Reform', in Hocking J; Lewis C (ed.), It`s Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor, edn. Original, Melbourne Publishing Group, Armadale, Victoria, pp. 195 - 215

Williams G, 2002, 'Sifting the Ashes', in Mackerras M; Warhurst J (ed.), Constitutional Politics: The Republic Referendum and the Future, edn. First, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Queensland, pp. 131 - 143

Williams G, 2001, 'Five Reasons to Rewrite the Constitution', in Patmore G (ed.), The Big Makover: A New Australian Constitution, edn. Original, Pluto Press, Annandale, pp. 35 - 47

Williams G, 2001, 'Distrust of Representative Government: Australian Experiments with Direct Democracy', in Sawer M; Zappala G (ed.), Speaking for the People; Representation in Australian Politics, edn. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 80 - 99

Reports

Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, 2019, Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee’s Inquiry into Centrelink's Compliance Program, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Centrelinkcompliance/Submissions

McGarrity N; Williams GJ, 2016, Submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Inquiry into ASIO Questioning and Detention Powers, Australia

Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G; Blackbourn J, 2014, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Repeal Bill 2014, Australia

McGarrity N; Hardy KA; Williams GJ, 2014, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Inquiry into Counter-Terrorism Legislation (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014, Australia

Williams G; Chordia S; Pillai S; Goddard L, 2013, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration on ‘Inquiry into Citizen Initiated Referendum Bill 2013, Australia

McGarrity N; Williams G, 2013, Submission (with Nicola McGarrity) to Senate Standing Committee on Employment and Education ‘Inquiry into the provisions of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, Australia

Lynch A; Chordia S; Williams G, 2013, Submission to National Commission of Audit on Scope of Government, Australia

Williams G, 2013, Submission to Standing Committee on Social Issues of the New South Wales Parliament ‘Inquiry into the Same Sex Marriage Law in NSW’, Australia

Williams G, 2013, Submission to Expert Reference Group on the Size of the Assembly ‘Review into the Size of the ACT Legislative Assembly’, Australia

Williams G; Goddard L, 2013, Submission to Premier of Tasmania on ‘Consultation Paper on Voluntary Assisted Dying’, Australia

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2012, Submission to Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee ‘Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011’, Australia

Williams G, 2012, Submission to Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure, ACT Legislative Assembly ‘Review of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth), Australia

Williams G; McGarrity N, 2012, Submission to NSW Department of Finance and Services ‘Inquiry into Just Terms Compensation Legislation’, Australia

Williams G; Blackbourn J; Davis F; Goh J; Hardy K; McGarrity N, 2012, 12. Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Inquiry into Potential Reforms of National Security Legislation, Australia

Williams G; Burton L; McGarrity N, 2012, 11. Submission on ASIO Powers to Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Australia

Lynch A; Burke E; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 and Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012, Australia

Lynch A; Burke E; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill 2010, Australia

Lynch A; Burton L; Tulich T; Welsh R; Williams G, 2012, Submission on Control Orders and Preventative Detention Orders to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Australia

Lynch A; Burton L; Davis F; McGarrity N; Tulich T; Welsh R; Williams G, 2012, Submission to COAG Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation, Australia

Lynch A; Kildea P; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Australia

Lynch A; Chordia S; McGarrity N; Kildea P; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government (19 December 2012), Australia

Williams G; Burke E, 2012, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Treaties ‘Inquiry into Treaties Ratification Bill 2012’, Australia

Williams G, 2012, Submission to NSW Shadow Attorney General’s ‘Discussion Paper on Property Rights and Just Terms Compensation’, Australia

Williams G, 2012, Submission to House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee ‘Inquiry into Do Not Knock Register Bill 2012’, Australia

McAdam J; Grewcock M; Williams G, 2012, Submission No 1 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 (February 2012), Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory M

McGarrity N; Williams G, 2011, Submission to Australian Communications and Media Authority ‘Public Consultation on the Reform to the Anti-Terrorism Standards’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Law Council of Australia ‘Discussion Paper on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee ‘Inquiry into the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill(s) 2011’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural Affairs and Transport, Inquiry into the Management of the Murray-Darling Basin, January 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the House Standing Committee on Regional Australia, Inquiry into the Impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Regional Australia, January 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Provisions of the Water Act 2007, March 2011, Australia

Joyce DA; Kildea J; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry, November 2011, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters ‘Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2010 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform ‘Inquiry into Pre-Commitments Scheme’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee ‘Inquiry into Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee ‘Inquiry into the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters ‘Inquiry into the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns’, Australia

Williams G; Galbally R; Gaze A; Storey H, 2011, Submission to Victorian Parliament Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee ‘Inquiry into the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission ‘National Classification Scheme Review’, Australia

Williams G, 2011, Submission to ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate on ‘Inquiry into Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – A Good Idea for the ACT?’, Australia

Chong F; Williams G, 2011, Submission to NSW Shadow Attorney General’s ‘Consultation on Proposal to amend Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), Australia

Williams G, 2011, Recall Elections for New South Wales? Report of the Panel of Constitutional Experts (Final Report), Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government, Australia

Lynch A; Collett E; McGarrity N; Santow E; Michaelsen C; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution Inquiry into Fixed-term Parliaments, UK House of Lords

Lynch A; Kildea P; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee Inquiry into Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill, Australia

Golder B; Lynch A; McGarrity N; Michaelsen C; Santow E; Teeger B; Williams G, 2009, Submission to the National Security Discussion Paper, Australia

Hemelryk Donald SJ; Spry D, 2008, Australia, International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television, Munich, Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107298002.023

Lynch A; MacDonald EC; Williams G, 2007, Submission on Parts 2A and 3 of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 (NSW), NSW Ombudsman's Office, Submission on Parts 2A and 3 of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 (NSW)

Williams G, 2007, Submission on Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007, Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Submission on Australia's Arrangement with Malaysia in relation to Asylum Seekers

Lynch A; MacDonald EC; Williams G, 2007, Submission to the Attorney-General's Security Legislation Review Committee - Feb 2007: Review of the Listing Provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the Listing Provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995

Lynch A; Williams G; MacDonald EC, 2007, Power to Proscribe Organisations as Terrorist Organisations, Australia, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Security and Intelligence Review of Power to Proscribe Organisations as Terrorist

Lynch A; Williams G; MacDonald EC, 2007, National Classification Scheme to Include Material that Advocates Terrorist Acts: Submission to Review of Proposals to Amend the National Classification Scheme, Australia, Submission to Review of Prposals to Amend the National Classification Scheme to Include Material that Advocates Terrorist Acts Date of Submission: 25 May 2007

Lynch A; Williams G; MacDonald EC, 2007, Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007, Australia, Commonwealth Senate Inquiry into the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007

Williams G, 2007, Working Together: Inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System, NSW Government, Final Report

Williams G, 2007, Submission on National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Bill 2007, Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, Submission on National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Bill 2007

Lynch A; Williams G, 2006, Submission to the Attorney-General's Security Legislation Review Committee - Feb 2006, Attorney-General's Security Legislation Review Committee, Submission to the Attorney-General's Security Legislation Review Committee-Feb 2006

Lynch A; Williams G; Saul B, 2005, Submission on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2) 2005, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, Commonwealth Parliament Nov 2005, Australia, Submission on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2) 2005

Williams G, 2005, Responsibilities and Respect: The Report of the Human Rights Consultation Committee, State of Victoria, Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee report

Williams G; Brennan S; Hume N, 2003, Submission to Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, Queensland Parliament for its Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Participation in Queensland’s Democratic Process, 10 April 2003, Queensland Parliament, Submission to Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, Queensland Parliament for its Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Participation in Queensland’s Democra

Brennan S; Williams G; Bosnjak V, 2002, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for its Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation, Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for its Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation

Other

Conference Papers

Williams G; Reynolds D, 2015, 'The Racial Discrimination Act and the Australian Constitution’', in Perspectives on the Racial Discrimination Act: Papers from the 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Conference, 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Conference, Sydney, pp. 41 - 54, presented at 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Conference, Sydney, 19 February 2015 - 20 February 2015, https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/race-discrimination/publications/perspectives-racial-discrimination-act-papers-40-years

Media

Golder B; Williams G, 2005, Rights and Wrongs: On How to Define Terrorism

Golder B; Williams G, 2005, The Tricky Problem of Defining Terrorism', On-Line Opinion

Constitutional Law, National Security and Terrorism, Electoral Law, Federalism, Human Rights and Social Justice, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Law Reform, Referendums.

Golder B; Williams G, 2005, Rights and Wrongs: On How to Define Terrorism

Golder B; Williams G, 2005, The Tricky Problem of Defining Terrorism', On-Line Opinion

UNSW

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Announcement|17 Jul 2020
A message from the Dean
An update from Professor George Williams, Dean UNSW Law on some important changes announced at UNSW.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Research|Thought leadership|09 Jun 2020
A new book on treaty explores the why, where and how
Legal experts write a manual to guide treaty negotiations and demystify a perennial national debate.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Thought leadership|28 Apr 2020
How to fix press freedom in Australia
Attending UNSW’s Legal Hour webinar event, Professor Peter Greste heard an expert panel discuss ‘Freedom of the Press’, an area for which Australian law does not currently provide clear and unambiguous protection.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Opinion|Thought leadership|30 Mar 2020
COVID-19 and the law
Scientia Professor and Dean of UNSW Law, George Williams discusses many of the legal issues surrounding the Government and individuals during a pandemic.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|12 Feb 2020
Online legal startup pitches onto global stage
A dispute resolution software startup has won an entrepreneur shark tank competition promoting tech innovation within the legal industry.
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Lyria Bennett Moses, Scientia Professor George Williams
Thought leadership|04 Feb 2020
Does the Religious Discrimination Bill go too far?
Scientia Professor George Williams, Dean of UNSW Law, says Australia should have religious protection, but this bill oversteps the mark.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Opinion|08 Nov 2019
A new era for education
The skills lawyers need are evolving as our world grows more technical. So legal education must also change, says George Williams.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|01 Oct 2019
Dean of Law in Conversation with Justice David Wong
UNSW Sydney and the Australian High Commission in Malaysia co-hosted a special event featuring a Q+A session with The Honourable Justice David Wong Dak Wah on August 19.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|12 Aug 2019
UNSW professor wins Academic of the Year at Australian Law Awards
Associate Professor Justine Nolan is the third UNSW academic in as many years to take home the prize recognising excellence and expertise in teaching
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Justine Nolan, Scientia Professor George Williams
Thought leadership|07 Aug 2019
From high school dropout to High Court judge: Justice Michael McHugh reflects on career
The former High Court judge spoke at the third The Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law Mason Conversation at the Banco court.
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Scientia Professor George Williams, Rosalind Dixon
Opinion|Thought leadership|26 Jun 2019
Dean of Law on the direction of legal education at UNSW
"We want a law school that's producing students who are going to be leaders in this rapidly changing legal environment," says Professor George Williams in an interview with The Australian Legal Review.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|12 Jun 2019
UNSW Law honours its 2018 Valedictorians and prize winners
The Law Faculty hosted its annual Law Scholarships & Prizes Evening on 4 June, celebrating the high-achieving students of 2018.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|Thought leadership|09 May 2019
Founders of UNSW Law receive honorary doctorates
Anthony Blackshield and Richard Chisholm have been awarded UNSW’s highest honour in recognition of their contributions to the law.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|03 Apr 2019
UNSW Law celebrates 100 Indigenous graduates
The faculty recognises a significant milestone in a journey that is planned to pick up pace and is striving for 300 Indigenous alumni. 
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Scientia Professor George Williams, Megan Davis
Achievement|29 Mar 2019
Honourary doctorate awarded to Emeritus Professor Michael Coper
Professor Michael Coper has been awarded UNSW’s highest honour in recognition of his service to the law and legal education.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|06 Mar 2019
UNSW Law moves up in 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject
The Faculty has climbed two places to 14th in the world and now ranks third place in Australia.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
29 Nov 2018
UNSW Law professor elected to the Academy of Social Sciences
Scientia Professor Rosemary Rayfuse has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of her exemplary achievements.
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Rosemary Rayfuse, Ross Buckley, Janet Chan
16 Nov 2018
UNSW Law and Herbert Smith Freehills partner on China international business and economic law research
The five-year partnership will strengthen research and joint education initiatives that contribute to economic relationships between Australia and China.
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Deborah Healey, Scientia Professor George Williams, Heng Wang
Achievement|08 Nov 2018
Honorary UNSW Law doctorate awarded to Pat Anderson, visionary leader and activist
Pat Anderson has been honoured for her advocacy of social justice and lasting change for Australia’s First Peoples. 
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Scientia Professor George Williams
Achievement|07 Nov 2018
Inspirational Andrew and Renata Kaldor awarded UNSW’s highest honour
Andrew and Renata Kaldor, former refugees who have used their career success to influence refugee law and policy, have been recognised for their exceptional contribution to society.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
22 Oct 2018
UNSW Law climbs to 23rd in latest THE World Subject Rankings
UNSW Law is ranked the first law school in NSW and second in Australia in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Subject Rankings 2019.
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Gabrielle Appleby, Scientia Professor George Williams
16 Oct 2018
UNSW Law appoints new Chair to tackle corporate danger areas
Professor Dimity Kingsford Smith, a leading voice in corporate and financial regulation, has been named the inaugural MinterEllison Chair in Risk and Regulation at UNSW Sydney. The establishment of the Chair comes as national leadership is required to address the findings of the Financial Services Royal Commission.
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Dimity Kingsford Smith, Scientia Professor George Williams
13 Sep 2018
Noel Pearson envisages an Australia unified through the pursuit of self-interest
Noel Pearson delivered an optimistic “Declaration to Australia”, along with a series of “uncomfortable but necessary truths”, to a packed theatre at UNSW Sydney during this year’s Hal Wootten Lecture.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
05 Sep 2018
UNSW professor named Australian Law Academic of the Year
Professor Rosalind Dixon kept the UNSW streak alive at the 18th Annual Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards.
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Rosalind Dixon, Michael Legg, Scientia Professor George Williams
08 Jun 2018
UNSW Law alumnus David Wong appointed to Malaysia’s top court
An alumnus of UNSW Law is the first person in the school’s history to be appointed to the apex court of a nation. Justice David Wong, who graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1976 and Bachelor of Laws in 1977, was appointed to the Federal Court of Malaysia on 30 April 2018.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
26 Mar 2018
From huts to the Roundhouse
Memories of lectures in the “huts” at UNSW flowed freely at the reunion of the first graduating classes of the Law School on 7 March.
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Scientia Professor George Williams, Rosalind Dixon
06 Dec 2017
Section 44 compliance 'extraordinarily difficult'
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
24 Nov 2017
New innovation and technology hub to tackle the future of law and the legal profession
Two new strategic alliances between UNSW and Allens and the Law Society of NSW will aim to tackle the challenges of technological change and its impact on lawyers, law and the legal system.Two new strategic alliances between UNSW Sydney and each of Allens and the Law Society of New South Wales will aim to tackle some of the increasingly complex challenges presented by digital and other technological transformations and their impact on lawyers, law and the legal system.  
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Lyria Bennett Moses, Michael Legg, Scientia Professor George Williams
Research|24 Nov 2017
UNSW launches Allens hub for tech, law and innovation
The University of NSW has unveiled a major legal research centre backed by national law firm Allens and the state Law Society that will focus on innovation and technology within society and the legal profession.The centre, to be known as the Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation, is supported financially by a five-year commitment from the Law Society of $250,000 a year as well as an undisclosed sum from Allens.
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Lyria Bennett Moses, Scientia Professor George Williams, Justine Nolan
21 Nov 2017
Australian laws fall short when it comes to protecting religious liberty
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
17 Nov 2017
Cathy Sherry awarded 'Academic of the Year' at the 2017 Women in Law Awards
UNSW Law’s Associate Professor Cathy Sherry took home the Academic of the Year award at the recent 2017 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. UNSW Law is proud to have one of our academic staff take home the prize for the second year in row after Alexandra George took out the category in 2016.
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Cathy Sherry, Scientia Professor George Williams
Opinion|Thought leadership|14 Nov 2017
History, Headlines and the Law: What's shaping refugee policy in Australia?
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Guy Goodwin-Gill, Scientia Professor George Williams
30 Oct 2017
Two ways forward now that the High Court has ruled on citizenship of MPs
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
26 Oct 2017
UNSW Law students use technology to provide greater access to justice
An app providing information about fines has been named the winner of a showcase featuring students of UNSW Law's new course using state-of-the-art legal technology. An app that can quickly and easily provide those working in a community legal centre with legal information about the payment of parking and other fines was on Tuesday named best app at a student showcase held by UNSW Law.The students were among the first cohort in the Faculty’s “Designing Technology Solutions for Access to Justice” course.
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Lyria Bennett Moses, Scientia Professor George Williams
20 Oct 2017
2017 UNSW Law Alumni Spring Drinks
Last week UNSW Law alumni gathered at The Lobby Bar in Sydney to reconnect with old friends, network and hear the latest from UNSW Law at the annual Alumni Spring Drinks. Hosted by Dean Professor George Williams, the evening included an address from recently appointed Law Alumni Committee President, Pavithra Vigneswaran (BCom/LLB '12), and Dr Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Dean (International and External Engagement) at UNSW Law.
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Scientia Professor George Williams, Gabrielle Appleby
20 Oct 2017
Strengthening our commitment to China and the region
UNSW Law’s China International Business & Economic Law (CIBEL) Initiative travelled to Beijing last month to further drive collaboration and strengthen the Faculty’s commitment to China and the region.
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Scientia Professor George Williams, Gabrielle Appleby, Deborah Healey
18 Oct 2017
Out on a limb: Australia’s troubling exceptionalism on human rights
BY GEORGE WILLIAMS AND DANIEL REYNOLDSAustralia is the only democratic country without a comprehensive national human rights law. Even non-democratic nations have a charter or bill of rights, excepting only Vatican City (a theocratic monarchy) and Brunei (an authoritarian sultanate with a record of human rights abuses).
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Scientia Professor George Williams
11 Oct 2017
George Brandis' submission to High Court in MP citizenship case is 'a stretch'
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 9 October 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
26 Sep 2017
Parliamentary prayers should be consigned to history
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 September 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
05 Sep 2017
'Legally dubious': Why you shouldn't bet on the postal vote going ahead
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
31 Aug 2017
Professor George Williams addresses National Press Club
Constitutional law expert George Williams has given a frank assessment of the government's High Court prospects on dual citizenship and the same-sex marriage postal vote.Watch the full address here.Below is a transcript of Professor Williams' National Press Club address:
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Scientia Professor George Williams
31 Aug 2017
Vanessa Hardman Law Memorial Scholarship
UNSW alumna and lawyer Vanessa Hardman was a gifted sportswoman with a passion for travel, a selfless commitment to family, friends and colleagues, and an aptitude for always staying positive.In 2016, after battling breast cancer for six years, Vanessa passed away at the age of 47. A memorial scholarship has been established in her honour and will help future UNSW Law students carry on her legacy.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
16 Aug 2017
Malcolm Turnbull's comments about Barnaby Joyce are unwise
Opinion: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2018.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
07 Aug 2017
How a charter of rights could protect Australians’ fundamental freedoms
OPINON: Professor George Williams AO and UNSW Law alumnus Daniel Reynolds, The Conversation, 7 August 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
19 Jul 2017
Constitutional convention would offer a way forward on Aboriginal recognition
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 19 July 2017. The Referendum Council has released its report into how the constitution should recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
03 Jul 2017
Tony Abbott's 'solution' to Senate deadlock has its own problems
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, the Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
19 Jun 2017
Overreaction to Khayre's crimes exactly what terrorists seek
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 2017.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
06 Jun 2017
50th anniversary of pivotal 1967 referendum
Professor George Williams AO spoke to SBS Radio News (26 May 2017) regarding the 50 year anniversary of the 1967 referendum and what it really did for Indigenous people.
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Scientia Professor George Williams
05 Jun 2017
The ongoing legacy of the Mabo decision
OPINION: Professor George Williams AO, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2017.Saturday was the 25th anniversary of the High Court's Mabo decision. The impact of this landmark case still reverberates today in debates on Indigenous recognition and disadvantage. It is rarely far from the surface as we struggle to come to grips with our colonial past.
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