Leslie Zines AO (12 December 1930 – 31 May 2014) was an Australian scholar of constitutional law.
Leslie Ronald Zines | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1930 |
| Died | 31 May 2014 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Sydney, Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Australian constitutional law |
He studied law at the University of Sydney and Harvard University and was admitted to practice in 1953.[1] He spent over 30 years working at the Australian National University, becoming a professor in 1967.[2] The first edition of his influential book The High Court and the Constitution was published in 1981.[3] He appeared as junior counsel for Tasmania in the Tasmanian Dam Case, and his work was cited in the judgments of Deane J and Dawson J.[4]
Zines became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992.[5]
References
edit- ^ Griffiths, John (21 June 2014). "Constitutional lawyer Leslie Zines dominated Australian National University". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Zines, Leslie Ronald (1930–2014)". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Zines, Leslie (1981). The High Court and the Constitution. Revised in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2008 and 2011 (James Stellios).
- ^ Commonwealth v Tasmania (Tasmanian Dams case) [1983] HCA 21, (1983) 158 CLR 1 (1 July 1983), High Court
- ^ "It's An Honour". Australian Government. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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