Professor Nicholas Aroney
Professor
TC Beirne School of Law
Affiliate of Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
+61 7 336 53053
W249 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus.
Researcher biography
Nicholas Aroney is Professor of Constitutional Law at The University of Queensland, Director (Public Law) of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law and a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Law and Religion at Emory University. In 2010 he received a four-year Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to study comparative federalism and in 2021 he secured an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to investigate the nature and function of constituent power in federal systems. He has held visiting positions at Oxford, Cambridge, Paris II, Edinburgh, Durham, Padua, Sydney, Emory and Tilburg universities.
Professor Aroney has published over 160 journal articles, book chapters and books in the fields of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory. He has led several international research projects in comparative federalism, bicameralism, legal pluralism, and law & religion, and he speaks frequently at international conferences on these topics. His most notable publications in these fields include: The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution (Cambridge University Press, 2009), Shari'a in the West (Oxford University Press, 2010) (edited with Rex Ahdar), The Future of Australian Federalism (Cambridge University Press, 2012) (edited with Gabrielle Appleby and Thomas John), The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia: History, Principle and Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 2015) (with Peter Gerangelos, James Stellios and Sarah Murray), Courts in Federal Countries (Toronto University Press, 2017) (edited with John Kincaid), The Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism (Routledge 2021) (edited with Patricia Popelier and Giacomo Delledone) and Christianity and Constitutionalism (Oxford University Press, 2022) (edited with Ian Leigh).
Professor Aroney is a former editor of The University of Queensland Law Journal (2003-2005) and International Trade and Business Law Annual (1996-1998), and a past secretary of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy. He is a past member of the Governing Council and the current Co-Convenor of the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law. He is also a member of the editorial advisory board of the American Journal of Jurisprudence, Public Law Review, Australian Journal of Law and Religion and International Trade and Business Law Review. He has made numerous influential submissions to government and parliamentary inquiries and in 2013 undertook a review of the Crime and Misconduct Act for the Queensland Government with the Hon Ian Callinan AC QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia. In 2017 he was appointed by the Australian Prime Minister to an Expert Panel to advise on whether Australian law adequately protects the human right to freedom of religion.
Professor Aroney joined the Law School in 1995 after working with a major national law firm and acting as a legal consultant in the field of building and construction law.
| Featured projects | Duration |
|---|---|
| Freedom of Speech: Does Australian Law Comply with its International Obligations? | 2019–2021 |
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Constituent power in federal constitutions ARC Discovery Project |
2022–2025 |
| Digitising the Drafting of the Australian Constitution | 2023–2025 |
Publications
Books
Aroney, Nicholas T., Peter Gerangelos, James Stellios and Sarah Murray (2015). The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia: History, Principle and Interpretation. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The making and meaning of the Australian Constitution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511609671
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1998). Freedom of Speech in the Constitution. St Leonards, Australia: Centre for Independent Studies.
Book Chapters
Aroney, Nicholas, Gebreyesus, Terefe and Hussein, Twana (2024). Pluralised Constituent Power in Two Nominal Federations: Ethiopia and Iraq. Comparative Federalism. (pp. 109-130) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-51093-9_6
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). Christianity and constitutional law. The Oxford handbook of Christianity and law. (pp. 365-376) edited by John Witte Jr. and Rafael Domingo. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197606759.013.26
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). Christianity and sovereignty. Oxford handbook of Christianity and law. (pp. 804-817) edited by Rafael Domingo and John Witte. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197606759.013.58
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). High courts in federations: neutral referees or team players?. Teaching federalism. (pp. 67-78) Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800885325.00014
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). Federalism and democracy. Research handbook on law and democracy. (pp. Forthcoming-Forthcoming) edited by Glenn Patmore. UK: Edward Elgar .
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). Federal vs unitary constituent power. Oxford handbook of constituent power . (pp. forthcoming-forthcoming) edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg and Lucia Rubinelli. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas and Grant, Bligh (2023). Local government in Australia: constitutionally subordinate, but vibrant and fundamental. Local governance in multi-layered systems: a comparative legal study in the federal-local connection. (pp. 101-137) edited by Matteo Nicolini and Alice Valdesalici. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-41792-4_6
Aroney, Nicholas and Causer, Lauren (2022). Federalism and representation. Comparative election law. (pp. 51-70) edited by James Gardner. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas (2022). Christianity and constitutional law. Oxford handbook on Christianity and law. (pp. 1-21) edited by John Witte and Rafael Domingo. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas and Boyce, Michael (2022). The Australian federal response to the Covid-19 crisis: momentary success or enduring reform?. Comparative federalism and Covid-19: combating the pandemic. (pp. 298-316) edited by Nico Steytler. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003166771-21
Aroney, Nicholas and Causer, Lauren (2022). Representation in federations. Comparative election law. (pp. 51-70) edited by James A. Gardner. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788119023.00012
Aroney, Nicholas (2022). Federalism: a legal, political, and religious archaeology. Christianity and constitutionalism. (pp. 303-324) edited by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197587256.003.0015
Aroney, Nicholas and Leigh, Ian (2022). Introduction: Christianity and constitutionalism. Christianity and constitutionalism. (pp. 1-30) edited by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197587256.003.0001
Aroney, Nicholas (2021). Subnational constitutionalism in Australia. The Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism. (pp. 36-50) edited by Patricia Popelier, Giacomo Delledonne and Nicholas Aroney. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003052111-3
Popelier, Patricia, Aroney, Nicholas and Delledonne, Giacomo (2021). Conclusion: Nine hypotheses to explain variation in subnational constitutional autonomy. The Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism. (pp. 310-325) edited by Patricia Popelier, Giacomo Delledonne and Nicholas Aroney. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003052111-20
Aroney, Nicholas (2021). The social ontology of human dignity. The inherence of human dignity: Foundations of human dignity, Volume 1. (pp. 165-183) edited by Angus J. L. Menuge and Barry W. Bussey. London, United Kingdom: Anthem Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv22d4t3k.13
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). Australia’s Federal Framework : Constitutional Fundamentals, Federal Institutions, and Intergovernmental Balance. The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics. (pp. 1-19) edited by Lewis, Jenny M. and Tiernan, Anne. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.7
Aroney, Nicholas and Kennedy, Simon P. (2020). Johannes Althusius’s cosmopolitan defense of local politics. Cosmopolitanism and its discontents: rethinking politics in the age of Brexit and Trump. (pp. 19-36) edited by Lee Ward. Lanham, MD, United States: Rowman & Littlefield.
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). Christianity, sovereignty, and global law. Christianity and global law. (pp. 267-286) edited by Rafael Domingo and John Witte, Jr.. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003015208-19
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Natural law and federalism. Research handbook on natural law theory. (pp. 371-389) Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788110044.00031
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Federalism and courts: research avenues. A research agenda for federalism studies. (pp. 61-75) edited by John Kincaid. Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788112970
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Our common lives. Nonsense on stilts: rescuing human rights in Australia. (pp. 91-96) edited by Damien Freeman and Catherine Renshaw. Queensland, Australia: Kapunda Press.
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Originalism and explanatory power: text, structure and the interpretation of constitutions. Law under a democratic constitution: essays in honour of Jeffrey Goldsworthy. (pp. 89-111) edited by Lisa Burton Crawford, Patrick Emerton and Dale Smith. London, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781509920884.ch-006
Aroney, Nicholas and Saunders, Benjamin B. (2019). Freedom of religion. The legal protection of rights in Australia. (pp. 285-312) edited by Matthew Groves, Janina Boughey and Dan Meagher. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781509919857.ch-015
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The justification of judicial review: text, structure, history and principle. Australian constitutional values. (pp. 27-42) edited by Rosalind Dixon. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781509918430.ch-002
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). Federalism: Design. Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution. (pp. 727-758) edited by Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone. Oxford United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Ahdar, Rex and Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The Shari'a in the Western landscape. The Shari'a: history, ethics and law. (pp. 193-213) edited by Amyn B. Sajoo. London, United Kingdom: I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies. doi: 10.5040/9781350989252.ch-011
Aroney, Nicholas and Sharman, Campbell (2018). Territorial Politics and the Federal Frame in Australia. Handbook of territorial politics. (pp. 388-400) edited by Klaus Detterbeck and Eve Hepburn. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781784718770.00034
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). Constitutional fundamentals. A commitment to excellence: essays in honour of Emeritus Professor Gabriël A. Moens. (pp. 12-31) edited by Augusto Zimmermann. Brisbane, Australia: Connor Court Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas , Harrison, Joel and Babie, Paul (2017). Religious freedom under the Victorian Charter of Rights. Australian Charters of Rights a Decade On. (pp. 1-19) edited by Matthew Groves and Colin Campbell. Annandale, Australia: Federation Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). The High Court of Australia: textual unitarism vs structural federalism. Courts in Federal Countries: Federalists or Unitarists?. (pp. 29-68) edited by Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. doi: 10.3138/j.ctt1whm97c.6
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). The Federal Condition. The Federal Idea: Between Governance and Political Life. (pp. 29-52) edited by Amnon Lev. United Kingdom: Hart Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781509907144.ch-001
Aroney, Nicholas and Kincaid, John (2017). Introduction: courts in federal countries. Courts in federal countries: federalists or unitarists?. (pp. 3-28) edited by Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Aroney, Nicholas and Kincaid, John (2017). Comparative Observations and Conclusions. Courts in federal countries: federalists or unitarists?. (pp. 482-540) edited by Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). Subsidiarity, federalism and the best constitution: Thomas Aquinas on city, province and empire. Aquinas and modern law. (pp. 419-486) edited by Richard O. Brooks and James Bernard Murphy. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315097145
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). The Federal Condition. The Federal Idea: Public Law Between Governance and Political Life. (pp. 29-51) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
Aroney, Nicholas and Gautam, Khagesh (2016). Federalism - a selected comparison. Australia and India: a comparative overview of the law and legal practice. (pp. 1-19) edited by Shaun Star. Gurgaon, Haryana, India: Universal Law Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). Types of Federalism. Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. (pp. 1-18) edited by Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann and Rüdiger Wolfrum. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). Devolutionary federalism within a Westminster-derived context. The Scottish independence referendum: constitutional and political implications. (pp. 295-333) edited by Aileen McHarg, Tom Mullen, Alan Page and Neil Walker. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). On the Distinction Between Law and Convention. Constitutional Conventions in Westminster Systems: Controversies, Changes and Challenges. (pp. 24-50) edited by Brian Galligan and Scott Brenton. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316178560.003
Aroney, Nicholas T. and Patapan, Haig (2015). The Gibbs Court. The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics. (pp. 220-243) edited by Rosalind Dixon and George Williams. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107445253.012
Aroney, Nicholas (2014). The constitutional first principles of royal commissions. Royal commissions and public inquiries: practice and potential. (pp. 23-35) edited by Scott Prasser and Helen Tracey. Ballarat, VIC, Australia: Connor Court Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas, Bassu, Carla and Popp, Carolyn (2014). Legal transplants in the Australian legal system. Comparative law in legislative drafting: the increasing importance of dialogue amongst parliaments. (pp. 161-184) edited by Nicola Lupo and Lucia Scaffardi. The Hauge, Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas (2014). Subsidiarity in the writings of Aristotle and Aquinas. Global perspectives on subsidiarity. (pp. 9-27) edited by Michelle Evans and Augusto Zimmerman. Dordrecht Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8810-6_2
Appleby, Gabrielle, Aroney, Nicholas and John, Thomas (2012). Preface. The future of Australian federalism: comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. xix-xix) edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas Aroney and Thomas John. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T., Prasser, Scott and Taylor, Alison (2012). Federal diversity in Australia – a counter narrative. The future of Australian federalism: Comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. 272-300) edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas T. Aroney and Thomas John. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Appleby, Gabrielle, Aroney, Nicholas and John, Thomas (2012). Australian federalism: Past, present and future tense. The future of Australian federalism: Comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. 1-24) edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas T. Aroney and Thomas John. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511902550.003
Aroney, Nicholas (2012). Popular ratification of the state constitutions. Tomorrow's federation: reforming Australian government. (pp. 210-226) edited by Paul Kildea, Andrew Lynch and George Williams. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Bund, Bundesstaat and Staatenbund: The German Element in Australian Federalism. The German Constitution Turns 60 : Basic Law and Commonwealth Constitution, German and Australian Perspectives. (pp. 31-53) edited by Jürgen Bröhmer. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang Publishing.
Aroney, Nicholas and Miller, Bradley (2011). Finnis on liberty. Jurisprudence of Liberty. (pp. 247-269) edited by Suri Ratnapala and Gabriel A. Moens. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Aroney, Nicholas (2010). Australia. Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries. (pp. 17-46) McGill-Queen's University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Reinvigorating Australian Federalism. Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2009. (pp. 75-87) edited by Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula. Brisbane, Australia: Supreme Court Library Queensland.
Aroney, Nicholas and Ahdar, Rex (2010). The topography of Shari'a in the western political landscape. Shari'a in the West. (pp. 1-31) edited by Nicholas Aroney and Rex Ahdar. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Australia. Diversity and unity in federal countries. (pp. 16-46) edited by Luis Moreno and César Colino. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas (2010). The people of Queensland and their constitution: re-establishing Queensland's constitution on its own ground. Queensland's Constitution: Past, present and future. (pp. 214-232) edited by Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula. Brisbane, Australia: Supreme Court of Queensland Library.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). Before Federalism? Thomas Aquinas, Jean Quidort and Nicolas Cusanus. The Ashgate Research Companion on Federalism. (pp. 31-48) edited by Ann Ward and Lee Ward. London: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315612966
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). The implied rights revolution: Sacrificing means to ends?. Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent: Essays in Honour of George Winterton. (pp. 173-188) edited by H. P. Lee and Peter Gerangelos. Sydney: Federation Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). Bicameralism and representations of democracy. Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution?. (pp. 20-35) edited by Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and John Nethercote. Perth, Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). Unity and Diversity in Federal Australia. Dialogues on Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries. (pp. 10-12) edited by Rupak Chattopadhyay and Abigail Ostien Karos. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Prasser, S., Nethercote, J. R. and Aroney, N. (2008). Upper Houses and the Problem of Elective Dictatorship. Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution?. (pp. xv-xxii) edited by Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and JR Nethercote. Perth Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2006). Thomas McCawley v The King. State Consitutional Landmarks. (pp. 69-97) edited by George Winterton. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2005). Federal constitutionalism: European constitutionalism in comparative perspective. Getuigend staatsrecht: Liber amicorum A.K. Koekkoek. (pp. 229-251) edited by F. H. van der Burg, A. K. Koekkoek;, voorw. Paul Zoontjens and Hans Peters. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers.
Aroney, N. T. (2004). Althusius at the Antipodes: The Politica and Australian Federalism. Jurisprudenz, Politische Theorie und Politische Theologie. (pp. 529-546) edited by Frederick Carney, Heinz Schilling and Dieter Wyduckel. Germany: Duncker & Humblot.
Aroney, N. T. (2003). The Griffith doctrine: Reservation and Immunity. Queensland Judges on the High Court. (pp. 219-254) edited by Dr Michael White; Aladin Rahemtula. Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library.
Aroney, N. T. (2002). Griffith's Vision of Australian Federalism. Sir Samuel Griffith: The law and the constitution. (pp. 179-201) edited by Dr M. White and A. Rahemtula. NSW: Thomson Lawbook Co.
Aroney, N. T. (2001). Implied constitutional rights: Implications & references. The Oxford companion to the high court of Australia. (pp. 336-337) edited by Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams. Vic: Oxford University Press.
Aroney, N. T. (2000). Federal representation and the framers of the Australian Constitution. Constitutional and international law perspectives: Achievements and challenges. (pp. 13-53) edited by G. Moens. Brisbane, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Aroney, N. T. (2000). The freedom of political communication since Lange: Commentary. The High Court in Transition: Essays in Constitutional Law. (pp. 21-34) edited by A. Stone and G. Williams. NSW: The Federation Press.
Journal Articles
Aroney, Nicholas, Duke, George and Tierney, Stephen (2024). A theory of plural constituent power for federal systems. Global Constitutionalism, 1-21. doi: 10.1017/S2045381723000400
Aroney, Nicholas, Delaney, Erin F. and Tierney, Stephen (2023). Federal exceptionalism and constituent power: Afterword to the Foreword by Sergio Verdugo. Icon-International Journal of Constitutional Law, 21 (4), 1182-1188. doi: 10.1093/icon/moad076
Aroney, Nicholas (2023). Federal charities law and the taxation power: three constitutional problems. Federal Law Review, 51 (1), 78-101. doi: 10.1177/0067205x221146330
Aroney, Nicholas (2021). Civil Government and the Nations. Journal of Law and Religion, 36 (2), 383-392. doi: 10.1017/jlr.2021.47
Aroney, Nicholas (2021). Three Key Issues Arising Out of the Engineers Case: A Reply. Australian Law Journal, 95 (1), 25-35.
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). The rise and fall of human dignity. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3661016
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). What remains of the engineers case? A centenary appraisal. Australian Law Journal, 94 (9), 684-698.
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). Law, education and religion — pathways to the good society?. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3645560
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). Federalism: a legal, political and religious archeology. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3549750
Aroney, Nicholas and Taylor, Paul (2020). The politics of freedom of religion in Australia: Can international human rights standards point the way forward?. University of Western Australia Law Review, 47 (1), 42-63.
Aroney, Nicholas (2020). Spence v Queensland and the federal balance: how many swallows make a summer?. Public Law Review, 31 (1), 33-45.
Aroney, Nicholas and Boyce, Michael (2020). Australia and the COVID-19 pandemic: Federal, state and local responses. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3728488
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). The social ontology of human dignity. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3499573
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Can Australian law better protect freedom of religion?. Australian Law Journal, 93 (9), 708-720. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3393211
Aroney, Nicholas and Parkinson, Patrick (2019). Associational freedom, anti-discrimination law and the new multiculturalism. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 44, 1-29.
Aroney, Nicholas and Saunders, Benjamin (2019). Freedom of religion in Australia. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3360799
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Religious discrimination and religious freedom: An evaluation of the exposure draft of the Australian Religious Discrimination Bill 2019. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3455089
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The formation and amendment of federal constitutions in a Westminster-derived context. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 16 (1), 17-53. doi: 10.1093/icon/moy002
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The rule of law, religious authority, and oaths of office. Journal of Law, Religion and State, 6 (2-3), 195-212. doi: 10.1163/22124810-00602003
Aroney, Nicholas and Saunders, Benjamin B. (2018). On judicial rascals and self-appointed monarchs: the rise of judicial power in Australia. The University of Queensland lLaw Journal, 36 (2), 221-245.
Aroney, Nicholas and Stellios, James (2018). Rights in the Australian federation. European Journal of Law Reform, 20 (2-3), 256-269. doi: 10.5553/EJLR/138723702018020002012
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The design of Australian federalism. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3540586
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). R (Miller) v Secretary of State for exiting the European Union: three competing syllogisms. Modern Law Review, 80 (4), 726-745. doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12282
Aroney, Nicholas and Kincaid, John (2017). Introduction: Courts in Federal Countries. Courts in Federal Countries: Federalists or Unitarists?, 3-28.
Aroney, Constantine N. and Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). Endemic Revolution Revisited: HLA Hart, Custom and the Constitutions. LAWASIA Journal
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). Constituent power and the constituent states: towards a theory of the amendment of federal constitutions. Jus Politicum: Revue De Droit Politique, 17, 5-31.
Aroney, Nicholas and Turnour, Matthew (2017). Charities are the new constitutional law frontier. Melbourne University Law Review, 41 (2), 446-492.
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). Religious Authority in Public Spaces: The Challenge of Jurisdictional Pluralism. Solidarity: The Journal of Catholic Social Teaching and Secular Ethics doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3017219
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). Individual, community and state: thoughts on Jane Norton, Freedom of Religious Organizations. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42, 270-279.
Aroney, Nicholas (2017). Faith in Public Office: The Meaning, Persistence and Importance of Oaths. Ethics: Contemporary Perspectives, 4.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). The federal condition: towards a normative theory. The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 61 (1), 13-31. doi: 10.1093/ajj/auw001
Aroney, Nicholas T. and Finlay, Lorraine (2016). Protesting the Anti-protest Laws: Will a Constitutional Challenge Succeed?. Australian Environment Review, 31 (3), 67-73.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). Federalism and subsidiarity: principles and processes in the reform of the Australian Federation. Federal Law Review, 44 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.1177/0067205x1604400101
Aroney, Nicholas and Isdale, William (2014). Bicameralism: an antipodean perspective. Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). Reserved matters, legislative purpose and the referendum on Scottish independence. Public Law, 2014 (3), 421-443.
Aroney, Nicholas and Parkinson, Patrick (2014). The territory of marriage: constitutional law, marriage law and family policy in the ACT same sex marriage case. Australian Journal of Family Law, 28 (2), 160-192.
Nicholas Aroney (2014). A power “singular and eccentrical”: Royal commissions and executive power after Williams. Public Law Review, 25 (2), 99-116.
Aroney, Nicholas (2014). Freedom of religion as an associational right. University of Queensland Law Journal, 33 (1), 153-186.
Aroney, Nicholas and Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Endemic revolution: HLA Hart, custom and the constitution of the Fiji Islands. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 45 (3), 314-339. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2013.861725
Aroney, Nicholas (2013). A federal constitution for the United Kingdom? Constitution-making within a Westminster-derived context. Jus Politicum: Revue De Droit Politique, 9, 1-18.
Aroney, Nicholas (2013). Divine law, religious ethics, secular reason. Political Theology, 14 (5), 670-685. doi: 10.1179/1462317X13Z.00000000044
Aroney, Nicholas (2013). Explanatory power, theory formation and constitutional interpretation: some preliminaries. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 38, 1-31.
Aroney, Nicholas (2013). The high court on constitutional law: the 2012 term explanatory power and the modalities of constitutional reasoning. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36 (3), 863-893.
Aroney, Nicholas and Ahdar, Rex (2012). The accommodation of the Shari'a within Western legal systems. Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 13 (2), 387-413.
Aroney, Nicholas and Thomas, Steve (2012). A House divided: does MMP make an Upper House unnecessary for New Zealand?. New Zealand Law Review, 2012 (Part III), 403-442.
Aroney, Nicholas (2012). Una società di società: why Australia is a Federation. Giornale Di Storia Constituzionale, 24 (2), 23-33. doi: 10.1400/201151
Aroney, Nicholas (2011). Towards the 'Best Explanation' of the Constitution: Text, structure, history and principle in Roach v Electoral Commissioner. University of Queensland Law Journal, 30 (1), 145-164.
Aroney, Nicholas (2011). Subsidiarity: European lessons for Australia's federal balance. Federal Law Review, 39 (2), 213-234. doi: 10.1177/0067205x1103900201
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). The Influence of German State-Theory on the design of the Australian Constitution. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 59 (3), 669-699. doi: 10.1017/S0020589310000266
Aroney, Nicholas (2010). New Zealand, Australasia and federation. Canterbury Law Review, 16, 31-46.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Reinvigorating Australian Federalism. Supreme Court History Program yearbook, 75-87.
Aroney, Nicholas, Prasser, Scott and Nethercote, John (2009). Restraining Executive Government Dominance - Are Upper Houses the Answer?. Public Administration Today, April-June (19), 72-73.
Prasser, Scott and Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). Real constitutional reform after Fitzgerald: Still waiting for Godot. Griffith Law Review, 18 (3), 596-620. doi: 10.1080/10854657.2009.10854657
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). Democracy, community and federalism in electoral apportionment cases: The United States, Canada and Australia in comparative perspective. University of Toronto Law Journal, 58 (4), 421-480. doi: 10.3138/utlj.58.4.421
Aroney, Nicholas (2008). Constitutional choices in the work choices case, or what exactly is wrong with the reserved powers doctrine?. Melbourne University Law Review, 32 (1), 1-43.
Allan, James and Aroney, Nicholas (2008). An Uncommon Court: How the High Court of Australia Has Undermined Australian Federalism. Sydney Law Review, 30 (2), 245-294.
Aroney, N (2008). Four reasons for an upper house: Representative democracy, public debate, legislative outputs and executive accountability. Adelaide Law Review, 29 (2), 205-246.
Aroney, Nicholas (2008). Julius Stone and the End of Sociological Jurisprudence: Articulating the Reasons for Decision in Political Communication Cases. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 31 (1), 107-135.
N Aroney (2008). Reasonable Disagreement, Democracy and the Judicial Safeguards of Federalism'. University of Queensland Law Journal, 27 (1), 129-143.
Aroney, Nicholas (2007). Subsidiarity, federalism and the best constitution: Thomas Aquinas on city, province and empire. Law and Philosophy, 26 (2), 161-228. doi: 10.1007/s10982-006-0005-9
Aroney, Nicholas (2007). Comparative Law in Australian constitutional jurisprudence. University of Queensland Law Journal, 26 (2), 317-340.
Aroney, N. T. and Prasser, S. (2007). An upper house for Queensland: An idea whose time has come. Democratic Audit of Australia, 07 (1), 1-9.
Aroney, Nicholas (2006). Justice McHugh, Representative Government and the Elimination of Balancing. The Sydney Law Review, 28 (3), 505-534.
Aroney, Nicholas (2006). Politics, law and the constitution in McCawley's case. Melbourne University Law Review, 30 (3), 605-656.
Aroney, Nicholas (2006). The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for Their Interpretation. Federal Law Review, 34 (2), 287-318. doi: 10.1177/0067205x0603400204
Aroney, N. T. (2006). Formation, representation and amendment in federal constitutions. The American Journal of Comparative Law, 54 (2), 277-336. doi: 10.1093/ajcl/54.2.277
Aroney, N. T. (2005). Lost in translation: From political communication to legal communication?. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 28 (3), 833-841.
Aroney, Nicholas (2005). Law, revolution and religion : Harold Berman's interpretation of the english revolution. Journal of Markets and Morality, 8 (2), 355-385.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2003). Towards a general theory of the formation and amendment of federal constitutions: a comparative study. Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 89 (2), 88-99.
Aroney, N. T. (2003). Fundamental law and constitutional rights in India and Australia. Indian Socio-Legal Journal, 29 (1+2), 89-98.
Aroney, N. T. (2003). Another constitution for Australia: The bede harris proposal. Constitutional Law and Policy Review, 5 (3), 51-60.
Aroney, N. T. (2002). Review of John Manning Ward, the state and the people: Australian federation and nation-making; 1870-1901. Proctor, 22 (10), 32-33.
Aroney, N. T. (2002). Imagining a federal commonwealth: Australian conceptions of federalism, 1890-1901. Federal Law Review, 30 (2), 265-294. doi: 10.1177/0067205x0203000203
Aroney, N. T. (2002). A commonwealth of commonwealths: Late nineteenth century conceptions of federalism and their impact on Australian federation 1890-1901. Journal of Legal History, 23 (3), 253-290. doi: 10.1080/01440362308539652
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2001). Review of H Patapan, Judging Democracy: The New Politics of the High Court of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 2000). Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas, 17 (1), 53-54.
Aroney, N. T. (2001). Review of judging democracy: The new politics of the high court of Australia. Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas, 17 (1), 53-54.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2000). Review of G Winterton, HP Lee, A Glass and J Thomson, Australia Federal Constitutional Law: Commentaries and Materials. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 23 (2), 380-383.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2000). Review of Australian federal constitutional law: commentary and materials, by G Winterton, HP Lee, A Glass and JA Thomson. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 23 (2), 380-383.
Aroney, Nicholas (2000). Mueller on European federation: A reply from the perspective of Australian federalism. Public Choice, 105 (3-4), 255-272. doi: 10.1023/A:1005125807405
Aroney, N. T. (2000). Teaching Australian constitutional law. University of NSW Law Journal, 23 (2), 380-383.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1999). Review of H Irving, To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution. Proctor, 19, 38-38.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1999). Text, Common Law and Constitutional Implications: A Reply to Chesterman. Media and Arts Law Review, 4 (4), 293-296.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1999). Text, Common Law and Constitutional Implications: A Reply to Chesterman. Media and Arts Law Review, 4, 293-293.
Aroney, N. T. (1999). The constitutional demise of the cross-vesting scheme. Insolvency Law Journal, 7 (3), 116-131.
Aroney, N. T. (1999). The Quebec secession reference. Constitutional Law and Policy Review, 1 (4), 74-80.
Aroney, N. T. (1999). A public choice? Federalism and the prospects of a republican preamble. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 20 (2), 262-293.
Aroney, N. T. (1999). To constitute a nation: a cultural history of Australia's constitution. Proctor, 19 (2), 38.
Aroney, Nicholas (1998). It's your constitution: Governing Australia today by Cheryl Saunders. Australian Law Librarian, 6 (2), 134-135.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1998). Review of C Saunders, It's Your Constitution: Governing Australia Today. Australian Law Librarian, 6 (2), 134-135.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1998). Taking liberty seriously. American Journal of Jurisprudence, 43 (1), 205-226. doi: 10.1093/ajj/43.1.205
Aroney, N. T. (1998). The structure of constitutional revolutons. Are the Lange, Levy and Kruger decisions a return to normal science?. University of New South Wales Law Review, 21 (3), 645-680.
Aroney, Nicholas (1998). The Structure of Constitutional Revolutions: Are the Lange, Levy and Kruger Decisions a Return to Normal Science?. University of New South Wales Law Review, 21 (3), 645-680.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1997). The gestative propensity constitutional implications. Policy, 13 (1), 26-31.
Aroney, Nicholas (1996). Representative democracy eclipsed? The Langer Muldowney and McGinty decisions. University of Queensland Law Journal, 19 (1), 75-106.
Aroney, Nicholas (1995). A seductive plausibility: freedom of speech in the constitution. University of Queensland Law Journal, 18 (2), 249-274.
Conference Papers
Aroney, Nicholas (2019). Can Australian law better protect freedom of religion?. Religious Freedom after Ruddock Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 6 April 2019.
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). Between Union and Devolution: The Structure of the British Parliament as a Problem of Process. 10th World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Seoul, South Korea, 18-22 June 2018.
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). Natural Law and Federalism: Between Complex and Simple Space. Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 6-8 July 2018.
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The Frontiers of Australian Federalism. Public Law Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 11-13 July 2018.
Aroney, Nicholas (2018). The Prospects of Australian Federalism. Samuel Griffith Society Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 3-5 August 2018.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). Individual, Community and State: Thoughts on Jane Nortion, Freedom of Religious Organizations. Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy, University of Auckland, 14-16 July 2017.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). The Problem of Judicial Review Revisited’, Constitutional Theory Scholars. Constitutional Theory Scholars’ Workshop, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School, 20 July 2017.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2017). Originalism and Explanatory Powe. Festschrift for Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Monash Law School, Melbourne, 17-18 July 2017.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). Reforming Australian federalism: The white paper process in comparative perspective. A People's Federation for the 21st century: A National Conference on Reform of Australia's Federal Democracy, Brisbane, Australia, 16-17 June 2016. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2016). As Much Judged As Judging. Religious Liberty Conference - ‘Varieties of Diversity’, University of Notre Dame, School of Law, Sydney Australia, 18-19 August 2016.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2016). The Rule of Law, Religious Authority and Oaths of Office'. Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, 22-24 July 2016.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). 'Talking Past Each Other': Religious Freedom, Secular Neutrality and Multicultural Accommodation Under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. Multiculturalism and Accommodation of Religious Difference: A Colloquium, University of Otago School of Law, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3 February 2016.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). Religious Freedom: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Australasian Christian Legal Convention, Brisbane, Australia, 29-30 September 2016.
Aroney, Nicholas (2016). "As Much Judged as Judging": Oaths and Political Power. Religious Liberty and the Varieties of Diversity, Sydney, Australia, 18-19 August 2016.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). The Amendment of Federal Constitutions. Thinking About Federalism(s) Beyond the U.S. Experience, New Haven, United States, 29-30 October 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Federalism and Subsidiarity: Principles and Processes in the Reform of the Australian Federation. Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Constitutional Law Symposium, Canberra, 1 May 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Oaths and Public Office. Faith in Public Office Conference, Emmanuel College, The University of Queensland, 3 September 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). A Federal Anti-Corruption Body? Panel Discussion. 2015 Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, New South Wales,, 13 February 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Panel Discussion: Religion, Charity and Equality. Australian Charity Law Association Annual Conference, Brisbane, 27 August 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas (2015). Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Religion. Australasian Religious Press Association Annual Conference, Brisbane, 29 August 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Federalism and Subsidiarity: Reform of the Australian Federation. Public Law Weekend, ANU Centre for International and Public Law, Canberra, October 1-2.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). American Federalism in Comparative Perspective - A View from the Antipodes. Public Lecture, Stanford University School of Law, 27 January 2015.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). Federal Constitutionalism in Australia - American Influences. Faculty Seminar Paper, San Diego, CA, United States, 5 December 2014.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Freedom of Religion As an Associational Right. After Williams Colloquium, University of Southern Queensland, 4 October, 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Royal Commissions After Williams. Roundtable on Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries: Australian and International Trends and Issues, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University, ACT Assembly Building, 23 April 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Federal Representative Democracy in Australia: British, American and Swiss. I-CON Symposium: Constitutionalism in Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne Law School, 13-14 December 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. and Haig Patapan (2013). The Gibbs Court. The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, University of New South Wales, 7-8 November.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Drivers and Dilemmas - The Federation in 2013. Sir Samuel Griffith Legacy Series Discussion Forum: An Australian Federation for the 21st Century, Queensland Parliament, 20 November.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Thinking Clearly About Federalism: What, When, How and Why?. Centre for the Study of Science, Religion and Society, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland, 6 September.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Panel Remarks: What Does Queensland's Integrity Framework Look Like Now and How Do We Want It to Look in the Future?. Open Government Policy Forum - 13 August 2013, Legislative Council Chamber, Parliament of Queensland, 13 August 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Remarks on the Report of the Independent Review Panel. Forum on the Review of the Crime and Misconduct Act, Queensland University of Technology, 22 July 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). Constitutional Conventions: A Lawyer's View. Academy of the Social Sciences Workshop on Australian Constitutional Conventions in Comparative Perspective, University of Melbourne, 29-30 November 2012.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2012 Term - Explanatory Power and Constitutional Interpretation. Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law Constitutional Law Conference, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 15 February 2013.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2012). The High Court of Australia and Federalism. Courts in Federal Countries International Workshop, Forum of Federations and Quebec Government, Alberta, Canada, 29-28 March 2012.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2012). Divine Law, Religious Ethics, Secular Reason. Biblical Law, Cambridge University, 19-20 March 2012.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2012). Federalism, Limited Government and Its Rationales. Conference on Limited Government and the Political Constitution, University of Auckland, 9 August 2012.
Aroney, Nicholas T. and Ben Saunders (2011). The Views of the Framers of the Australian Constitution Regarding Oppositions. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Roundtable, Australian Catholic University, Canberra, 21-23 February 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). The Accommodation of Shari'a Within the Legal Systems of the West: Complexities, Controversies and Unanswered Questions. Law and Religion: Legal Regulation of Religious Groups Conference School, Melbourne Law School, 15-16 July 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Religious Reasons in Public Spaces. 13th International Religious Liberty Association Meeting of Experts, Sydney Law School, 22-24 August 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Endemic Revolution: HLA Hart, Custom and the Constitution of the Fiji Islands. Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual National Conference, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, 29-31 July 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). A Tale of Two Houses: Does MMP Mean New Zealand Doesn't Need an Upper House?. Maxim Institute Public Lecture, Auckland Law School, 18 April 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Federalism: What the Founders Intended. Australians for Constitutional Monarchy Annual General Meeting, Toowoomba, 6 March 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). The Role of the States in the Process of Constitutional Reform: Popular Ratification of the State Constitutions. Mechanisms of Federal Reform, University of New South Wales, 24-25 March 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Reflections on Subsidiarity: European Lessons for Australia's Federal Balance?. Reappraising the Judicial Role: European and Australian Comparative Perspectives, Australian National University, Canberra, 14 February 2011.
Aroney, Nicholas (2010). Australian Constitutional Law. Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 4 February 2010.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). New Zealand, Australasia and Federation. Trans-Tasman Law and Legal Practice Conference, School of Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 - 28 August 2010.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Religious Reasons in Public Discourse. Religion in the Public Square Conference, Melbourne, 22-24 July 2010.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Explanatory Power in Constitutional Interpretation. Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference, Melbourne, 4 June 2010.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). The Accommodation of Religious Law Within Western Legal Systems. History and Present: Relationship and Dialogue Between Christianity and Islam, Shanghai, China, 17-21 November 2010.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). Reinvigorating Australian Federalism. Public Lecture, Banco Court, Law Courts Complex, Brisbane, 4 November.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). The People of Queensland and Their Constitution. Queensland's Constitution at 150: Origins and Evolution Conference, Queensland Legislative Council Chamber, Brisbane, 29 May 2009.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). Explanatory Power and Constitutional Interpretation. Constitutional Theory Colloquium, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School, 26 November 2009.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). The Federal Element in the Australian Constitution. 60 Years Deutsches Grundgesetz - The German Constitution Turns 60, Australian National University, Canberra, 22-23 May 2009.
Aroney, Nicholas (2008). Unity and Diversity in Federal Countries: The Case of Australia. Forum of Federations International Workshop on Unity and Diversity in Federal Countries, Brussels, Belgium, 9-10 June 2008.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). The New Hope Case: Equality and Freedom: A Delicate Balance: The Case of Australia. Church-State Relations and Religious Liberty: Comparative Perspectives Conference, University of Notre Dame., Indiana, 22-23 September 2008.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). The Idea of a Federal Commonwealth. Twentieth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, 22-24 August, 2008. Lane Cove, NSW: The Samuel Griffith Society.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2008). Upper Houses, Democracy and Executive Accountability. The Politics of Democracy in South Australia, Adelaide, 8-9 March 2007. Adelaide: State Electoral Office (SA).
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2007). Democracy, Community and Federalism in Electoral Apportionment Cases: The United States, Canada and Australia in Comparative Perspective. Public Law Weekend Conference, ANU Canberra, Australia, 9-10 November, 2007.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2007). Constitutional Choices in the Work Choices Case. Supreme Court of Queensland Judges' Seminar, Customs House, Brisbane, 24 May 2007.
Aroney, N. (2007). Realism's End: Articulating the Reasons for Decision in Political Communication Cases. Julius Stone Centenary Conference, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 5-7 July 2007.
Aroney, N. T. (2007). Three reasons for an upper house: Democracy, legislative outputs and executive accountability. The Politics of Democracy in South Australia Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 8-9 March, 2007. Adelaide, South Australia: History Trust of South Australia.
Aroney, N T (2006). Democracy, Community and Representation. 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Ass, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2006.
Aroney, N. T. (2006). Bicameralism and representations of democracy. Improving Government Accountability in Queensland : The Upper House Solution, Brisbane, Australia, 21 April 2006.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2005). The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for Their Interpretation. Religious Tolerance Laws Conference, Melbourne, 3 December, 2005.
Aroney, N. (2005). Justice McHugh on representative government. Tenth Annual Public Law Weekend Constitutional Law Conference, Canberra, Australia, 11-12 November 2005.
Aroney, N. T. (2004). Old Law, Best Constitution : City, Province, and Empire in Thomas Aquinas. Natural Law Conference 2004, Michigan, USA, May 2004.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2003). Freedom of Speech in Australia, in Comparative Perspective. NEH Faculty Lecture, University of Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, Indiana, July.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2003). Althusius at the Antipodes: The Politica and Australian Federalism. Symposium to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Publication of Johannes Althusius's Politica Methodice Digesta, Johannes Althusius Gesellschaft, Herborn, Germany3, June 2003.
Aroney, N. T. (2003). Towards a general theory of the formation and amendment of federal constitutions: A comparative study. 20th IVR World Congress, Amsterdam, 20-24 June, 2001. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
Aroney, N. (2003). Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform: Restrictions on Legal Advertising and the Constitutional Freedom of Political Communication. National Conference of the Australian Plantiff Lawyers Association, Hyatt Regency, Coolum, 16-19 October, 2003.
Aroney, N. T. (2003). Fiscal competition. International Conference on Federalism 2002, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 27-30 August 2002. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2002). The Engineers Case. Fourteenth Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, 14-16 June, 2002.
Aroney, Nicholas (2002). The ghost in the machine: Exorcising engineers. Fourteenth Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, Australia, 14-16 June 2002. Lane Cove, N.S.W., Australia: The Samuel Griffith Society.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2000). The Legal Context of American, Australian and Canadian Federalism: A Comparative Perspective. Creating the Federal Republic Seminar, Washington DC, United States, June, 2000.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1999). Locke, Althusius and the Theoretical Grounds of the Modern Federal State. Political Thought after Liberalism Conference, Michigan, United States, 27-29 June, 1999.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1999). The Freedom of Political Communication Since Lange: Commentary. Public Law Weekend Conference, ANU, November, 1999.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1998). Federal Representation and the Republic. Republic and the States Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 11 June, 1998.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1997). Federalism and the Executive in a Republic. Constitutional Centenary Foundation, Brisbane, Australia, 17 November 1997.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1997). Federalism and the Executive in a Republic. Queensland Law Society, Brisbane, Australia, 24 November 1997.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (1996). Towards a Jurisprudence of Constitutional Implications: Legal Positivism and Jusnaturalism in the Shadow of Liberal Constitutionalism. Annual National Conference of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, Sydney, Australia, June 1996.
Generic Document
Ruddock, Philip, Bennett, Annabelle, Croucher, Rosalind, Brennan, Frank and Aroney, Nicholas (2018). Religious Freedom Review: Report of the Expert Panel. Australian Government - Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Reference Entry
Aroney, N. T. (2002). Queensland.
Thesis
Aroney, Nicholas T. (Nicholas Theodore) (2001). The Federal Commonwealth of Australia : a study in the formation of its constitution. PhD Thesis, School of Law, Monash University.
Seminar Papers
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2016). Federalism and Australian Constitutional Values. Australian Constitutional Values Workshop. University of NSW.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). What Should We Do with the States? Commentary. Current Legal Issues 2015 Seminar Series. The Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). What Should We Do with the States? Commentary. Current Legal Issues 2015 Seminar Series. T.C. Beirne School of Law.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). American Federalism in Comparative Perspective - A View from the Antipodes. Faculty Seminar Paper. George Mason University School of Law.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Integrative and Devolutionary Federal Systems. Faculty Seminar Paper. Queens University School of Law, Ontario.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). Integrative and Devolutionary Federal Systems. Faculty Seminar Paper. Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). Freedom of Religion As an Associational Right Under the Australian Constitution - with U.S. Comparisons. Faculty Seminar Paper. Pepperdine University School of Law.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). Freedom of Religion As an Associational Right: Two Approaches in Australian Law. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Summer Academy. University of Oxford.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). The Federal Condition: Towards a Normative Theory. International Congress of Constitutional Law. University of Norway.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). The Federal Condition: Towards a Normative Theory. Invited Speakers in Constitutional Theory. Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2013). The Federal Condition: Towards a Normative Theory. The Art of Federation Conference. Centre for International Law and Justice, University of Copenhagen.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2012). What Federalism Can Learn from the EU. Faculty Seminar Paper, University of Leeds Law School. UK.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2010). Explanatory Power and Constitutional Interpretation. Faculty Seminar Paper. University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, University of Baltimore.
Newspaper Articles
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015, 11 23). Faith in Public Office: The Meaning, Persistence and Importance of Oaths ABC Religion and Ethics, Sydney
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2006, 04 09). The Upper House Solution? Courier Mail
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2006, 03 30). An Upper House for Queensland? The Brisbane Line
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2005, 01 01). Constitutional Concerns ABC, ABC Television Stateline Program
Audio Documents
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2015). A Federal Anti-Corruption Body. ABC Law Report.
Aroney, Nicholas (2013). Queensland Lacks a House of Review. Mornings with Steve Austin.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2011). Jeers and Taunts over Queensland's New Opposition Leader. PM with Mark Colvin.
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2009). Why Australia Has a Unique Constitution. Evenings with Steve Austin.
Aroney, Nicholas T. and Clement Macintyre (2009). Upper Houses: Relics or Champions of Democracy?. The National Interest.
Research Reports
Aroney, Nicholas T. (2014). Federalism and Diversity in Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
Callinan, Ian and Aroney, Nicholas (2013). Review of the Crime and Misconduct Act and Related Matters: report of the Independent Advisory Panel. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Government Printer.