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Biography
Murray Wesson is a senior lecturer in the Law School, University of Western Australia. He completed his LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Thereafter he studied at the University of Oxford on the KwaZulu-Natal Rhodes Scholarship, where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law, MPhil and DPhil degrees. He has taught at the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Oxford and Leeds, and been a visiting lecturer at the Central European University in Budapest and the Law Institute in Jersey.
Roles and responsibilities
Murray is the Academic Conduct Advisor for the Law School.
Funding overview
Dr Murray Wesson, Dr Wasi Apoh, Mr Joe Fardin 2014, 'Customary Law & Mining - Australia & Ghana', International Mining for Development Centre ex AusAID.
Teaching overview
Murray teaches and coordinates the units LAWS2224 Evolution of Human Rights, LAWS5101 Constitutional Law, and LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics.
In 2015 he was the Blackstone Society Law Teacher of the Year.
Research
Murray's research interests are in the areas of constitutional law, human rights law, and legal theory.
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Research Output 2004 2018
Introduction
Wesson, M. R., 2018, In : The University of Western Australia Law Review. 43, 2, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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The Constitutional Framework for Water Resources Management
Carney, G., Wesson, M. & Gardner, A., 2018, Water Resources Law. Gardner, A., Bartlett, R., Gray, J. & Nelson, R. (eds.). Second ed. Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths, p. 95-123 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
The Executive and the External Affairs Power: Does the Executive's Prerogative Power to Vary Treaty Obligations Qualify Parliamentary Supremacy?
Molloy Menschelyi, Z., Puttick, S. D. & Wesson, M. R., 1 Apr 2018, In : The University of Western Australia Law Review. 43, 2, p. 286-303 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
executive power
treaty
obligation
legislation
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The Limits of Constitutional Justice
Wesson, M. R., 2018, In : Public Law Review. 29, 1, p. 63-82 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
constitution
justice
equality
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Crafting a Concept of Deference for the Implied Freedom of Political Communication
Wesson, M. R., 2016, In : Public Law Review. 27, p. 101-108 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects 2014 2015
- 1 Finished
Customary Law & Mining - Australia & Ghana
Wesson, M., Fardin, J. & Apoh, W.
International Mining for Development Centre
1/08/14 → 1/01/15
Project: Research