Dr Adam Webster

Dr Adam Webster

  • Biography/ Background

    For more information on Adam's research, please visit his Research Profile page.

  • Research Interests

    Australian Constitutional Law, Legal History and Water Law.

  • Publications

    A selection of my publications are available on SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=2191369

    Journal articles

    'Cycling and the Law' (2016) 39(1) University of New South Wales Law Journal (with Gabrielle Appleby) (forthcoming)

    'Sharing Water from Transboundary Rivers in Australia - An Interstate Common Law?' (2015) 39 Melbourne University Law Review 263

    'Decolonising Indigenous Water "Rights": Flow, Difference and the Limits of Law' (2015) 5 Settler Colonial Studies 334 (with Peter Burdon, Georgina Drew, Matthew Stubbs and Marcus Barber)

    'Parliament's Role in Constitutional Interpretation' (2013) 37 Melbourne University Law Review 255 (with Gabrielle Appleby)

    'Can the High Court Save the Murray River?' (2012) 29 Environment and Planning Law Journal 281 (with John M Williams)

    'Expanding the Role of Victims and the Community in Sentencing' (2011) 35 Criminal Law Journal 21

    'Section 100 and State Water Rigths' (2010) 21 Public Law Review 267 (with John M Williams)

    'Horncastle v R: Statements from Witnesses Absent at Trial' (2009) 13 The International Journal of Evidence & Proof 324

    'Recklessness: Awareness, indifference or belief?' (2007) 31 Criminal Law Journal 272

    Other publications

    'Can the Senate force the removal of a royal commissioner' on The Conversation (7 September 2015)

    'Would a plebiscite on marriage equality do anything' on New Matilda (13 August 2015)

    'Explainer: how Australia can legalise sam-sex marriage' on The Conversation (2 June 2015)

    'Explainer: how are Australia's 'knights and dames' appointed?' on The Conversation (28 January 2015) (with John M Williams)

    'Could the Constitution protect farm water from coal seam gas?' on The Conversation (23 January 2015)

    'Don’t expect ‘world first’ impact statement to transform sentencing' on The Conversation (19 January 2015) (with Kellie Toole)

    'Book Review: Federal Rivers - Managing Water in Multi-Layered Political Systems' (2015) 17 Water Policy 558

    'Explainer: can the Senate block the budget?' on The Conversation (19 May 2014) 

    'The Constitution and the Murray-Darling Basin' (2014) 36(9) Law Society of South Australia Bulletin 14

  • Community Engagement

    Adam is a Deputy Commissioner of the South Australian Hockey Association Tribunal. Adam had also been appointed as a tournament director at a number of national hockey championships (including the Australian Hockey League) and has been appointed as a technical official at both national and international hockey tournaments.

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 8 Dec 2015