Nationality Australian | Occupation Academic | |
Books The High Court and the Const, Constitutional Change in the Com, Cowen and Zines's federal ju, The Common Law in Au, Sawer's Australian Constituti | ||
Professor Leslie Zines (12 December 1930 – 31 March 2014) was an Australian scholar of constitutional law.
He studied law at the University of Sydney and Harvard University and was admitted to practice in 1953. He spent over 30 years working at the Australian National University, becoming a professor in 1967. The first edition of his influential book The High Court and the Constitution was published in 1981. 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.
Zines became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992.
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