Associate ProfessorBen Saunders

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
  • +61 3 522 73462 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

BIO

Dr Ben Saunders is an Associate Professor at Deakin Law School. Ben's principal areas of research interest are constitutional law, especially executive power and responsible government, law and religion, and public sector governance.

He recently published Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution: A Government for a Sovereign People (Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law, 2023).

Ben has over 10 years of professional experience, having worked in private practice and with the Victorian and Commonwealth governments, advising on constitutional law and human rights, among other things. Prior to joining Deakin University, he was a Principal Lawyer at the National Disability Insurance Agency.

SSRN page: http://ssrn.com/author=648043

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, Deakin Law School

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Queensland
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Ed. Learning & Teaching
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Law(s)
    University of Melbourne

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • International and comparative law
  • Commercial law
  • Public law
  • Political science
  • Policy and administration

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Business and Law

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Deakin Law School