Associate ProfessorBen Saunders
Associate Professor
Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
- Associate ProfessorFaculty 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 ProfessorDeakin University, Deakin Law School
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate of Higher Ed. Learning & TeachingDeakin University
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity 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