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Jeffrey Denys Goldsworthy AM FASSA is an Australian academic and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in philosophy of law, as well as constitutional theory and interpretation. [1]

He held a Personal Chair at Monash University Faculty of Law from 2000 to 2016. [2] He was the President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy from 2007 to 2014. [3] He is known for work on parliamentary sovereignty, especially for his book The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy. [4] In constitutional theory, he is a proponent of originalism.

He is the younger brother of author Peter Goldsworthy. [5]

Goldsworthy was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) in 2008. [1] In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Goldsworthy was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to education, particularly to legal history and philosophy". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Academy Fellow: Professor Jeff Goldsworthy AM, FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Denys Goldsworthy". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. “About Us”. aslp.org.au. Retrieved on 26 September 2019.
  4. Goldsworthy, Jeffrey (2001). The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy. OUP Oxford. p. 336. ISBN   978-0-19-924808-7.
  5. "lumen -- Goldsworthy graduates leave their mark". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 26 January 2020.