Doctor Murray Wesson
LECTURER,
School of Law
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Oxford (UK)
- BA CivLaw University of Oxford (UK)
- LLB University of Natal - Durban
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Law
Contact
| Email: | M.Wesson@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9549 |
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| Location: | EK.G.36 Parramatta |
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Biography
Murray Wesson completed his LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Thereafter he studied at the University of Oxford on the KwaZulu-Natal Rhodes Scholarship, where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law, MPhil and DPhil degrees. He has taught at the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Oxford and Leeds, and been a visiting lecturer at the Central European University in Budapest and the Law Institute in Jersey.
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Teaching
Current Teaching Areas
- 200009 Constitutional Law
- 200020 Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Wesson, M. (2010), 'Contested Concepts: Equality and Dignity in the Case-Law of the Canadian Supreme Court and South African Constitutional Court', Constitutional Topography: Values and Constitutions, Eleven International Publishing 9789077596920.
- Wesson, M. (2009), 'Social, Economic and Cultural Rights', English Public Law, Oxford University Press 9780199227938.
- Wesson, M. (2004), 'Chronic Illness and the Right of Access to Health Care Services', Constitutional Democracy in South Africa, LexisNexis Butterworths 0409021806.
Journal Articles
- Wesson, M. (2012), 'Disagreement and the Constitutionalisation of Social Rights', Human Rights Law Review, 33.
- Wesson, M. (2012), 'Disagreement and the constitutionalisation of social rights', Human Rights Law Review, 33.
- Wesson, M. (2011), 'Reasonableness in Retreat? The Judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg', Human Rights Law Review, 16.
- Wesson, M. and Du Plessis, M. (2008), 'Fifteen Years On: Central Issues Relating to the Transformation of the South African Judiciary', South African Journal on Human Rights, 27.
- Wesson, M. (2007), 'Equality and Social Rights: An Exploration in Light of the South African Constitution', Public Law, 22.
- Wesson, M. (2007), 'Discrimination Law and Social Rights: Intersections and Possibilities', Juridica International, 9.
- Wesson, M. and Du Plessis, M. (2006), 'Hart, Dworkin and the Nature of (South African) Legal Theory', South African Law Journal, 30.
- Wesson, M. (2006), 'Social Condition and Social Rights', Saskatchewan Law Review, 17.
- Wesson, M. (2004), 'Grootboom and Beyond: Reassessing the Socio-Economic Jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court', South African Journal on Human Rights, 25.
Research
Murray Wesson's research is in the areas of constitutional and human rights law, which he is interested in exploring in the Australian context and from a comparative perspective. He is currently working on a monograph entitled The Limits of Constitutional Justice that will be published by Hart Publishing in 2015. His SSRN page can be viewed here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=686933
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