Leslie Zines
Australian scholar of constitutional law
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Leslie Zines AO (12 December 1930 – 31 May 2014) was an Australian scholar of constitutional law.
Leslie Ronald Zines | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1930 |
| Died | 31 May 2014 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Sydney, Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Australian constitutional law |
He studied law at the University of Sydney and Harvard University and was admitted to practice in 1953.[1] He spent over 30 years working at the Australian National University, becoming a professor in 1967.[2] The first edition of his influential book The High Court and the Constitution was published in 1981.[3] 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.[4]
Zines was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1987.[5] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992.[6]
