Anna Olijnyk

Dr Anna Olijnyk

Senior Lecturer

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


My research focuses on the role of courts in relation to the other branches of government: a topic that encompasses elements of constitutional law, administrative law and procedure. I am Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit and Convenor of the SA Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law.

I am interested in how the ideals of public law - fairness, integrity, democracy, the rule of law - play out in messy real-world situations. How can courts act with integrity under the pressure of massive caseloads? What does procedural fairness look like when government uses technology to make decisions that affect individuals? How does the separation of powers operate in the context of tribunals, which are meant to operate flexibly and efficiently in the space between courts and the executive? 


My research focuses on the role of courts in relation to other branches of government: a topic that extends to aspects of constitutional, administrative and procedural law. Much of my work has drawn on qualitative interviews with people responsible for creating and applying law and policy, including judges, politicians, and government lawyers. I am Convenor of the South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law, Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (SA Chapter). 

 

I teach Australian Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Aboriginal Peoples and the Law.

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Is Federalism an Obstacle to the Protection of the Right to Self-Determination of First Nations Peoples in Australia? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Madeleine Sophia Perrett
    2020 Principal Supervisor Fraud and Falsity in Migration Applications – Reviewing the Review Rights Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Kostiantyn Kuzmin
    2020 Co-Supervisor The extent of and motivations for post-legislative scrutiny in Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Samuel John Hastings-Fernance
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Non-Judicial Constitutional Review and the Rule of Law: The Case of Ethiopia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Legesse Tigabu Mengie
    2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor The Decision to Prosecute Serious Crimes in Australia: How Tension between Independence and Accountability Threatens the Public Interest and the Rule of Law Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kellie Toole
    2016 - 2018 Co-Supervisor The Rights-Protecting Role and Impact of Commonwealth Parliamentary Committees: The Case of Australia's Counter-Terrorism Laws Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sarah Moulds
    2015 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Meditation Perspectives From the Bench, Bar and Mediation Table in a Magistrates Court — Finding Common Ground and Bridging Gaps Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Peter George Kassapidis
  • Committee Memberships

    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Convener South Australian Chapter Australian Association of Constitutional Law Australia
    2021 - ongoing Member Aboriginal Law Student Mentoring Program Aboriginal Law Student Mentoring Program Australia
    2015 - ongoing Member South Australian Executive Australian Institute of Administrative Law -
    2015 - ongoing Member Public Sector Lawyers' Committee Law Society of South Australia -
    2010 - 2024 Member South Australian Chapter Australian Association of Constitutional Law Australia
  • Offices Held

    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2022 - ongoing Program Director Pathways to Politics Program for Women (South Australia) Australia
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83137166
  • Email: anna.olijnyk@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ligertwood, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Adelaide Law School

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