Dr Anne Carter
Senior Lecturer
School of Law
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Anne Carter joined Adelaide Law School in 2023 after spending several years at Deakin University. She completed her undergraduate studies in law and history at the University of Adelaide, the BCL and MPhil at the University of Oxford and a PhD at the University of Melbourne. Her PhD research investigated the role of facts in proportionality reasoning in constitutional adjudication. Her PhD was published as a monograph with Hart Publishing: Proportionality and Facts in Constitutional Adjudication. Anne has research interests in public law, evidence law and comparative law, and has published both in Australia and internationally.Prior to becoming an academic Anne worked as a practising lawyer, specialising in constitutional and administrative law. She previously worked as a Judge’s Associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and the Federal Court, as Researcher to the Solicitor-General for Victoria, and as a solicitor at the Crown Solicitor’s Office of South Australia.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | Australia | PhD | |
| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Master of Philosphy | |
| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Bachelor of Civil Law | |
| University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Laws (Hons) | |
| University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | |
| Deakin University | Australia | Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Teaching and Learning | |
| Law Society of South Australia | Australia | Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Grenfell, L., Carter, A., & Olijnyk, A. (2025). Scrutinising the Scrutiny Process in the Courts. Sydney Law Review, 46(3), 267-292. |
| 2024 | Carter, A., & Nadarajalingam, J. (2024). Setting the Playing Field: Vanderstock, Economic Tendencies and the Identification and Definition of Constitutional Facts. Public Law Review, 35(3), 223-237. |
| 2022 | Boughey, J., & Carter, A. (2022). CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS AND STATUTORY EXECUTIVE POWERS. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 45(3), 1-46. WoS5 |
| 2022 | Boughey, J., & Carter, A. (2022). Constitutional Freedoms and Statutory Executive Power. Melbourne University Law Review, 45(3), 903-949. Scopus1 |
| 2021 | Carter, A. (2021). Moving Beyond the Common Law Objection to Structured Proportionality. Federal Law Review, 49(1), 73-95. Scopus3 |
| 2021 | Appleby, G., & Carter, A. (2021). Parliaments, Proportionality and Facts. Sydney Law Review, 43(3), 259-286. Scopus3 WoS6 |
| 2020 | Carter, A. (2020). Bridging the Divide? Proportionality and Calibrated Scrutiny. Federal Law Review, 48(2), 282-285. Scopus1 |
| 2018 | Carter, A. (2018). Brown v Tasmania: Proportionality and the Reformulation of the Lange Test. Public Law Review, 29(1), 11-12. |
| 2016 | Carter, A. (2016). Proportionality in Australian Constitutional Law: Towards Transnationalism. Heidelberg Journal of International Law, 76, 951. |
| 2015 | Carter, A. (2015). Political Donations, Political Communication and the Place of Proportionality Analysis: Case Note on McCloy v New South Wales. Public Law Review, 26(245). |
| 2015 | Carter, A. (2015). POLITICAL DONATIONS, POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND THE PLACE OF PROPORTIONALITY ANALYSIS. PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, 26(4), 245-254. WoS5 |
| 2008 | Carter, A. (2008). The Definition and Discovery of Facts in Native Title: The Historian's Contribution. Federal Law Review, 36(3), 299-330. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Tomlinson, J., & Carter, A. (Eds.) (2023). Facts in Public Law Adjudication. Bloomsbury Publishing. DOI Scopus2 |
| 2023 | Tomlinson, J., & Carter, A. (Eds.) (2023). Facts in Public Law Adjudication. Bloomsbury Publishing. DOI Scopus2 |
| 2022 | Carter, A. (2022). Proportionality and Facts in Constitutional Adjudication (Vol. 1). Great Britain: Bloomsbury Publishing. DOI Scopus3 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Koch, C., Carter, A., Grenfell, L., Lindell, G., Olijnyk, A., Owens, R., . . . Williams, J. (2023). Submission to the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum. |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | The Law of Coercive Power | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | James Edward Marcus |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Constitutional Control of Police Power: Developing a Comparative Framework from the South African Experience | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Marius Redelinghuys |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Constitutional Control of Police Power: Developing a Comparative Framework from the South African Experience | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Marius Redelinghuys |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | The Law of Coercive Power | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | James Edward Marcus |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | The executive power to forgive and deny: case studies on the prerogative powers | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Sue Jane Milne |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | International Association of Constitutional Law | Australia |
| 2012 - ongoing | Member | Australian Association of Constitutional Law | Australia |