
Associate Professor Lorne Neudorf
Associate Professor
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of the Professions
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
JD (Victoria); LLM (McGill); PhD (Cambridge); FRSA
Lorne Neudorf is an Associate Professor in Law at Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide. From 2017-2020 he was Deputy Dean of Adelaide Law School. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canada (Barrister & Solicitor).
Lorne holds a Doctor of Philosophy in the field of comparative law from the University of Cambridge. During his doctoral studies, he was twice awarded the Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction. Lorne holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Victoria and a Masters of Law from McGill University. He practised as an Associate Lawyer at the Toronto office of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, a leading Canadian law firm.
Lorne's research takes a comparative perspective and focuses on public law, including judicial review, legislation, delegation, the lawmaking process, interpretation, institutions and their design, and questions relating to government.
Before arriving in Adelaide, Lorne held an Associate Professorship as Founding Faculty in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University, helping to establish the first new law school in Canada in more than 30 years. He also taught Administrative Law at six colleges of the University of Cambridge and lectured in common law at Pembroke and King's colleges. Lorne has been awarded teaching excellence prizes by law students, including both by first year and upper year students.
Lorne has published and edited scholarly collections, journal articles, case comments, book chapters, book reviews, and newspaper op-eds. In 2017, he published a monograph with Springer entitled The Dynamics of Judicial Independence: A Comparative Study of Courts in Malaysia and Pakistan. In 2018, Lorne was commissioned by Hart/Bloomsbury as the General Editor of a new global book series examining the rule of law in context (with Gabrielle Appleby). The first titles in the series are expected to be published in 2021. Lorne is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law (with C. Hunt and R. Diab), which publishes cutting-edge comparative scholarship on topical legal themes. He was formerly the Managing Editor of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law and produced the innovative UK Supreme Court Yearbook for 2010-11.
In terms of impact, Lorne's work has been discussed in scholarly books, articles and parliamentary committee reports. It has been cited in rulings of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and referred to by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.
Lorne has presented his research at top law schools including those at Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, the National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University, New York University, and Humboldt University. He has been invited to give evidence before parliamentary committees in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He has been a visiting scholar at the Australian National University College of Law, the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington, the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London. In 2015, he was elected as an Associate Member of the American Society of Comparative Law. He has also been engaged by governments and tribunals for his legal expertise.
Lorne has been awarded more than $250,000 through research fellowships and grants. He is presently undertaking a multi-year study on the parliamentary supervision of delegated legislation in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In early 2020, Lorne was a visiting scholar at New York University School of Law in connection with this project.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 - 2021 Deputy Dean Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide 2017 Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2017 - 2017 Associate Professor Thompson Rivers University 2013 - 2017 Assistant Professor Thompson Rivers University -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2020 Award Executive Dean Award for Excellence in Research Impact University of Adelaide Australia — 2017 Teaching Award Society of Law Students Teaching Excellence Prize (Upper Year Curriculum) Thompson Rivers University Canada — 2017 Research Award Insight Development Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Canada $68,000 2017 Teaching Award Society of Law Students Teaching Excellence Prize (First Year Curriculum) Thompson Rivers University Canada — 2016 Research Award Legal Research Grant The Foundation for Legal Research Canada $10,000 2016 Teaching Award Society of Law Students Teaching Excellence Prize (First Year Curriculum) Thompson Rivers University Canada — 2016 Teaching Award Society of Law Students Teaching Excellence Prize (Upper Year Curriculum) Thompson Rivers University Canada — 2015 Teaching Award Society of Law Students Teaching Excellence Prize (Upper Year Curriculum) Thompson Rivers University Canada — 2015 Research Award Research Awards: Student Apprenticeship Award (2015; 2016), Internal Research Award (2015; 2016); Tri-Agency Support Award (2016) Thompson Rivers University — — 2012 Scholarship Modern Law Review Scholarship Modern Law Review — — 2012 Recognition Ishii Bursary for Outstanding Academic Merit in the Arts or Humanities Clare Hall, University of Cambridge — — 2012 Distinction Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction Government of Alberta, Canada Canada $20,000 2011 Fellowship Law Foundation Graduate Fellowship Law Foundation of British Columbia Canada — 2011 Scholarship Modern Law Review Scholarship Modern Law Review United Kingdom — 2011 Recognition Ishii Bursary for Outstanding Academic Merit in the Arts or Humanities Clare Hall, University of Cambridge United Kingdom — 2011 Distinction Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction Government of Alberta, Canada Canada $20,000 2010 Fellowship Law Foundation Graduate Fellowship Law Foundation of British Columbia Canada — 2007 Fellowship Graduate Fellowship McGill University Canada — 2007 Fellowship Law Foundation Graduate Fellowship Law Foundation of British Columbia Canada — 2007 Scholarship Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Canada $17,500 2007 Scholarship Law Society Graduate Scholarship Law Society of British Columbia Canada — 2005 Recognition Course Prizes (Highest Standing): Constitutional Law, Legal Research and Writing, Torts, Advanced Taxation, Trusts, Real Property University of Victoria Canada — 2005 Scholarship The President's Scholarship University of Victoria — — 2004 Award Student Award for Public Service, Contributions to the Community and Promotion of Justice and Law Reform Canadian Bar Association Canada — -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 University of Cambridge United Kingdom PhD 2009 McGill University Canada LLM 2007 University of Victoria Canada Juris Doctor -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2009 Barrister and Solicitor Law Society of Upper Canada Canada -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Building National Identity through the Constitution: The Canadian Charter Experience. 2019 Neudorf, L. (2019). Strengthening the Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation: Lessons From Australia. 2019 Neudorf, L. (2019). Reassessing the Constitutional Foundation of Delegated Legislation in Canada. Dalhousie Law Journal, 41(2), 519-573. 2018 Hunt, C., Neudorf, L., & Rankin, M. B. (2018). Legislating Statutory Interpretation: The Parliamentary Regulation of Judicial Discretion. 2017 Neudorf, L. (2017). Review of Regulating Judges: Beyond Independence and Accountability by Richard Devlin and Adam Dodek eds. (Edward Elgar 2017). Cambridge Law Journal, 76(2), 452. 2017 Neudorf, L. (2017). Taking Comparative Law Seriously: Rethinking the Supreme Court of Canada's Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation. Statute Law Review, 39(2), 184-210.
2016 Neudorf, L. (2016). The Politics of Judicial Independence in the UK's Changing Constitution. MODERN LAW REVIEW, 79(6), 1144-1147.
2016 McIntyre, J., & Neudorf, L. (2016). Judicial review reform: avoiding effective review through procedural means?. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 16(1), 65-99.
Scopus12016 Neudorf, L. (2016). Inadequate reasons: the need for tribunal participation in judicial review litigation. Alberta Law Review, 54(1), 219-231. 2016 Neudorf, L. (2016). Rule by Regulation: Revitalizing Parliament's Supervisory Role in the Making of Subordinate Legislation. Canadian Parliamentary Review, Spring 2016, 29-33. 2016 Hunt, C., & Neudorf, L. (2016). The Expert Witness’s Duty of Impartiality in Canada: A comment on White Burgess Langille Inman v Abbott and Haliburton Co.. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 20(1), 72-77.
2015 Neudorf, L. (2015). Judicial independence: the judge as a third party to the dispute. Oxford University Comparative Law Forum, 1 page. 2015 Neudorf, L. (2015). Comparative Matters: The Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 74(3), 621-624.
WoS22014 Neudorf, L. (2014). Constitutional Systems of the World. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 73(2), 443-446.
2014 Neudorf, L. (2014). Authoritarian Rule of Law: Legislation, Discourse and Legitimacy in Singapore. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 73(1), 206-208.
2014 Neudorf, L., & Hunnisett, G. (2014). Force majeure clauses in comparative perspective: the Canadian common law approach in light of recent developments in the courts of Singapore and the United Kingdom. University of New Brunswick Law Journal, 65, 312-340. 2014 Neudorf, L. (2014). Declaratory legislation: legislatures in the judicial domain?. University of British Columbia Law Review, 47(1), 313-328. 2013 Neudorf, L. (2013). Intervention at the UK Supreme Court. Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2(1), 16-32.
2013 Neudorf, L. (2013). The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges. MODERN LAW REVIEW, 76(1), 181-184.
WoS22013 Neudorf, L. (2013). Politicized Justice in Emerging Democracies: A Study of Courts in Russia and Ukraine. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 72(2), 461-464.
2012 Neudorf, L. (2012). Promoting independent justice in a changing world. Human Rights Law Review, 12(1), 107-121.
Scopus22012 Neudorf, L. (2012). Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 71(2), 454-456.
2012 Neudorf, L. (2012). Home invasion by regulation: truckers and reasonable expectations of privacy under section 8 of the Charter. University of British Columbia Law Review, 45(2), 551-591. 2012 Neudorf, L. (2012). Editor's Introduction: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1(2), 1. 2012 Neudorf, L. (2012). The Supreme Court and the New Judicial Independence. Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1(2), 25. 2011 Neudorf, L. (2011). The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 48(4), 681. 2011 Neudorf, L. (2011). Judicial Independence in China: Lessons for Global Rule of Law Promotion. CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL, 70(1), 267-268.
2010 Laporte, J. P. A., & Neudorf, L. (2010). Canadian pension plan administrators and legal liability. Pensions, 15(3), 179-190.
2010 Neudorf, L. (2010). Shifting Sanctions and Personal Responsibility. Saskatchewan Law Review, 73, 131. 2007 Neudorf, L. (2007). Independence and the Public Process: Evolution or Erosion?. Saskatchewan Law Review, 70, 53. -
Books
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L., Babie, P., Arora, V., & Tomer, A. (Eds.) (2020). Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury. 2020 Neudorf, L., Diab, R., & Hunt, C. (Eds.) (2020). Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law: Issues in Charity and Non-Profit Law (Vol. 6). Canada: The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2019 Hunt, C., Diab, R., & Neudorf, L. (2019). Perspectives on Animal Law. L. Neudorf (Ed.), The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2019 Neudorf, L., Diab, R., & Hunt, C. (Eds.) (2019). Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. Beyond Humanity: New Frontiers in Animal Law (Vol. 5). Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2018 Hunt, C., Neudorf, L., & Rankin, M. (Eds.) (2018). Legislating Statutory Interpretation: Perspectives from the Common Law World. Canada: Carswell (Thomson Reuters). 2018 Hunt, C., Neudorf, L., & Rankin, M. (Eds.) (2018). Legislating Statutory Interpretation: Perspectives from the Common Law World. Canada: Carswell (Thomson Reuters). 2018 Hunt, C., Diab, R., & Neudorf, L. (2018). Privacy, Identity, and Control: Emerging Issues in Data Protection. The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2017 Neudorf, L. (2017). The Dynamics of Judicial Independence: A Comparative Study of Courts in Malaysia and Pakistan. Switzerland: Springer.
Scopus12017 Hunt, C., Neudorf, L., & Rankin, M. (2017). The Annotated Guide to the British Columbia Interpretation Act (1 ed.). Canada: Carswell (Thomson Reuters). 2017 Diab, R., Hunt, C., & Neudorf, L. (Eds.) (2017). Problems of Interpretation in International Law. Canada: The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2016 Diab, R., Hunt, C., & Neudorf, L. (Eds.) (2016). Equity in the 21st Century: Problems and Perspectives: Volume I. Canada: The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2016 Hunt, C., Diab, R., & Neudorf, L. (2016). Equity in the 21st Century: Problems and Perspectives: Volume II. L. Neudorf (Ed.), The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2015 Neudorf, L., Hunt, C., & Diab, R. (Eds.) (2015). Health Law and Human Rights. Canada: The Canadian Association of Comparative and Contemporary Law. 2012 Neudorf, L. (Ed.) (2012). The UK Supreme Court Yearbook (Vol. 2). Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Separating Powers through the Constitution: A Comparison of India and Australia (Part I: Political Origins and the Indian Jurisprudence). In P. Babie, L. Neudorf, V. Arora, & A. Tomer (Eds.), Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Separating Powers through the Constitution: A Comparison of India and Australia (Part I: Political Origins and the Indian Jurisprudence). In P. Babie, L. Neudorf, V. Arora, & A. Tomer (Eds.), Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Separating Powers through the Constitution: A Comparison of India and Australia (Part II: Australian Jurisprudence and Comparisons with India). In P. Babie, L. Neudorf, V. Arora, & A. Tomer (Eds.), Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury Professional. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Separating Powers through the Constitution: A Comparison of India and Australia (Part II: Australian Jurisprudence and Comparisons with India). In P. Babie, L. Neudorf, V. Arora, & A. Tomer (Eds.), Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury Professional. 2020 Babie, P. T. (2020). A tale of two creations – property and the corporation. In P. Babie, L. Neudorf, A. Tomer, & V. Arora (Eds.), Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia. Bloomsbury. 2018 Le Mire, S. (2018). Australia’s Legislatures and Its Courts: The Gender Identity Interpretive Challenge. In C. Hunt, L. Neudorf, & M. Rankin (Eds.), Legislating Statutory Interpretation: Perspectives from the Common Law World (pp. 55-74). Canada: Thomson Reuters Carswell. 2018 Neudorf, L. (2018). Canada's First Act: The Role and History of the Interpretation Act. In C. Hunt, L. Neudorf, & M. Rankin (Eds.), Legislating Statutory Interpretation: Perspectives from the Common Law World (pp. 1-24). Canada: Thomson Reuters. 2018 Hunt, C. D., Neudorf, L., & Rankin, M. (2018). Introduction: Legislating Statutory Interpretation: The Parliamentary Regulation of Judicial Discretion. In C. Hunt, L. Neudorf, & M. Rankin (Eds.), Legislating Statutory Interpretation: Perspectives from the Common Law World (pp. xiii-xxix). Canada: Thomson Reuters. 2017 Neudorf, L. (2017). The Supreme Court and Parliament: Evolving Roles and Relationships. In G. Editor (Ed.), Supreme Court Law Review. LexisNexis Canada. 2006 Ferguson, G., & Neudorf, L. (2006). The Use of Evidence of Tainted Witnesses: International and Canadian Standards. In Chen Guang Zhong (Ed.), A Study on Procedural Law Issues in UNTOC and UNCAC. United Nations Press. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Enabling Provisions: The Gatekeeper of Legislative Power. In Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2018 Neudorf, L. (2018). Lawmaking in 21st Century Canada: Executive Power and the Search for Accountability. In ICON Society. The University of Hong Kong. 2017 Neudorf, L. (2017). Executive Erosion of Parliamentary Sovereignty: Comparative Perspectives on Lawmaking in Canada and the United Kingdom. In Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. 2015 Neudorf, L. (2015). Judicial Independence and the Evolution of Courts in Malaysia and Pakistan. In National University of Singapore. National University of Singapore. 2015 Neudorf, L. (2015). Courts in Comparative Perspective: The Dynamics of Judicial Independence. In New York University. New York University, USA. 2015 Neudorf, L. (2015). The Evolution of Judicial Institutions: A Comparative Study of Courts in England, Malaysia, and Pakistan. In Stanford University. Stanford University, USA. 2014 Neudorf, L. (2014). Judicial Institutions and Responsibility: A Comparison of Courts in England, Malaysia and Pakistan. In Yale University. Yale University, USA. 2014 McIntyre, J., & Neudorf, L. (2014). Judicial Review Reform: Avoiding Substantive Review through Procedural Reform?. In University of Cambridge. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2016 Neudorf, L. (2016). Taking Comparative Law Seriously: Rethinking the Supreme Court of Canada's Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Humboldt University. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Submission to the Select Committee on Effectiveness of the System of Committees of the South Australian Parliament. Adelaide. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Submission on the Inquiry into Exemption of Delegated Legislation from Parliamentary Oversight. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Inquiry into Exemption of Delegated Legislation from Parliamentary Oversight – Response to 1 Question Taken on Notice and 13 Additional Written Questions. 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Submission to the Inquiry into the Making of Delegated Legislation in New South Wales. 2020 Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19. 2020 Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the COVID-19 Response Committee. Adelaide. 2019 Neudorf, L. (2019). Submission on Comparative Research on the Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation. 2019 Neudorf, L. (2019). Submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation. -
Working Paper
Year Citation 2014 McIntyre, J., & Neudorf, L. (2014). Reforming Judicial Review: Procedural Reform and the Avoidance of Substantive Review?. -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2020 Neudorf, L. (2020). Delegated Legislation and Democracy: The Problem of Exemptions. AUSPUBLAW. 2019 Neudorf, L. (2019). The Constitutional Position of Delegated Legislation after Cherry/Miller (No 2). UK Constitutional Law Association. 2018 Neudorf, L. (2018). Scrutinising Legislative Reform Orders: The Case of the Horserace Betting Levy. UK Constituitonal Law Association.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 Co-Supervisor Created Equal? Revisiting Equality's Philosophical Foundations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sawinder Singh
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2020 - ongoing Member Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts United Kingdom 2015 - ongoing — The International Society of Public Law United States 2015 - ongoing — American Society of Comparative Law United States 2015 - ongoing — British Institute of International and Comparative Law United Kingdom 2013 - ongoing — The Society of Legal Scholars United Kingdom -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2013 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law — Canada -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2017 - 2020 Adjunct Professor of Law University of Manitoba Canada 2015 - ongoing Life Member Clare Hall, University of Cambridge United Kingdom 2009 - ongoing Barrister and Solicitor Law Society of Upper Canada Canada
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