Dr Lynsey Blayden
Lynsey teaches and researches in constitutional and public law. Her areas of research interest span constitutional and administrative law and include Australian constitutional, political and institutional history, constitutional theory and the role of institutions in protecting and enhancing individual, social and political wellbeing. Prior to joining Sydney Law School, she was a postdoctoral fellow with the ARC Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law at Melbourne Law School. She has also taught administrative and constitutional law at the University of New South Wales, where she completed her PhD. Lynsey has wide experience in a range of legal policy roles, including working for the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet, the New South Wales Parliamentary Library Research Service and the New South Wales Law Reform Commission.
- Constitutional law
- Constitutional theory
- Public Law
- Australian political and legal history
- Federal Constitutional Law
- Public Law
- Fellow, Gilbert+Tobin Centre of Public Law
Publications
Journals
- Blayden, L. (2024). Active Citizens and an Active State: Uncovering the ‘Positive’ Underpinnings of the Australian Constitution. Federal Law Review, 52(3), 293-327. [More Information]
- Blayden, L. (2021). "Judicial Review of Non-Statutory Executive Action" by Amanda Sapienza. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 28(3), 199-200.
- Blayden, L. (2021). Designing Administrative Law for an Administrative State: The Carefully Calibrated Approach of the Kerr Committee. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 28(4), 205-223.
Report
- Blayden, L. (2013). Briefing Paper: COAG.
- Blayden, L. (2013). E-Brief: Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill 2013.
- Blayden, L. (2013). E-Brief: Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill 2013 (No 2).
Other
- Appleby, G., Blayden, L., Bostock, C., Boughey, J. (2021), A principled approach to key reforms of Australia's administrative review system. [More Information]
- Blayden, L. (2021), Seeing the New Administrative Law in a "green light". [More Information]
- Blayden, L. (2020), The Pandemic and the Public Trust. [More Information]
2024
- Blayden, L. (2024). Active Citizens and an Active State: Uncovering the ‘Positive’ Underpinnings of the Australian Constitution. Federal Law Review, 52(3), 293-327. [More Information]
2021
- Blayden, L. (2021). "Judicial Review of Non-Statutory Executive Action" by Amanda Sapienza. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 28(3), 199-200.
- Appleby, G., Blayden, L., Bostock, C., Boughey, J. (2021), A principled approach to key reforms of Australia's administrative review system. [More Information]
- Blayden, L. (2021). Designing Administrative Law for an Administrative State: The Carefully Calibrated Approach of the Kerr Committee. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 28(4), 205-223.
2020
- Blayden, L. (2020), The Pandemic and the Public Trust. [More Information]
2019
- Blayden, L. (2019). "Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections That Shaped Australia" by Benjamin T. Jones, Frank Bongiorno and John Uhr (eds). Alternative Law Journal, 44(1), 84-85. [More Information]
2017
- Blayden, L. (2017), Council Amalgamations in NSW: A Study in How Not to Tackle Hard Policy. [More Information]
2015
- Blayden, L. (2015). "Let Me Be a Refugee" by Rebecca Hamlin. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 23(1), 57-59.
2013
- Blayden, L. (2013). Briefing Paper: COAG.
- Blayden, L. (2013). E-Brief: Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill 2013.
- Blayden, L. (2013). E-Brief: Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill 2013 (No 2).
2012
- Roth, L., Blayden, L. (2012). Briefing Paper: Provocation and self-defence in intimate partner and sexual advance homicides. [More Information]
- Blayden, L. (2012). Do free conferences have a place in the present-day NSW Parliament?.
- Blayden, L. (2012). E-Brief: Inspector of Custodial Services Bill 2012.