Associate Professor Lael Weis

Overview

Lael (‘Lulu’) Weis (PhD, JD, MA, Stanford University) is a philosophically-trained legal scholar who researches in constitutional theory. Her research focus is producing comparatively-informed and empirically-grounded scholarship that critically examines key concepts and assumptions. Weis’s principal areas of expertise include: constitutional interpretation and judicial reasoning; constitutional duties, such as directive principles; method in constitutional theory; and the constitutionalisation of property (broadly understood). Her current research project explores green (non-anthropocentric) constitutionalism, including the principles, institutions and legal forms of a green constitution.

Weis is the Law School’s Director of Sustainability, President of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy, founding Director of the Legal Theory Workshop research forum, and a founding General Editor of the international journal Comparative Constitutional Studies.