Participant Info
- First Name
- Tanya
- Last Name
- Josev
- Country
- Australia
- State
- tjosev@unimelb.edu.au
- Affiliation
- Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
- Website URL
- https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/tanya-josev
- Keywords
- Australian Legal History - High Court, US Legal History - Supreme Court, Judicial biography, Use of history in judicial decision-making, Intellectual history, ‘Culture wars’ and the courts
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Dr Tanya Josev is a legal historian, researching in contemporary Australian and American legal and political history. Her current interests include the origins and evolution of the binary understanding of the judicial role as involving ‘activism’ and ‘restraint’ across various common law jurisdictions; judicial biography; the use of history and historiography in apex courts; and the effect of the ‘culture wars’ on the courts. Her book, ‘ The Campaign Against the Courts: A History of the Judicial Activism Debate’ won the 2018 LSAANZ ECR book prize.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Government, Law, Politics
