Dr Gregory Taylor - Researcher Profile

Biography

Greg Taylor received his undergraduate degrees at the University of Adelaide and has completed postgraduate study in Germany. His chief interest is constitutional law, but he has a variety of other interests such as property, evidence, legal history, comparative law, torts and contract.

A selection of Greg's publications is available on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=534073

Areas of Expertise

Comparative Law

Constitutional Law

Evidence

Legal History

 

Research & Supervision Interests

Comparative Law

Constitutional Law

Evidence

Legal History

Keywords

Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Legal History

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAW TEACHING

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

LAWS

Institution: Marburg (Germany)

Year awarded: 2001

LAWS

Institution: Marburg (Germany)

Year awarded: 1998

LAWS (HONOURS)

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 1996

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LEGAL PRACTICE

Institution: South Australia

Year awarded: 1996

ARTS (HONOURS)

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 1994

Publications

Books

Taylor, G., 2008, The Law of the Land: The Advent of the Torrens System in Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto Canada.

Taylor, G., 2006, Characterisation in federations: six countries compared, Springer, Berlin/ Heidelberg Germany.

Taylor, G., 2006, The Constitution of Victoria, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia.

Taylor, G., 2005, A Great and Glorious Reformation: Six Early South Australian Legal Innovations, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, South Australia.

Taylor, G., 2001, Ehren- und Personlichkeitsschutz Im Australischen Common Law : Ein Vergleich Mit Dem Deutschen Recht, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main Germany.

Book Chapters

Taylor, G., 2012, The division of power in federal systems: comparative lessons for Australia, in The Future of Australian Federalism: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas Aroney and Thomas John, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 96-111.

Taylor, G., 2007, Australien (Australia), in Die Rolle der Ehre im Strafrecht (The Role of Honour in Criminal Law), eds Silvia Tellenbach, Duncker & Humblot and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Berlin, Germany, pp. 5-40.

Taylor, G., 2005, Dynasties and colonies, boundaries and frontiers, in A Great and Glorious Reformation: Six Early South Australian Legal Innovations, eds Greg Taylor, Wakefield Press, Kent Town SA, pp. 7-13.

Taylor, G., 2005, Hamburger to go? The Torrens system, in A Great and Glorious Reformation: Six Early South Australian Legal Innovations, eds Greg Taylor, Wakefield Press, Kent Town SA, pp. 14-49.

Journal Articles

Taylor, G., 2012, Easements implied in a grant - away with 'continuous and apparent', Monash University Law Review [P], vol 38, issue 2, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 128-141.

Taylor, G., 2012, 'Let them say more that like of hearsay well': implied assertions under the hearsay rule as expressed in the uniform evidence legislation, Australian Bar Review [P], vol 35, issue 3, Lexis Nexis, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 270-280.

Taylor, G., 2012, Macaulay's IPC - a success at home, overlooked abroad, Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law [P], vol May 2012, issue 1, Association of Commonweatlh Criminal Lawyers, UK, pp. 51-68.

Taylor, G., 2011, Commentary on John Williams' paper, Public Policy [P], vol 6, issue 1-2, Curtin University, Perth WA Australia, pp. 19-21.

Taylor, G., 2011, International law and mortgagee sales - continued, Australian Property Law Journal [P], vol 20, issue 1, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 58-69.

Taylor, G., 2011, Jury trial in Austria, New Criminal Law Review [E], vol 14, issue 2, University of California Press, Berkeley USA, pp. 281-325.

Taylor, G., 2011, Kerri Mellifont, Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Evidence Derived from Illegally or Improperly Obtained Evidence, 2010, The Federation Press, hb $85, Law Institute Journal [P], vol 85, issue 1-2, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 68.

Taylor, G., 2010, Constitutional restrictions on touch-screen voting computers in Germany, Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy [E], vol 9, issue 4, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers, New Rochelle, NY, USA, pp. 443-449.

Taylor, G., 2010, Executive privilege in response to a demand for documents by the legislature in Germany, King's Law Journal [P], vol 21, issue 2, Hart Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp. 399-410.

Taylor, G., 2010, Federalism in Australia, International Constitutional Law [E], vol 4, issue 2, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, pp. 171-179.

Taylor, G., Ziemer, M.L., 2010, Justice vs certainty: international law and the mortgagee's power of sale, Australian Property Law Journal [P], vol 18, issue 3, LexisNexis Buttwerworths, Chatswood, NSW, Australia, pp. 245-262.

Taylor, G., 2010, The Torrens system - definitely not German, Adelaide Law Review [P], vol 30, issue 2, Adelaide Law Review Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 195-212.

Taylor, G., 2009, Book Review, Monash University Law Review [P], vol 35, issue 2, Monash University Australia, Monash University Australia.

Taylor, G., 2009, Book Review: Peter Boyce, The Queen's Other Realms, Law Institute Journal [P], vol 83, issue 10, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Victoria, p. 73.

Taylor, G., 2009, Book review: Australian Federalism through German eyes, Constitutional Law & Policy Review [P], vol 11, issue 1&2, LexisNexis, Sydney NSW, pp. 119-122.

Taylor, G., 2009, Germany: A slow death for subsidiarity?, International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol 7, issue 1, Oxford University Press (in association with New York University School of Law), Oxford UK, pp. 139-154.

Taylor, G., 2009, Parallel statutes: Another look at the origins of Australia's not-for-profit associations legislation, Adelaide Law Review [P], vol 30, issue 1, Adelaide Law Review Association, Law School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 57-83.

Taylor, G., 2009, The Torrens System in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Australian Property Law Journal [P], vol 16, issue 3, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 175-199.

Taylor, G., 2009, Ulrich Hbbe's doctoral thesis - A note on the major work of an unusual figure in Australian legal history, Legal History [P], vol 13, issue 1, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 123-155.

Taylor, G., 2008, A telephone exception to hearsay?, Australian Bar Review, vol 30, issue 3, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 318-336.

Taylor, G., 2008, Is the Torrens System German?, The Journal of Legal History, vol 29, issue 2, Routledge, Milton Park Abington Oxford UK, pp. 253-285.

Taylor, G., 2008, Justice Callinan's Contribution to the Law of Torts, University of Queensland Law Journal, vol 27, issue 1, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland St Lucia, pp. 91-117.

Taylor, G., 2008, Refusal of Assent to Bills Passed by Parliament in Germany and Australia, Federal Law Review, vol 36, issue 1, Australian National University Faculty of Law, Canberra ACT, pp. 83-116.

Taylor, G., 2008, Upper House Reform in Germany: the Commission for the Modernization of the Federal System, Constitutional Forum constitutionnel, vol 17, issue 1, The Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada, pp. 25-38.

Taylor, G., 2007, Book Review, European Business Law Review, vol 18, issue 5, Kluwer Law International Ltd, London UK, pp. 1205-1207.

Taylor, G., 2007, Book Review - George Higinbotham: Third Chief Justice of Victoria, Law Institute Journal, vol 81, issue 7, Law Institute Of Victoria, Melbourne, p. 83.

Taylor, G., 2007, Book Review - The Order of Canada: Its origins, history and development, Adelaide Law Review, vol 27, issue 2, Adelaide Law Review Association, The University of Adelaide South Australia, pp. 341-344.

Taylor, G., 2007, How Did The Torrens System Get To Canada?, Law Society Bulletin, vol 29, issue 1, Law Society Of South Australia, Adelaide, pp. 12-13.

Taylor, G., 2007, State and Territory constitutional law - stil an important topic, Constitutional Law and Policy Review, vol 10, issue 1, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 8-13.

Taylor, G., 2007, The Torrens System's Migration To Victoria, Monash University Law Review, vol 33, issue 2, Monash Law, Clayton, pp. 323-372.

Taylor, G., 2007, Torrens' Contemporaneous Antipodean Simulacrum, American Journal of Legal History [P], vol 49, issue 4, October 2007, James E Beasly School of Law Temple University, Philadelphia PA USA, pp. 392-437.

Taylor, G., 2007, Two Refusals of Royal Assent in Victoria, Sydnew Law Review, vol 29, issue 1, Lawbook Co, Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 85-130.

Taylor, G.D., 2006, 4 Curiosities of Victorian evidence law, Law Institute Journal, vol 80, issue 8, Law Institute of Victoria Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 56-59.

Taylor, G.D., 2006, Germany: the subsidiarity principle, ICON International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol 4, issue 1, Oxford University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 115-130.

Taylor, G.D., 2006, Structured problem-solving: against the 'step-by-step' method, Deakin Law Review, vol 11, issue 1, School of Law, Deakin University, Burwood Vic Australia, pp. 89-101.

Taylor, G., 2005, German courts decide who is Jewish: on the agreements between the German State and Jewish groups, and the resulting litigation, Journal of Law and Religion, vol 20, issue 2, Hamline University School of Law, Saint Paul Minnesota, pp. 397-421.

Taylor, G., 2005, Judicial reflections on the defence case in the summing-up, Australian Bar Review, vol 26, issue 1, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 70-88.

Taylor, G., 2005, Rape with mitigating circumstances, Australian Bar Review, vol 26, issue 3, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 331-357.

Taylor, G., 2005, Review: Federalism and Second Chambers: Regional Representation in Parliamentary Federations-the Australian Senate and German Bundesrat Compared By Wilfried Swenden, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol 54, issue 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 534-536.

Taylor, G., 2005, Two English hearsay heresies, International Journal of Evidence & Proof, vol 9, issue 2, Vathek Publishing, Isle of Man UK, pp. 110-125.

Taylor, G., 2004, Concepts of Intention in German criminal law, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, vol 24, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 99-127.

Taylor, G., 2004, Is addiction to gambling relevant in sentencing?, Criminal Law Journal, vol 28, issue 3, Lawbook Co., Pyrmont NSW Australia, pp. 141-159.

Taylor, G., 2004, John Baker's Act: the South Australian origins of Australian claims-against-the-government legislation, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol 27, issue 3, Faculty of Law University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 736-776.

Taylor, G., 2004, Scientology in the German courts, Journal of Law and Religion, vol 19, issue 1, School of Law Hamline University, USA, pp. 153-198.

Taylor, G., 2004, The Victorian Criminal Code, The University of Queensland Law Journal, vol 23, issue 1, TC Bernie School of Law University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld Australia, pp. 170-204.

Taylor, G., 2004, The intention debate in German criminal law, Ratio Juris, vol 17, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 346-380.

Taylor, G., 2003, The new gay and lesbian partnerships law in Germany, Alberta Law Review, vol 41, issue 2, Alberta Law Review Society, Alberta Canada, pp. 573-617.

Taylor, G., 2003, The origins of associations incorporation legislationthe Associations Incorporation Act 1858 of South Australia, The University of Queensland Law Journal, vol 22, issue 2, The University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia Qld Australia, pp. 224-238.

Taylor, G., 2002, Dr Pennefather?s Criminal Code for South Australia, Common Law World Review, vol 31, issue 1, Vathek Publishing, Sark Channel Islands UK, pp. 62-102.

Taylor, G., Wright, D., 2002, Privacy, Injunctions and Possums : An Analysis of the High Court?s Decision in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v. Lenah Game Meats, Melbourne University Law Review, vol 26, issue 3, Melbourne University Law Review Association, Parkville Victoria, pp. 707-735.

Taylor, G., 2002, Should Addiction to Drugs be a Mitigating Factor in Sentencing?, Criminal Law Journal, vol 26, issue 6, Thomson Lawbook Co, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 324-343.

Taylor, G., 2002, The Accused Persons Evidence Act 1882 of South Australia : A Model for British Criminal Law?, Common Law World Review, vol 31, issue 4, Vathek Publishing, Sark, Channel Islands UK, pp. 332-373.

Taylor, G., 2002, The Horizontal Effect of Human Rights Provisions, the German Model and its Applicability to Common-Law Jurisdictions, Kings College Law Journal, vol 13, issue 2, Hart Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 187-218.

Taylor, G., 2002, Why the common law should be only indirectly affected by constitutional guarantees : a comment on Stone (Adrienne Stone), Melbourne University Law Review, vol 26, issue 3, Melbourne University Law Review Association, Parkville Victoria, pp. 623-645.

Taylor, G., 2001, South Australia's Judicature Act Reforms of 1853 - the First Attempt to fuse Law and Equity in the British Empire, The Journal of Legal History, vol 22, issue 1, Routledge, Oxfordshire UK, pp. 55-84.

Taylor, G., 2001, The Grand Jury of South Australia, The American Journal of Legal History, vol 45, issue 4, James E. Beasley School of Law Temple University, USA, pp. 468-516.

Taylor, G., 2000, Commonwealth v. Western Australia and the Operation in Federal Systems of the Presumption that Statutes do not Apply to The Crown, Melbourne University Law Review, vol 24, issue 1, Melbourne University Law Review Association, Vic Australia, pp. 77-123.

Other

Taylor, G., 2010, Rudolf Leberecht Reimer - a forgotten South Australian German, Proceedings of the German-Australian Connections Conference, Associate Professor Greg Taylor, Faculty of Law Monash University.

Teaching Commitment

Property A (LAW3401)

Evidence (LAW5159)

Constitutional Law (LAW7268)

 

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Confederalism as an Alternative to Federalism: A Study of the Rise and Fall of Decentralised Government.

Supervisors:

Strangio, P (Main), Taylor, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Hibernian Influence on the legal profession of colonial Australia..

Supervisors:

Taylor, G (Main), Goldsworthy, J (Associate).