Elisabeth Perham

Elisabeth Perham is a Lecturer at the School of Global & Public Law within the UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice. She holds a PhD from UNSW, an LLM from Harvard Law School, and undergraduate degrees from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ). Her research focuses on comparative constitutional law, particularly constitution-making processes in small states, gender dimensions of constitutionalism, and public law in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Education:

• PhD in Law, UNSW
• LLM, Harvard Law School (Frank Knox Fellow)
• LLB (Hons), BA (Hons), BA, Victoria University of Wellington

Research Interests:

• Constitutional Transfers and Design
• Small-State Constitutionalism
• Gender in Legal Frameworks
• Pacific Jurisdictions

Professional Roles:

• Co-Editor, International Association for Constitutional Law Blog
• Deputy Director, Gilbert + Tobin Centre’s Comparative Constitutional Law Project
• Co-Convenor, ICON-S Interest Group on Constitution Making
• Former Visiting Fellow at Melbourne Law School and New Zealand Centre for Public Law

Awards:

• Garth Nettheim Teaching Fellowship (2019)
• Sir Antony Mason PhD Award (2019)
• Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship (2017-2018)

Teaching:

• Principles of Public Law
• Federal Constitutional Law
• Legal Concepts, Research & Writing

Grants:

• 2023 Gilbert + Tobin Workshop Grant
• 2023 UNSW Law Faculty Research Grant