Zines, Leslie

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ZINES, Leslie

ZINES, Leslie. Australian, b. 1930. Genres: Law. Career: Department of the Attorney General, Canberra, Australia, legal officer, 1952-62; Australian National University, Canberra, senior lecturer, 1962-65, reader, 1965-67, professor of law, 1967-77, Robert Garran Professor, 1977-92, emeritus professor, 1993-. Cambridge University, Arthur Goodhart Professor of Legal Science, 1992-93. Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory; legal practitioner, High Court of Australia. Publications: (ed.) Commentaries on the Australian Constitution, 1977; (with Z. Cowen) Federal Jurisdiction in Australia, 2nd ed., 1978, 3rd ed., 2002; The High Court and the Constitution, 1981, 4th ed., 1997; (with G. Lindell) Sawer's Australian Constitutional Cases, 4th ed., 1982; Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth, 1991. Address: Law Program, R.S.S.S., Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

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