Professor (Law) Qualifications PhD (Legal Philosophy), Monash University, 2006 LLM summa cum laude, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1999 LLB (Hons), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1996 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), 2009 DipEd, Murdoch University, 2011 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Biography

Professor Augusto Zimmermann (PhD, LLB cum laude, LLB (Hons), CIArb, DipEd) is a former Law Reform Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2012-2017) and a former Associate Dean (Research) and Postgraduate Research Director at Murdoch University's School of Law. He is also the Founder and President of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA), a former Vice-President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy (ASLP), an Elected Fellow at the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF) and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Australian Jurist law journal.

In January 2015, Professor Zimmermann was invited by the Tasmanian Chief Justice to address the 'Opening of the Legal Year' in that State. A prolific writer and author of numerous articles and academic books, he was awarded the 2012 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, and two School Dean's Research Awards, in 2010 and 2011, at Murdoch University. He served on numerous academic bodies at Murdoch University including: Research Degree and Scholarships Committee; the Vice Chancellor's Awards and Citations Committee; the Academic Council's Freedom of Speech in Policies and Procedures Advisory Group; and the Academic Staff Promotions Advisory Committee.

Professor Zimmermann is generally recognised as a fierce advocate for freedom of speech and the Rule of Law, contributing numerous articles on the subject, including The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State (Rechtsstaat) (Springer, 2004), a book edited by the President of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is the author/co-author/editor/co-editor of numerous academic articles and books, including:

• Foundations of the Legal System: History, Theory and Practice, LexisNexis, 2023
• Christian Foundations of the Common Law (3 volumes), Connor Court Publishing, 2018
• Global Perspectives on Subsidiarity, Springer, 2014, and
• Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives, LexisNexis, 2013
  
  

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