Staff Profiles

David Tucker Phone: 8344 6585 Email: davidfbt@unimelb.edu.au Office: Medley Building Room 421

Background

David Tucker is Reader and Associate Professor in Political Science. He was born in South Africa and did his graduate degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom where he completed a B.Phil degree in Political Science. He moved to Australia to take up a position at the University of Melbourne in 1972. He has written four books and numerous journal articles dealing with debates in legal philosophy and political theory. He is especially interested in the policymaking role of courts and has written extensively examining the role of the United States Supreme Court.

Research

David's current research interests are in public policy and constitutional design. He is writing a book about the role of the Rehnquist Court in shaping public policies in the United States.

Subjects Taught

• 2nd/3rd year: American Politics and Society
• 2nd/3rd year: US Scandals
• 4th year: Law, Ethics and Public Policy
• MA: US Foreign Policy

Supervision

David is interested in supervising students doing work on American politics, human rights and constitutional theory.

Recent Publications

Books

The Rehnquist Court and Civil Rights (Aldershot, U.K. /Brookfield U.S.A., Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1995).

Book Chapters

'Australian Interpretations of Federalism', in Tom Campbell and Jeff Goldsworthy (eds), Interpreting Constitutions (Hampshire, United Kingdom: Dartmouth Publishing Company, 2002).

'Representation-Reinforcing Review', in Campbell T, Goldsworthy J, and Stone A, eds, Human Rights Protection: Boundaries and Challenges (Oxford University Press 2002).

(With Sally Young) 'Public Financing of Election Campaigns in Australia - A Solution or a Problem?', Glenn Patmore and Denis Glover eds., Labor Essays 2001 (NSW: Pluto Press, 2001).

'Representation Reinforcing Review: Arguments About Political Advertising in Australia and the United States', in Sally Walker (ed.), Media Law: Commentary and Materials (LBC Information Series, NSW: 1st ed. 2000) pp. 41-44.

Journal Articles

'Australia's Great Debate', Inroads: The Canadian Journal of Opinion, vol. 14, November 2003, Winter/Spring 2004, pp. 76-80.

'Finding Common Ground: Competing US and European Interests', Harvard International Review, Winter 2003, vol. xxiv, no. 4, pp. 67-71.

'Review Article: The Rights Revolution', in Pacifica Review (2001).

'Textualism: An Australian Evaluation of the Debate between Professor Ronald Dworkin and Justice Antonin Scalia', Sydney Law Review, vol. 21, no. 4, 1999, pp. 567-96.