Adrienne Stone

Adrienne Stone FAAL FASSA is an Australian legal academic specialising in the areas of constitutional law and constitutional theory, with particular expertise in freedom of expression.[1]

Academic career

As of 2024, Stone is Melbourne Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.[1][2] She holds a Chair at Melbourne Law School,[1] and is a director at the school's Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies.[2]

Additionally, she is President Emeritus of the International Association of Constitutional Law,[3] and is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia[4] and the Australian Academy of Law.[1]

Personal Life

Stone is one of seven grandchildren of legal scholar Julius Stone.[5] She is married to Justice Graeme Hill, a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.[6]

Selected publications

  • Open Minds: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech (2020)[7]
  • Oxford Handbook on the Australian Constitution (2018) - Editor[3][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Prof Adrienne Stone". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Adrienne Stone – AUSPUBLAW". Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Adrienne Stone". The Conversation. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Academy Fellow: Professor Adrienne Stone FASSA, FAAL". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ^ Stone, Adrienne. "Julius Stone: A Reflection". Edited Legal Collections Database. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  6. ^ Hill, Justice (16 May 2025). "Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court for the welcome of the Honourable Justice Hill". www.fedcourt.gov.au. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ^ Open Minds by Carolyn Evans, Adrienne Stone. 5 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Adrienne Stone". Black Inc. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.