Biographical entry

Moore, William Harrison (1867 - 1935)

Professor

Born
30/04/1867
London, United Kingdom
Died
1/07/1935
Toorak, Melbourne, Australia
Occupation
Academic, Dean and Professor
Categories

Summary

Dean of Law 1893-1928.

Chronology

01/01/1893 - 1/01/1928
Melbourne Law School Employment

Additional Notes

Appointed Professor of Law at the University at the young age of 25, starting work there in 1893 and becoming the third and longest serving dean.
Professor Moore specialised in constitutional law, which was transformed by Australian federation in 1901. He was the author of one of the first and most authoritative books on Australian federal constitutional law, The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, and his teaching influenced generations of law students, among them future Chief Justice Owen Dixon and future Prime Minister Robert Menzies. Professor Moore became an adviser on constitutional issues to State and Federal governments, also to the Governor-General and the Victorian Governor.

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Publications

Books

  • Moore, W, Act of state in English law., C.Wilfred Jenks memorial collection., Murray, London, 1906. Details
  • Moore, W, The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia , vol. Students` , Maxwell, Melbourne, 1910, 365 pp. Details
  • Moore, W, International relations and international law, University of Melbourne war lectures, George Robertson & Co, Melbourne, 1915, 18 pp. Details
  • Moore, W, The German peace myth, Reinforcements Referendum Council, Melbourne, 1916, 4 pp. Details
  • Sutton, J; Moore, W, The literary work of John Sutton , Moor, W; Scutt, C; Franklin, R, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1925, 123 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Zichy-Woinarski, C.J. & Moore, Harrison W., 'Commonwealth of Australia (Continued) Australasia: Section I: 1903-1907', in Bedwell, C.E.A. (ed.), Legislation of the Empire: Being a Survey of the Legislative Enactments of the British Dominions from 1898 to 1907, vol. II, Butterworth & Co, London, 1909, pp. 103-170. Details

Journal Articles

  • C.E.A.B., 'William Harrison Moore: Biographical note', Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, vol. 17, 1935, pp. 161-162. Details
  • Moore, Harrison W., 'A Century of Victorian Law', Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, vol. 16, 1934, pp. 175-200. Details
  • Moore, Harrison W., 'The Federations and Suits between Governments', Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, vol. 17, 1935, pp. 163-209. Details
  • Moore, W, 'Suits between States within the British Empire', Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, vol. 1, no. 1 and 4, 1925, p. 155. Details
  • Moore, W, 'The Dominions and Treaties', Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, vol. 8, no. 1 and 4, 1926, p. 21. Details
  • Moore, W. Harrison, 'The Australian Commonwealth Constitution, 1901-2', Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation, vol. 5, no. 1, 1903, pp. 115-131. Details
  • Moore, W. Harrison, 'Legal Education in the United States', Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation, vol. 13, no. 2, 1914, pp. 207-212. Details

Report/Working Papers

  • Moore, W, International relations and international law, University of Melbourne war lectures, George Robertson & Co, Melbourne, 1915, 18 pp. Details
  • Moore, W, International Copyright Conference, Rome, May and June, 1928: report of the Australian delegate (Sir W. Harrison Moore)., Government Printer, Canberra, 1928, 11 pp. Details

Online Resources