By Professor Megan Jane Davis

Journal articles

Davis MJ, 2013, 'Comments: Speaking ill of the dead: A comment on s 25 of the Constitution', Public Law Review, 23, pp. 231 - 231

Davis MJ, 2013, 'Community Control And The Work Of The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation: Putting Meat On The Bones Of the UNDRIP', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, pp. 11 - 14, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2013/27.html

Davis MJ, 2012, 'Aboriginal Women: The Right to Self-Determination [2012 Narrm Oration]', Australian Indigenous Law Review, 16, pp. 78 - 88, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUIndigLawRw/2012/6.html

Davis MJ, 2012, 'Constitutional Recognition Does Not Foreclose On Aboriginal Sovereignty', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2012/25.html

Davis MJ, 2011, 'A Reflection on the Limitations of the Right of Self-Determination and Aboriginal Women', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 6 - 8, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2011/9.html

Davis MJ, 2011, 'Constitutional Reform and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Why do We Want it Now?', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 8 - 22, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2011/33.html

Davis MJ; Lemezina , 2010, 'Indigenous Australians and the Preamble: Towards a More Inclusive Constitution or Entrenching Marginalisation?', The University of New South Wales law journal, 33, pp. 239 - 266, https://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/article/indigenous-australians-and-the-preamble-towards-a-more-inclusive-constitution-or-entrenching-marginalisation

Davis MJ, 2009, 'ATSIC and Indigenous Women: Lessons for the Future', Balayi: culture, law and colonialism, 10, pp. 73 - 86, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.201000213

Davis MJ, 2009, 'A woman's place', Griffith Review, 24, pp. 156 - 162, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.200905040

Davis MJ, 2009, 'Indigenous Struggles in Standard-Setting: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 9, pp. 439 - 471, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1683219/Davis.pdf

Davis MJ, 2009, 'International Human Rights Law, Women's Rights and the Intervention', Indigenous Law Bulletin, pp. 11 - 11, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2009/2.html

Davis MJ, 2008, 'Indigenous Rights and the Constitution: Making the Case for Constitutional Reform', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 6 - 8, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.395672126281897

Davis MJ, 2008, 'Indigenous Women's Representation and the Proposal for a New National Representative Body', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 6 - 9, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2008/11.html

Davis MJ; Brennan S, 2007, 'A narrative of exclusion: Indigenous rights in Australia', Human Rights Defender, 16, pp. 15 - 17, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/HRD/2007/7.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'Aboriginal or Institutional Silence?: A Brief Comment on the National Emergency Response to the Anderson Wild Report', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 2 - 3, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2007/41.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'Election 2007: Indigenous policy – unfinished business', Australian Review of Public Affairs, Digest, November 2007, http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2007/election/davis.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'How Do Aboriginal Women Fare in Australia Democracy?', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 9 - 11, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2007/27.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'Parliamentary Inquiries Into Free Trade Agreements and Indigenous Issues', Journal of Indigenous Policy, 7, pp. 90 - 98, https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JlIndigP/2007/10.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'The Challenges of Indigenous Women in Liberal Democracies', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 20 - 22, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2007/62.html

Davis MJ, 2007, 'The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law and International Law Developments', Indigenous Peoples: Issues in International and Australian Law, Martin Place Papers No. 6, 2007, pp. 25 - 30, https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/indigenous-peoples

Davis MJ, 2007, 'The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples', Australian Indigenous Law Review, 11, pp. 55 - 63, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUIndigLawRw/2007/69.html

Davis M, 2007, 'The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2007/50.html

Davis MJ; Watson N, 2006, '"It's the same old song": Draconian Counter-Terrorism Laws and the Déjà Vu of Indigenous Australians', Borderlands E-Journal: new spaces in the humanities, 5, https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/1551#

Davis MJ, 2006, 'A Culture of Disrespect: Indigenous Peoples and Australian Public Institutions', The UTS Law Review, 8, pp. 136 - 154, https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UTSLawRw/2006/9.html

Davis MJ, 2006, 'International Trade, The World Trade Organisation and the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples', Balayi: culture, law and colonialism, pp. 5 - 30, http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1541

Davis MJ, 2006, 'Treaty, yeah? The utility of a treaty to advancing reconciliation in Australia', Alternative Law Journal, 31, pp. 127 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X0603100304

Davis MJ, 2005, 'International Trade Law and Indigenous Peoples: A New Direction in Human Rights Advocacy', Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, 9, pp. 16 - 22, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUIndigLawRpr/2005/20.html

Davis MJ, 2004, 'Indigenous Australia and the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 5, pp. 20 - 23, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2004/19.html

Davis MJ, 2003, 'Civics education and human rights', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 9, pp. 236 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2003.11911099

Davis MJ, 2003, 'New Developments in International Advocacy: Amicus Curiae and the World Trade Organisation', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 5, pp. 14 - 17, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2003/28.html

Davis M, 2002, '‘Rights reluctance’: Utilitarianism and the future of human rights in Australia', Drawing Board: An Australian Review of Public Affairs, Digest, 21 Mar 2002, http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2002/03/davis.html

Davis MJ; Williams G, 2002, 'A Statutory Bill of Rights for Australia? Lessons from the United Kingdom', University of Queensland Law Journal, 22, pp. 1 - 19, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UQLawJl/2002/1.html

Davis M, 2002, 'Book Review: "Sceptical Essays on Human Rights Edited By T Campbell, K D Ewing and A Tomkins"', Adelaide Law Review, 23, pp. 183 - 188, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AdelLawRw/2002/11.html

Davis M, 2002, 'New South Wales Bill of Rights Inquiry', Public Law Review, 13, pp. 11 - 14

Davis M, 2002, 'The Awas-Tingni Decision: Case of the Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v The Republic of Nicaragua', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 5, pp. 15 - 18, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2002/43.html

Davis M, 2002, 'The United Nations Draft Declaration 2002', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 5, pp. 6 - 9, https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2002/22.html

Conference Presentations

Cripps K; Davis M; Hardman A, 2010, 'Indigenous sexual assault cases and the Australian justice system: Exploring patterns in procedure, precedent and legal reasoning in cases involving women and children', presented at Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Conference, 6th Gathering, Honolulu, Hawaii, 03 September 2010 - 10 September 2010

Reports

Davis M, 2019, Family Is Culture: Independent Review of Aboriginal Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care in NSW, Department of Communities and Justice (NSW), http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27673, https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/children-and-families/family-is-culture.html

McMillan K; Davis M, 2016, Independent Review of Youth Detention, State of Queensland (Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support), http://www.youthdetentionreview.qld.gov.au/

Cripps KA; Davis M, 2012, Communities working to reduce Indigenous family violence, Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse, Sydney, NSW, 12, https://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/publications/communities-working-to-reduce-family-violence/

Davis M; Cripps K; Miller L; YWCA Australia ; Koorie Women Mean Business ; Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW , 2009, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Parallel NGO Report: The Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), YWCA, Melbourne, https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/ngos/Australian_ATSI_Women.pdf

Davis MJ; McGlade H, 2005, Background paper on international human rights law and the recognition of Aboriginal customary law, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Background paper 10, project 94, https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2021-04/LRC-Project-094-Background-Papers.pdf

Working Papers

Cripps K; Davis M; Taylor L; Hardman A, 2010, Sexual violence and Indigenous victims: Women, children and the criminal justice system, UNSW Indigenous Law Centre, Sydney, Research Brief No 1, http://dx.doi.org, http://www.ilc.unsw.edu.au/sites/ilc.unsw.edu.au/files/mdocs/Sexual%20Violence%20Research%20Brief%20No.1.pdf

Preprints

Appleby GJ; Brennan S; Davis MJ, 2023, A First Nations Voice and the Exercise of Constitutional Drafting, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4346447

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