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Research Fellow and College Lecturer; Affiliated Lecturer; Access Officer

CV / Biography

Matilda Gillis is an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and the current Hong Kong Link Research Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Corpus Christi College. She holds a BA/LLB (Hons) from the Australian National University and an LLM (International Law) from Cambridge, which was fully funded by Trinity College through the Henry Arthur Hollond Studentship and an honorary Lionel Murphy Endowment Postgraduate Scholarship. Matilda won various prizes in the LLM, including the Clive Parry Prize for International Law (for the highest ranked student in the international law designation of the LLM). Matilda also has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, which was fully funded by a Peterhouse Graduate Research Studentship.

Matilda has previously held academic positions at the LSE and ANU, and worked as a solicitor for the Australian Government Solicitor, primarily in the area of constitutional law. Matilda also works as an ad hoc consultant for various international organisations and non-governmental organisations. 

 

Publications

 

Articles

"A Defence of the Human Rights Act 1998: The UK, The European Court of Human Rights and Immigration" (2024) Public Law (forthcoming)

Citation:
(2024) Public Law (forthcoming)
Published: Jul 2024

"The ‘Level Playing Field’ Metaphor: Revealing a Competitive Move in EU Free Trade Agreements" (2023) 57 Journal of World Trade 125

Citation:
(2023) 57 Journal of World Trade 125
Published: Oct 2022

"Can we talk? The application of the public law democratic dialogue model to the interactions between domestic legislatures and the European Courts" (2022) 23 German Law Journal 56

"Let’s Play? An examination of the ‘level playing field’ in EU Free Trade Agreements" (2021) 55(5) Journal of World Trade 715

Citation:
(2021) 55(5) Journal of World Trade 715
Published: Dec 2020

"Ventilators, Missiles, Doctors, Troops…The Justification of Legislative Responses to COVID-19 through Military Metaphors" (2020) 14 Law and Humanities 135

Citation:
(2020) 14 Law and Humanities 135
Published: Aug 2020

"A Doctrinal and Feminist Analysis of the Constitutionality of the Australian Citizenship Revocation Laws" (2020) 41(2) Adelaide Law Review 449

Citation:
(2020) 41(2) Adelaide Law Review 449
Published: Aug 2020

"A symbolic legislative gesture? An argument for active enforcement of the insider trading prohibition in Myanmar" (2020) 14(1) Law and Financial Markets Review 59

Citation:
(2020) 14(1) Law and Financial Markets Review 59
DOI:
10.1080/17521440.2020.1722548
Published: Feb 2020

"Shell Companies and Exposing Beneficial Ownership: Testing the Boundaries of the International Commitment to Fight Corruption" (2019) 20(2) Melbourne Journal of International Law 378

Citation:
(2019) 20(2) Melbourne Journal of International Law 378
Published: Mar 2019

Conference Papers

"Using Dialogue Theory to Defend Rights" (Public Law Conference, Ottawa)

Conference:
Public Law Conference, Ottawa
Published: Jul 2024

"Using Democratic Dialogue Theory to Revisit the Interactions between Domestic Legislatures and International Courts " (ESIL Research Forum)

Conference:
ESIL Research Forum
Published: Apr 2024

"Re-thinking the Dialogue Model" (Public Law Conference, Dublin)

Conference:
Public Law Conference, Dublin
Published: Jul 2022

"The need for self-reflection by international lawyers on their metaphor use" (EUI Forum)

Conference:
EUI Forum
Published: Feb 2021