Mark Deng

(MENAFN- The Conversation) McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Profile Articles Activity

Mark Deng is a McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and a researcher in South Sudanese public law.

Experience

• 2023–present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
• 2020–2022 Sessional Lecturer, The University of Queensland
• 2021–2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
• 2017–2020 APA Scholar, The University of Queensland

Education

• 2021 The University of Queensland, PhD
• 2016 Griffith University , Grad Cert in Australian Migration Law & Practice
• 2014 Queensland University of Technology, Grad Dip in Legal Practice
• 2012 The University of Queensland, LL.M
• 2011 James Cook University, LL.B

Publications

• 2022 From Unwritten to Written: Transformation of Jieeng Customary Law into Qanun Wanh-alel (2022) 43 (1) Australasian Review of African Studies 41–55,
• 2022 The Practice of Bride-Price in the Australian Dinka Community: Is It Permissible under Australian Law? (2022) 47 (3) Alternative Law Journal 1–6,
• 2021 Bride Price in the Patriarchal South Sudanese Society: A Legal Perspective (2021) 35 (1) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 1–19,
• 2018 South Sudan v James Dak: A Case of Travesty of Justice (2018) Sudd Institute 1– 9, 1
• 2017 Defining the Nature and Limits of Presidential Powers in the Transitional Constitution of South Sudan: A Politically Contentious Matter for the New Nation (2017) 61 (1) Journal of African Law 23 – 39,

Grants and Contracts

• 2022 Book Bursary Role: Junior Scholar Funding Source: Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, University of New South Wales

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Queensland Law Society
• International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
• Fellow, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, University of Queensland

Research Areas

• Law (1801)

Honours

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