Martin Krygier

Martin Krygier "is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the European Law Centre, University of New South Wales. His work overlaps legal, social and political theory. He is interested in exploring variations in the characters, consequences and worth of large institutions, among them state, bureaucracy and law, and the interrelations between such variations and morally justifiable social practices. He is currently writing on Philip Selznick's normative social theory, and since 1989 has been writing about the prospects for the rule of law and civil society in post-communist Europe. He also participates in public debate, most recently over the history of white-Aboriginal relations in this country."

Key publications

 * Martin Krygier (2004) False Dichotomies, Real Perplexities and the Rule of Law, In Human Rights with Modesty. The Problem of Universalism. Andras Sajo (eds.). Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff.
 * Martin Krygier, Robert van Krieken (2003) 'The Character of the Nation', In Whitewash. Robert Manne (eds.). Melbourne: Black Inc.
 * Martin Krygier (2003) 'In Praise of Prejudice', In Best Australian Essays 2003. Peter Craven (eds.). Melbourne: Black Inc.
 * Robert A. Kagan, Martin Krygier, Kenneth Winston (eds) (2002) Legality and Community: On the Intellectual Legacy of Philip Selznick. New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
 * Martin Krygier and Adam Czarnota (eds) (1999) The Rule of Law after Communism. Aldershot: Ashgate.
 * Martin Krygier (1997) Between Fear and Hope. Hybrid Thoughts on Public Values. Sydney: ABC Books.