- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0182
Campbell, Enid Mona
- OBE, AC LLB (Hons), Bec, PhD, Hon. LLD
- Born 30 October, 1932, Launceston Tasmania Australia
- Died 20 January, 2010, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Academic, Lawyer, Professor
Summary
Professor Enid Campbell, a leading Australian scholar in constitutional law and administrative law, was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 16 June 1979 for services to education in the field of law. Campbell, who was the first female dean of a law faculty in Australia, was bestowed with the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the University of Tasmania in 1990.
Details
Enid Campbell was born in Launceston and educated there at Methodist Ladies College where she was dux of the school. At the University of Tasmania she studied economics and law and graduated in 1955. Accepting a scholarship to Duke University (North Carolina) she completed a PhD that included the study of international law, jurisprudence and public administration.
In 1959, Enid Campbell returned to Tasmania and became the first female lecturer in the Law School, teaching political science. The next year she took a lecturing position at the University of Sydney and from 1965 to 1967 was Associate Professor in Law.
In 1967 she was appointed Sir Isaac Isaac Professor of Law at Monash University, a position she held until her retirement in 1997.
Events
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1967 - 1997
Sir Isaac Isaacs Professor of Law at Monash University, Melbourne
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1985 - 1988
Member of the Constitutional Commission, Canberra
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1982 - 1984
Member of the Law Reform Advisory Council, Victoria
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1974 - 1976
Member of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration
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1965 - 1967
Associate Professor Law at the University of Sydney
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1962 - 1965
Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney
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1960 - 1961
Lecturer at the University of Sydney
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1959
Lecturer in Political Science, University of Tasmania
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1990
Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) at the University of Tasmania
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1976 - 1978
Member of the Council of the Australian National University, Canberra
Archival resources
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Campbell, Enid (1932-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458970
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/IMP0182b.htm