Sir Owen Dixon

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Sir Owen Dixon was a highly respected Australian jurist renowned for his rigorous legal reasoning and long tenure as a leading figure on the High Court of Australia.

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instanceOf Chief Justice of Australia ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
appointedBy James Scullin ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
birthDate 1886-04-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia ⓘ
linked to: Hawthorn, Victoria
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
deathDate 1972-07-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⓘ
educatedAt University of Melbourne ⓘ
University of Melbourne Law School ⓘ
endTime 1964-01-13 ⓘ
endTimeAsChiefJustice 1964-01-13 ⓘ
familyName Dixon ⓘ
fieldOfWork common law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Owen ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced Australian constitutional interpretation ⓘ
High Court of Australia jurisprudence ⓘ
knownFor influence on Australian constitutional law ⓘ
judicial method emphasizing legalism ⓘ
rigorous legal reasoning ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy judicial legalism ⓘ
memberOf High Court of Australia ⓘ
name Owen Dixon ⓘ
nationality Australian ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia ⓘ
Justice of the High Court of Australia ⓘ
precededBy Sir John Latham ⓘ
startTime 1929-02-04 ⓘ
startTimeAsChiefJustice 1952-04-18 ⓘ
succeededBy Sir Garfield Barwick ⓘ
workLocation Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ⓘ
linked to: Canberra

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⓘ

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