Overview
Background
Dr Renato Costa joined the T. C. Beirne School of Law as an LLM student in 2018. Before undertaking his studies at the University of Queensland, he practised as a lawyer in one of Brazil's most prominent law firms. Renato specialises in constitutional and comparative law.
Renato graduated with an LLB from the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Pernambuco, in Brazil. He holds a PhD and an LLM from T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland. Renato is the Associate Editor of the University of Queensland Law Journal - UQLJ. He teaches Public and Constitutional Law and has been a guest lecturer in courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Renato's main research area is public law, including constitutional, administrative, and comparative law. His research focus is constitutional theory and specific aspects of the Australian constitutional system, including but not limited to the rule of law, federalism, constitutional history, religious freedom and human rights, responsible government, political and legal theology, and jurisprudence.
Availability
- Dr Renato Costa is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Law, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (UniCaP)
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, The College of Law
- Doctor of Philosophy of Constitutional Law, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Constitutional Law and Theory
Principles of constitutional law; Theoretical perspectives on constitutional change; History of constitutions; Comparative constitutional law.
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Australian Public Law
Australian Constitution; Australian federalism; Australian perspective in comparative constitutional law.
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Political Theology
Relationship between Church and State; Theological origins of political and legal institutions; Reformed theology and law.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
John Finnis and the central case constitution
Costa, Renato (2024). John Finnis and the central case constitution. Journal of Legal Philosophy, 49 (1), 25-49. doi: 10.4337/jlp.2024.01.02
2024
Other Outputs
Submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care on the December 2023 Exposure Draft of the Aged Care Bill 2023
Taylor, Paul and Costa, Renato (2024). Submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care on the December 2023 Exposure Draft of the Aged Care Bill 2023 . Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2024
Other Outputs
The Nature of Constitutions: A Theory of Genuine and Pseudo Constitutions
Saeger Magalhaes Costa, Renato (2024). The Nature of Constitutions: A Theory of Genuine and Pseudo Constitutions. PhD Thesis, School of Law, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/a1c2aee
2024
Conference Publication
The 'Invincible Bulwark' of Constitutions
Costa, Renato (2024). The 'Invincible Bulwark' of Constitutions. Theology and Jurisprudence Symposium, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, 9 February 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Rethinking constitutional ontology : A critical analysis of Karl Loewenstein’s “ontological classification of constitutions”
Costa, Renato Saeger Magalhães (2024). Rethinking constitutional ontology : A critical analysis of Karl Loewenstein’s “ontological classification of constitutions”. Revus, 2024 (52). doi: 10.4000/revus.9956
2023
Conference Publication
Cultural, social, and territorial federalism revisited
Costa, Renato (2023). Cultural, social, and territorial federalism revisited. Vi International Scientific Conference: Federalism in Contemporary Public Law, Moscow, Russia, 7-17 November 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Brazil
Costa, Renato S.M., Santos Cunha, Bruno, de Queiroz Barboza, Estefania Maria and Buss, Gustavo (2023). Brazil. The 2022 Global Review of Constitutional Law. (pp. 74-78) edited by Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Giulia Andrade. Austin, TX United States: University of Texas.
2023
Conference Publication
Three instances of pseudo constitutions
Costa, Renato (2023). Three instances of pseudo constitutions. ICONS - International Society of Public Law Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 July 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Constitutional change and the basic structure of the Constitution: can Australia become a republic?
Costa, Renato (2023). Constitutional change and the basic structure of the Constitution: can Australia become a republic?. ICONS - International Society of Public Law Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 July 2023.
2023
Journal Article
A Critical Book Review of Adrian Vermeule's Common Good Constitutionalism
Saeger Magalhaes Costa, Renato (2023). A Critical Book Review of Adrian Vermeule's Common Good Constitutionalism. Public Law Review, 34 (1), 78-78.
2023
Journal Article
Common Good Constitutionalism (1st ed)
Costa, Renato Saeger M. (2023). Common Good Constitutionalism (1st ed). Public Law Review, 34 (1), 78-83.
2022
Journal Article
Free to Teach: State Limits and the Protection of Private Schools Religious Liberties
Costa, Renato Saeger M. (2022). Free to Teach: State Limits and the Protection of Private Schools Religious Liberties. Dignitas: International Journal of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion, 2 (2), 33-80. doi: 10.37951/dignitas.2021.v2i2.62
2022
Journal Article
The speck in the Prime Minister’s eyes: secrecy and responsible government in Australia
Costa, Renato Saeger M. (2022, 09 29). The speck in the Prime Minister’s eyes: secrecy and responsible government in Australia I·CONnect Blog
2022
Conference Publication
Beyond Zoom Meetings: The Experience of Teaching Law on YouTube
Renato Saeger M Costa (2022). Beyond Zoom Meetings: The Experience of Teaching Law on YouTube. 2022 Australasian Legal Academics Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 7-9 July 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
The nature of constitutions and the doctrine of the basic structure of constitutions
Costa, Renato S. M. (2022). The nature of constitutions and the doctrine of the basic structure of constitutions. ICON-S Annual Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, 4-6 July 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Federalism in Australia
Costa, Renato S.M. (2022). Federalism in Australia. Brazil-Australia: Webinars on Gender and Family Violence Against Women, Online, 26 April 2022. MPDFT.
2021
Conference Publication
Federalism as a Stone Clause
Costa, Renato Saeger M. (2021). Federalism as a Stone Clause. Federalism in Contemporary Public Law: Comparative Federalism, Moscow, Russia, 11 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Response to Jonathan Chaplin's Idea of “Jurisdictional Secularism”
Chaplin, Jonathan and Costa, Renato S. M. (2021). Response to Jonathan Chaplin's Idea of “Jurisdictional Secularism”. Faith in Democracy - A Series of Webinars with Jonathan Chaplin, London, United Kingdom, 30 September, 14, 28 October 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Book review: Constitutional idolatry and democracy: challenging the infatuation with writtenness
Costa, Renato Saeger M. (2021). Book review: Constitutional idolatry and democracy: challenging the infatuation with writtenness. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 40 (2), 301-305. doi: 10.38127/uqlj.v40i2.5689
2020
Book Chapter
The federative pact and prevention policies to face violence against women: a compared approach between Brazil and Australia
Martins, Ana Paula Antunes, Faria, Cristina Elsner de, Ribeiro, Henrique Marques and Costa, Renato Saeger Magalhaes (2020). The federative pact and prevention policies to face violence against women: a compared approach between Brazil and Australia. Reflections on prevention policies for gender based violence against women and girls: debates in Brazil and Australia. (pp. 21-32) edited by Tiago Pierobom de Ávila, Aline Yamamoto, Cristina Elsner de Faria, Jude McCulloch and Kerry Carrington. Brasilia, DF: UN Women: MPDFT.
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