Federal Jurisdiction in Australia Federation Press (2nd ed with Z Cowen 1997. 3rd ed 2002)
The High Court and the Constitution (1st ed, Butterworth 1981. 5th ed Federation Press 2008)
The Royal Prerogative (with H V Evatt) Law Book Company 1987)
Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge on 8, 15, and 22 November 1988 (CUP 1991)
Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth (CUP 2003) Transfer of 1991 book to digital format with 2006 printing on demand
Articles and Contributions to Edited Works
"Principles of Australian Administrative Law by W. Friedmann" Book review (1964) 1 Federal Law Review 172-76
"Commentaries on the Australian Constitution : a tribute to Geoffrey Sawer" (ed.) (Butterworths 1977)
"Implications of the Tasmanian Dam case" Papers presented at the 22nd Australian Legal Convention, Law Council of Australia (1983) 215-218
"The state of constitutional interpretation" (1984) 14 Federal Law Review 277- 239
"The Commonwealth" (1987) 6 Australian Bar Review 257 – 266
"Reviewing the constitution" (1987) 61 Australian Law Journal 530 – 539
"Form and substance: ‘discrimination’ in modern constitutional law" (1992) 21 Federal Law Review 136 – 149
Courts Unmaking the Laws in Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (Ed) National Conference: Courts in a Representative Democracy (1994) at 13
"A Judicially Created Bill of Rights" (1994) 16 Sydney Law Review 166-184
Constitutionally Protected Individual Rights, in P. Finn (ed.) Essays on Law and Government. (196) Volume 2 136-
"Social conflict and constitutional interpretation" (1996) 22 Monash University Law Review 195 – 208.
Commentaries on the Australian Constitution – A tribute to Geoffrey Sawer (ed.) (Butterworths 1997)
"The Nature of the Commonwealth" (1998) 20 Adelaide Law Review , 83- 94.
The common law in Australia : its nature and constitutional significance Law and policy paper (1999) 13 (Federation Press in association with the Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University
"Sir Anthony Mason" (2000) 28 Federal. Law Review 171-175.
Gleeson Court, in The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, 307, (Tony Blackshield et al. eds. 2001)
"The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance" 2004 32 (3) Federal Law Review 337-355.
"Dead Hands of Living Tree? Stability and Change in Constitutional Law" (2004) 25 Adelaide Law Review 3 – 20.
"The inherent executive power of the Commonwealth" (2005) 16 Public Law Review 279- 293.
"The High Court and the Constitution in 2006" (2007) 30 University of New South Wales Law Journal 174 – 187
"Advisory opinions and declaratory judgments at the suit of governments" (2010) 22 Bond Law Review 156-168