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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