Inside Story

Tony Blackshield (1937–2025) was an Emeritus Professor of Law at Macquarie University, a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales and an Honorary Professor at the Indian Law Institute in New Delhi. Among many publications, he co-edited The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia.

“He was an intelligent, exuberant and funny man — beloved by generations of students and academics over many decades,” UNSW Law wrote at the time of his death. “We celebrate Tony’s immense contributions to UNSW and Australian legal scholarship and honour the legacy he leaves behind.”