Luke Beck

Luke Beck is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Monash University. He is also Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Law. He is a leading scholar in the field of separation of religion and government, and religious freedom, under the Australian Constitution. He has also published on various other aspects of constitutional and public law. His books include Australian Constitutional Law: Concepts and Cases (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and Religious Freedom and the Australian Constitution: Origins and Future (Routledge, 2018).

Luke’s research has had important impacts outside the academy, including in case law and law reform. His research has been cited in judgments in the High Court of Australia and New South Wales Court of Appeal, and relied upon in argument in other cases before the courts. His research has also been cited in reports of parliamentary inquiries and law reform commissions in Australia and overseas.

He is also Vice-President of the Rationalist Society of Australia.