Associate Professor Will Bateman
Areas of expertise
- Constitutional Law 180108
- Administrative Law 180103
- Finance 150201
- Public Economics Taxation And Revenue 140215
Research interests
Law, central banking, monetary systems, sustainable investment, artifical intelligence, automation, algorithmic decision-systems
Biography
Dr Will Bateman is an Associate Professor at the ANU law school where he researches legal aspects of finance, technology and public administration.
He leads multi-jurisdictional projects on the legal regulation of public and private finance, with a special focus on central banking, sovereign debt markets, national budget formulation and sustainable investing. His recent engagements with central banks and financial regulators include:
- UK Parliament, House of Lords Inquiry into Quantitative Easing (2021)
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 'Legal Aspects of Central Bank Money Creation' (2020)
- Bank of England, 'Quantitative Easing, Reserve Creation and Digital Currency' (2020)
Dr Bateman also leads research projects on the regulation of artificial intelligence, and is currently spearheading a major project on the formulation of model legal frameworks to govern artificial intelligence in the public sector. He also collaborates with computer science experts in designing ethical and lawful algorithmic decision systems. His law/tech collaboration partners include:
- Minderoo Foundation (global philanthropic organisation)
- Gradient Institute (ethical AI research institute)
- Humanising Machine Intelligence (ANU Grand Challenge Project)
Before academia, Dr Bateman worked in appellate litigation, commercial disputes and banking as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, associate to the hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC of the High Court of Australia, and the hon Justice Steven Rares of the Federal Court of Australia.
He holds a PhD and LLM from the University of Cambridge and a LLB/BA from the ANU. His scholarship has been published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Australian Law Journal, the Sydney Law Review, the Federal Law Review, the Melbourne University Law Review and the Public Law Review.
Publications
- Bateman, W 2022, 'Coding legal norms: an exploratory essay', in Mark Findlay, Jolyon Ford, and Josephine Seah (ed.), Regulatory Insights on Artificial Intelligence : Research for Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 133-150.
- Bateman, W 2021, 'The Legal Structure of Quantitative Easing', Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 88-109.
- Bateman, W 2021, 'The Law of Monetary Finance under Unconventional Monetary Policy', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 1-36.
- Bateman, W & Allen, J 2021, 'The Law of Central Bank Reserve Creation', The Modern Law Review, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 401-434.
- Bateman, W, Meagher, D, Simpson, A and Stellios, J, Hanks Australian Constitutional Law: Materials and Commentary (LexisNexis, 11th ed, 2021), LexisNexis, Australia.
- Bateman, W 2020, 'Algorithmic Decision-making and Legality: Public Law Dimensions', Australian Law Journal, vol. 94, no. 7, pp. 520-530.
- Gageler, S & Bateman, W 2018, 'Comparative Constitutional Law', in Cheryl Saunders & Adrienne Stone (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 261-276.
- Bateman, W 2012, 'Constitutional Law and Government Contracting ', Australian Association of Constitutional Law, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
- Bateman, W 2018, 'Automatic Public Law', Conference Paper, Public Law Weekend, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
- Bateman, W 2018, 'Legal Regulation of Central Banking' commenting on Lastra, 'Populism and Central Bank Independence', Politic of Economics Seminar, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Bateman, W 2018, 'Public Sector Automation', Public Sector Automation, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
- Bateman, W 2017, 'Automatic Law', Automatic Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
- Bateman, W & McDonald, L 2017, 'The Normative Structure of Australian Administrative Law', Federal Law Review, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 153-178.
- Bateman, W 2017, 'Research Agendas in Public Law', Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- McDonald, L, Bateman, W et al 2016, 'Grounds of Review, Statutory Interpretation and Proportionality: Diversity and Unity in the English and Australian Law of Judicial Review'', Public Law Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
- Bateman, W 2015, 'Parliamentary Control of Public Money: The Curious Case of Sovereign Borrowing'', Democracy and Debt Workshop, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
- Bateman, W & Stellios, J 2012, 'Chapter III of the Constitution, federal jurisdiction and dialogue charters of human rights', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 1-40.
- Bateman, W 2012, 'Federal Jurisdiction in State Courts: an Elaboration and Critique', Public Law Review, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 246-267.
- Bateman, W 2012, 'Legislating against Constitutional Invalidity: Constitutional Deeming Legislation', Sydney Law Review, vol. 34, pp. 721-759.
- Bateman, W 2012, 'International Arbitration and Constitutional Law', Australian Association of Constitutional Law, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia.
- Bateman, W 2011, 'The Constitution and the Substantive Grounds of Judicial Review: the Full Scope of the Entrenched Minimum Provision of Judicial Review', Federal Law Review, vol. 39, pp. 462-507.
- Bateman, W 2009, 'Procedural Due Process Under The Australian Constitution', Sydney Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 411-442.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Regulation of AI in the Public Sector (Primary Investigator)
- F.A. Mann (1907-1991) and his Contribution to the Development of English, German, European, and International Law (Secondary Investigator)
