Michael Kirby

633 total citations
97 papers, 322 citations indexed

About

Michael Kirby is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kirby has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 322 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 29 papers in Law and 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Kirby's work include Legal principles and applications (13 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (9 papers) and Human Rights and Development (9 papers). Michael Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Legal principles and applications (13 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (9 papers) and Human Rights and Development (9 papers). Michael Kirby collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Thailand and United States. Michael Kirby's co-authors include Kevin Ward, Matthew Waites and Gary Kinsman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Medical Journal of Australia and Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kirby

72 papers receiving 242 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Kirby Australia 9 105 61 60 57 54 97 322
Charles Ngwena South Africa 11 91 0.9× 74 1.2× 87 1.4× 57 1.0× 58 1.1× 50 275
Khiara M. Bridges United States 9 163 1.6× 77 1.3× 58 1.0× 15 0.3× 36 0.7× 28 351
Anne Barlow United Kingdom 11 180 1.7× 53 0.9× 21 0.3× 56 1.0× 97 1.8× 54 350
Viveka Adelswärd Sweden 10 76 0.7× 93 1.5× 27 0.5× 21 0.4× 9 0.2× 21 412
Barbara Lethem Ibrahim United States 7 135 1.3× 40 0.7× 73 1.2× 8 0.1× 37 0.7× 17 374
Helen Marshall Australia 8 99 0.9× 32 0.5× 31 0.5× 9 0.2× 20 0.4× 35 315
Laury Oaks United States 9 214 2.0× 62 1.0× 45 0.8× 9 0.2× 23 0.4× 20 401
Brenda Almond United Kingdom 9 60 0.6× 55 0.9× 55 0.9× 7 0.1× 22 0.4× 39 288
Barbara Barnett United States 11 143 1.4× 46 0.8× 28 0.5× 12 0.2× 9 0.2× 40 325
Roger S. Clark United States 7 106 1.0× 29 0.5× 10 0.2× 16 0.3× 110 2.0× 36 234

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Kirby

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Kirby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Kirby

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Kirby. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Kirby based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Kirby. Michael Kirby is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kirby, Michael. (2021). Multilateralism, Pushback, and Adjustment: From the UN Charter to COVID-19. 35(1). 22.
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Kirby, Michael. (2020). COVID-19, Remote Court Hearings, Automated Decision-making and Access to Justice. 30(4). 256–269. 1 indexed citations
3.
Kirby, Michael. (2011). Australian insurance contracts law: local reform with a global relevance. Journal of business law. 309–329. 1 indexed citations
4.
Kirby, Michael. (2009). Herbert Vere Evatt, the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after 60 Years. 34(2). 238. 1 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (2006). Judicial activism: power withour responsibility? No, appropriate activism conforming to duty. [An earlier version of this article was delivered as a speech at the Boston, Melbourne, Oxford Conversazioni on Culture and Society on 'Judicial Activism - Power without Responsibility?' held at the University of Melbourne, on 22 October 2005.]. Melbourne University law review. 30(2). 576.
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Kirby, Michael. (2005). Deep Lying Rights - A Constitutional Conversation Continues. 3(2). 195.
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Kirby, Michael. (2005). Recollections of Sir Harry Gibbs. Quadrant. 49(9). 54. 1 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (2004). Judicial activism : authority, principle and policy in the judicial method. Sweet & Maxwell eBooks. 8 indexed citations
10.
Kirby, Michael. (2003). Expert evidence: causation, proof and presentation. 6(2). 131. 2 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (2002). The unfinished trans‐Tasman business*. Commonwealth Law Bulletin. 28(2). 1083–1091.
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Kirby, Michael. (2001). A global approach to judicial independence and integrity. 21(2). 147.
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Kirby, Michael. (2001). Law at Century's End - a Millennial View from the High Court of Australia. 1. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (2000). Riverview: A modern morality tale. Quadrant. 44(5). 19. 1 indexed citations
15.
Kirby, Michael. (1998). Privacy in Cyberspace. University of New South Wales law journal. 21(2). 323. 12 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (1997). Judicial activism. Commonwealth Law Bulletin. 23(3-4). 1224–1237. 2 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (1993). The Australian Use of International Human Rights Norms: From Bangalore to Balliol - a View from the Antipodes. University of New South Wales law journal. 16(2). 363. 5 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (1993). Lionel Murphy and the power of ideas. Alternative Law Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (1985). From Hagar to Baby Cotton–Surrogacy, ‘851. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 25(3). 151–158. 5 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael. (1981). New Trends in Crime and Punishment in Australia. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 13(3). 96–116.

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