Suri Ratnapala is an Australian academic. He is Emeritus Professor of Public Law of the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = ...

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, Australia.

Biography

Born in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, Suri Ratnapala attended the

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a Single-sex education, selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academ ...

and the

University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion

, where he gained his first law degree. His father

Amaradasa Ratnapala Amaradasa Ratnapala (8 January 1903 - 13 October 2001) was a Ceylonese physician, a former member of Parliament and scholar of Buddhist Philosophy, whose book on ''Abhidharmartha Pradeepeka'' is a commentary on the doctrine. Ratnapala received his ...

was a medical doctor and politician. His mother, Ancy Samarasinha, was member of a prominent family in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Ratnapala is married to Rusri, née Gunasekera. Their son, Dr Adrian Ratnapala, is a scientist working Germany. Ratnapala served as a Senior State Counsel, and represented the Sri Lankan State in constitutional cases. He migrated to Australia in 1983. In 1988 he was appointed as Lecturer at the T C Beirne School of Law and, in 2001, was appointed to the Chair of Public Law. He retired in 2014 and was appointed Emeritus Professor. In 1990, his book ''Welfare State or Constitutional State?'' was awarded a Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Prize by a panel chaired by

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. In 2000, he received a

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award for inter-disciplinary teaching spanning legal, political, economic and social theory. In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary of Australian Federation Medal for his contribution to Australian society through research in law and economics.It's an Honour
/ref> He is a Fellow of the

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and a Visiting Fellow of the Social Philosophy and Policy Centre at the

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. He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Council of the

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(CIS). He has been a member of the

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since 1998.

Bibliography

* ''Australian Constitutional Law: Foundations and Theory'' * ''Welfare State or Constitutional State?'' * ''Illusions of Comparable Worth'' * ''Jurisprudence'' * ''Jurisprudence of Liberty''

References

External links

Emeritus, Honorary and Adjunct
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