David Tan is a senior lecturer at Deakin Law School where he specializes in legal philosophy, particularly on legal interpretation and public law theory. His works on legal interpretation have appeared in top international and Australian journals including Legal Theory, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence and the University of New South Wales Law Journal. He was awarded Deakin’s Faculty Research Grant Scheme in 2023 and is also currently the treasurer of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy.