Fields of Research

International criminal law
International humanitarian and human rights law
Public law
International relations
Communication studies
British history
History and philosophy of law and justice
European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)

Research Objectives

Justice and the law
Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies
International relations
Emerging defence technologies
Defence and security policy
International organisations
Criminal justice
Understanding Europe's past
Understanding past societies

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law; Cambridge University Press
Australia's War Crimes Trials 1945-1951; Brilll Nijhoff
Australia: Regulating Private Military and Security Companies; Multilevel Regulation of Military and Security Contractors: The Interplay between International, European and Domestic Norms
Australian Red Cross leadership in the promotion of international humanitarian law; International Review of the Red Cross
Australia’s Unresolved War Crimes Challenge; So You Want to be a Leader?: Influential People Reveal How to Succeed in Public Life
Challenges in Applying Article 8 of the Rome Statute; For the Sake of Present and Future Generations: Essays on International Law, Crime and Justice in Honour of Roger S. Clark
Chemical weapons and other atrocities: contrasting responses to the Syrian crisis; International Law Studies
Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who Do the Laws of War Protect?; Cambridge University Press
Conflict characterisation; Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict
Contributions to International Humanitarian Law in the Philippines and Beyond: Interview with His Excellency Judge Raul Pangalangan; Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
Emerging technologies of warfare; Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict
International Armed Conflict
International humanitarian law and the targeting of data; International Law Studies
Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law; Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law; Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
Jurisdiction of the Australian Military Courts 1945-51; Australia's War Crime Trials 1945-1951
Law in the Virtual Battlespace: The Tallin Manual and the Jus in Bello; Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2012
Mind the Gap: Can Developers of Autonomous Weapons Systems be Liable for War Crimes?; International Law Studies
Negotiating the Two Additional Protocols of 1977: Interview with the Right Honourable Sir Kenneth Keith; Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
Regulating the use of unmanned combat vehicles: Are general principles of International Humanitarian Law sufficient?; Journal of Law and Information Science
Revisiting Challenges to International Humanitarian Law; Doing Peace the Rights Way: Essays in International Law and Relations in Honour of Louise Arbour
Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict; Routledge
The Australian War Crimes Trials 1945-1951; Australia's War Crime Trials 1945-1951
The Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31 May 2010: The Turkel Commission Second Report, Israel’s Mechanisms for Examining and Investigating Complaints and Claims of Violations of the Laws of Armed Conflict According to International Law: Australian Law and Practice Relevant to Investigation and Prosecution of LOAC Violations
The Sir Elihu Lauterpacht International Law Lecture 2018: The development of humanity as a constraint on the conduct of war; The Australian Year Book of International Law Online
The Sony and OPM double whammy: international law and cyber attacks; SMU Science and Technology Law Review
War crimes in the age of social media
Were the Australian Trials Fair?; Australia's War Crime Trials 1945-1951
Who's afraid of the International Criminal Court; Who's afraid of international law?

Research Projects

An erosion of humanity? Attempts to constrain war in the modern period; University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Research Candidate Supervision

Forced Marriage as a Crime Against Humanity- Its Genesis, Viability and Future
Vaulting Ambition- The Case Against Universal Criminal Jurisdiction