Jeremy Gans is an Australian author and academic. He is currently Professor of Law at

Melbourne Law School Melbourne Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Melbourne. Located in Carlton, Victoria, Melbourne Law School is Australia's oldest law school, and offers Juris Doctor, J.D., Master of Laws, LL.M, Doctor of P ...

. His expertise is in the criminal justice system, and has particular expertise on the law of evidence, the jury system,

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

, as well as

animal law Animal law is a combination of statutory and case law in which the naturelegal, social or biologicalof nonhuman animals is an important factor. Animal law encompasses companion animals, wildlife, animals used in entertainment and animals raised ...

Early life and education

Jeremy completed his tertiary studies at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

, obtaining both an

LLB A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

and a BSc in

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict List of natural phenomena, natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental p ...

. His interest in law was in part cultivated by constitutional law classes under Gary Rumble. He then completed a master's degree in criminology at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, and a PhD at

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

. His thesis focused upon the issue of standard of proof in child sexual abuse trials.

Academic career

In 2016 Jeremy served as a human rights advisor for the Victorian Parliament. In addition to his formal academic writing, he is a semi-regular contributor to the Australian culture magazine Inside Story and

The Conversation ''The Conversation'' is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert who faces a moral dilemma when his recordings reveal a potential ...

. In recent years he has been regularly quoted in Australian crime reporting drawing upon his expertise. This has included commentary regarding the trials of Chris Dawson,

George Pell George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Cour ...

, and the '

Lawyer X Nicola Maree Gobbo, sometimes known as Nikki Gobbo, (born 16 November 1972) is an Australian former criminal defence barrister and police informant. Drug charge at law school In 1993, while she was a law student, police raided a house owned b ...

' affair.

Personal life

He is the brother of

Joshua Gans Joshua Gans holds the Jeffrey Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Until 2011, he was an economics professor at Melbourne Business School in Australia. His research f ...

, an economics professor at the University of Toronto.

Bibliography

*
Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law
' (Black Ink Books, 2022) *
Modern Criminal Law of Australia
' (Cambridge University Press, 2016) *
The Ouija Board Jurors: Mystery, Mischief and Misery in the Jury System
' (Waterside Press, 2017) *
Uniform Evidence
' (

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, 2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gans, Jeremy Australian legal scholars Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian National University alumni University of Toronto alumni University of New South Wales alumni Academic staff of the University of Melbourne