{"id":8684,"date":"2016-07-05T10:14:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T00:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/?p=8684"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:57:16","slug":"criminal-law-expert-joins-criminal-law-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/2016\/07\/05\/criminal-law-expert-joins-criminal-law-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal law expert joins Criminal Law Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce two new additions to the\u00c2\u00a0Criminal Law Journal\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>team. Beginning with\u00c2\u00a0Issue 40(3)<\/a> of the Journal, we warmly welcome criminal law\u00c2\u00a0expert\u00c2\u00a0Professor Luke McNamara as the\u00c2\u00a0State Editor for\u00c2\u00a0New South Wales and\u00c2\u00a0Christoph Liedermann\u00c2\u00a0as the\u00c2\u00a0Section Editor for the Digest of Criminal Law Cases.<\/p>\n

\"LM<\/a>Professor Luke McNamara<\/a> is a professor of law at the University of New South Wales. He\u00c2\u00a0has\u00c2\u00a0over 20 years of experience in the areas of criminal law, criminalisation and human rights. He has provided expert advice to\u00c2\u00a0the Legislation Review Committee of the NSW State Parliament, as well as the NSW Law Reform Commission. Previous research of Professor McNamara’s has examined the impact of the criminal law on\u00c2\u00a0Indigenous communities,\u00c2\u00a0public policy in regard to “hate speech”, and how\u00c2\u00a0domestic\u00c2\u00a0frameworks for the protection of human rights impact criminal law public policy in Australia.\u00c2\u00a0He\u00c2\u00a0completed his legal degree at the University of New South Wales, has a Masters degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and a PhD from the University of Wollongong.<\/p>\n

As the State Editor for New South Wales, Professor McNamara\u00c2\u00a0will be assisting in matters of NSW\u00c2\u00a0criminal law, refereeing articles and lending his expert guidance to the Journal.<\/p>\n

Christoph Liedermann<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0is a barrister at Chalfont Chambers, Sydney, who practices in\u00c2\u00a0criminal law,\u00c2\u00a0family law, wills and probate. However, he maintains an avid interest in other areas, including commercial and personal injury law.\u00c2\u00a0He has contributed to a number of publications on subjects including the police consorting provisions, the interpretation of wills, and probate procedure.\u00c2\u00a0Christoph graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Applied Finance.<\/p>\n

Christoph will be\u00c2\u00a0writing our\u00c2\u00a0popular “Digest of Criminal Law Cases” section of the Journal, which provides a quick and succinct bimonthly summary of\u00c2\u00a0important recent developments in the area of criminal law. With cases selected for their importance and relevance by Stephen Odgers SC, the section is perfect for a busy practitioner wishing to keep up to date with developments in the law.<\/p>\n

Also joining the board of state and territory editors is Associate Professor\u00c2\u00a0Lorana Bartels<\/a> of the University of Canberra. As the Territory\u00c2\u00a0Editor for the Australian Capital Territory, Dr Bartels will be assisting the Journal in matters of ACT criminal law.\u00c2\u00a0She\u00c2\u00a0will also continue serving in her role as\u00c2\u00a0Sentencing Editor for the Journal (taking on the role after\u00c2\u00a0Her Excellency Professor the Hon Kate Warner AM was appointed Governor of Tasmania in December 2014).<\/p>\n

Welcome to all of our new editors! We wish Luke, Christoph and Lorana all the best as they take on their new positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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