Professor Paul Fairall

Paul Fairall is the Foundation Dean of Law for UniSA new School of Law.

A graduate of the University of Canterbury and the Australian National University, Paul was appointed the John Bray Professor of Law and Dean of Law at the University of Adelaide in 2002.

He was Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School at James Cook University from 1995 to 2001 and Associate Professor of Law at Bond University from 1991 to 1995.

His first academic appointment was as a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle. He has written extensively in the area of human rights and criminal law and has undertaken a number of major consultancies, including a major review of the Northern Territory Criminal Code in 2005.

Professor Fairall has held a number of significant offices including the Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans from 2000 to 2001 and the Chair of Academic Board at James Cook University during the same period.

He is also a foundation Fellow of the recently established Australian Academy of Law and well known to the local profession through his service for the past five years on the Legal Practitioners’ Education and Admission Council chaired by the Chief Justice.

• Criminal Law
• Public Law
• Legal Theory

Law Society of South Australia

The Law Foundation

Fellow, Australian Academy of Law

Council of Australian Law Deans

1975 Bachelor of Arts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (Philosophy and Pure Mathematics)

1978 Bachelor of Laws with Honours, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1980 Master of Laws, Australian National University

• Legal Education
• Human rights
• Criminal Law
• Constitutional law

Books

Criminal Defences, Butterworths, 2005, 4 ed, with S Yeo

Criminal Defences, Butterworths, 1996, 3 ed, with D O’Connor

Criminal Defences, Butterworths, 1988, 2 ed, with D O'Connor

Criminal Defences, Butterworths, 1984, with D O’Connor

Chapters in Books

“The Reform of the Criminal Law”, in Chappell & Wilson, Crime and the Criminal Justice System in Australia: 2000 and Beyond

“Excessive Self-Defence in Australia, Change for the Worse?” in Yeo, Partial Excuses to Murder, Federation Press, Sydney, 1990, at 178.

Articles in refereed journals

Editorial, Forensic Procedures in South Australia, (2006) 30 Criminal Law Journal

"Reflections on Necessity as a Justification for Torture" (2004) 11 James Cook University Law Review 21-35.

Asylum-seekers and People Smuggling – From St Louis to the Tampa (2001) 8 James Cook University Law Review 18-25

Gregory Wayne Kable v The Director of Public Prosecutions for New South Wales – The Power to Legislate for One [1995] High Court Review http://www.bond.edu.au/law/hcr/articles/104rees.htm

Unravelling the Golden Thread - Woolmington in the High Court of Australia (1993) 5 Bond Law Review 229 - 244.

Violent Offenders and Community Protection in Victoria - The Gary David Experience (1993) 17 Criminal Law Journal 40 - 54.

Voluntariness, Automatism and Insanity: Reflections on Falconer (1993) 17 Criminal Law Journal 81 - 96

Trial without Counsel: Dietrich v The Queen, (1992) 4 Bond University Law Review 235 - 241.

Excessive Self-Defence, essay in Yeo, Partial Excuses to Murder, 1991 (Legal Books, 1991) 178 - 193

"Peace, Order and Good Government": Limitations on the Powers of the New South Wales Parliament (1988) 26 Law Society Journal 38 - 45.

The Demise of Excessive Self-Defence Manslaughter in Australia: A Final Obituary (1988) 12 Criminal Law Journal 28 - 48.

Post Stress Syndrome, Automatism and Vietnam Veterans: A Plea for Understanding [1987] December Australian Current Law, article no. 20, 36081 - 36084.

Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) and the Insanity Defence (with PW Johnston) (1987) 11 Criminal Law Journal 78 - 95.

He Kaw The in the High Court: Drug Trafficker's Charter? (1986) 10 Criminal Law Journal 139 - 153.

The Preliminary Examination of Indictable Offences in New South Wales (1986) 10 Criminal Law Journal 24 - 31.

Judicial Review of Committal Hearings (1986) 10 Criminal Law Journal 63 - 75.

The Law of Committals [1985] AULSA Report 438

Criminal Compensation under the Crimes Act, 1900 (NSW) (1985) 9 Criminal Law Journal 98 - 108.

The Objective Element in Provocation (1983) 7 Criminal Law Journal 142- 147

Provocation, Attempted Murder and Wounding with Intent to Murder (1983) 7 Criminal Law Journal 44 - 47.

Automatism (1981) 5 Criminal Law Journal 335 - 348.

Irresistible Impulse, Automatism and Mental Disease (1981) 3 Criminal Law Journal 136 - 155.

Majewski Banished (1980) 4 Criminal Law Journal 264 - 275.

Majewski in Retreat (1979) 3 Criminal Law Journal 211 - 219.

Articles in non-refereed journals

“Judicial Activism and the Rule of Law” (2003) 25 Law Society of South Australia 32

Laws of Australia project

Criminal Offences, Volume 10 (1996 - 1997)

Business Organisations, Volume 4.2 (1994)

Criminal Law Principles, Volume 9 (1993)