Jeremy Gans

Jeremy Gans is an Australian author and academic. He is currently Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School.^[1]

His expertise is in the criminal justice system, and has particular expertise on the law of evidence, the jury system,^[2] human rights, as well as animal law.^[3]

Early life and education

Jeremy completed his tertiary studies at the Australian National University, obtaining both an LLB and a BSc in theoretical physics. 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, and a PhD at University of New South Wales. His thesis focused upon the issue of standard of proof in child sexual abuse trials.^[4]

Academic career

In 2016 Jeremy served as a human rights advisor for the Victorian Parliament.^[4]

In addition to his formal academic writing, he is a semi-regular contributor to the Australian culture magazine Inside Story and The Conversation.^[5][6]

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,^[7] George Pell, and the 'Lawyer X' affair.^[8][9][10]

Personal life

He is the brother of Joshua Gans, an economics professor at the University of Toronto.^[11]

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, 2019)