Andrew Dyer

Associate Professor Andrew Dyer joined Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne as an Associate Professor in July 2024, following over a decade as academic staff at the University of Sydney Law School, where he served as Colin Phegan Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology. He holds a doctorate from the University of Sydney, with his thesis titled 'Can Charters of Rights Limit Penal Populism? Irreducible Life Sentences, Craig Minogue and the Capacity of Human Rights Charters to Protect Against Harsh Criminal Laws.' His research focuses on criminal law doctrine and theory, human rights law, and the interplay between criminal law and human rights protections. Specific areas include sexual offence law reform in Australia and internationally, the law of criminal complicity, the partial defence of extreme provocation, and constitutional challenges to preventive detention schemes and harshly punitive sentencing laws. He explores the proper limits of state power to promote fair criminal law rules and justice procedures.

Andrew Dyer has published extensively in prestigious journals such as the Common Law World Review, Criminal Law Review, Human Rights Law Review, Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Melbourne University Law Review, Sydney Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, Monash University Law Review, Public Law Review, and Criminal Law Journal. Key publications include 'Criminal law reform and the progressives—the case of provocation' (2022), 'Parties' Liability at Common Law in Australia: How to Clean Up a Mess' (2024), 'Progressive Punitiveness in Queensland' (2020), 'The Problem of Media Entrapment' (2015), and a book chapter on 'Life Imprisonment without Parole.' His work has influenced legal discourse, with citations by High Court of Australia justices, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, and law reform commissions in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia. He has provided written and oral submissions to Australian law reform commissions, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, and state and federal parliamentary committees, primarily on sexual offence and anti-terrorism laws.

Professional Email: andrew.dyer@unimelb.edu.au