Jeremy Gans

Professor Jeremy Gans is a Professor in Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, where he researches and teaches across all aspects of the criminal justice system. He holds higher degrees in both law and criminology. His early research examined fact-finding in sexual assault trials, which was the subject of his doctoral thesis and a number of published articles, and criminal investigation, particularly the technique of DNA identification. Gans is the author of the leading criminal law treatise Modern Criminal Law of Australia, published by Cambridge University Press in 2012 with a second edition in 2016. He is also a co-author of key texts on evidence law, including Uniform Evidence (Oxford University Press, multiple editions with Andrew Palmer and Andrew Roberts, latest fourth edition) and on criminal process rights, Criminal Process and Human Rights (Federation Press, 2011, with Terese Henning, Jill Hunter, and Kate Warner). More recently, he has authored accessible books on intriguing legal cases, such as The Ouija Board Jurors (2020), exploring juror misconduct, and Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law (La Trobe University Press, 2021, with Katy Barnett).

In 2007, Gans served as Human Rights Adviser to the Victorian Parliament's Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee. He was admitted as an Australian lawyer in 2005 and elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2010. In 2013, he received a National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, awarded jointly with Andrew Palmer for their innovative approaches in teaching evidence law. Gans engages in public debate on criminal justice issues, maintaining a commentary on Victoria's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and authoring the blog Opinions on High, which provides detailed analysis of High Court of Australia cases. His scholarship has influenced legal education, practice, and policy in Australia, particularly in evidence, criminal procedure, and human rights within the criminal justice framework.

Professional Email: jeremy.gans@unimelb.edu.au