Professor Ian Freckelton

Research Interests

Administration of Criminal Justice
Administrative Law and Regulation
Advocacy and Trial Practice
Australian Legal System
Bioethics
Constitutional Law
Contempt of Court
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure/Criminal Justice
Criminology
Evidence
Forensic Studies
Freedom of Information
Judicial Administration
Judiciary
Legal Ethics
Legal History
Legal Profession and Practice
Medical Law
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Mental Health Law
Privilege
Psychology and Law
Punishment/Sentencing
Regulatory Theory
Torts
Wills and Administration of Estates

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Doctoral:

Criminal profiling before the courts.

Editorial Boards

Journal of Law and Medicine (Founding Editor)
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Founding Editor-in-Chief)
Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences
New Zealand Family Law Journal

Grants and Commissions

2009-2011 Australian Research Council Linkage Project (with Dr Jacqueline Horan, Associate Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty and Professor M Israel) entitled 'Australian Jurors' Perspectives on Expert Evidence'

Publications

2011

Books

B Bennett and I Freckelton, Cases and Materials in Health Law (Federation Press, Sydney, forthcoming, 2011)

I Freckelton and B Bennett, Disciplining and Regulating Health Practitioners (Federation Press, Sydney, forthcoming, 2011)

I Freckelton, Scholarly Misconduct and the Law (Federation Press, Sydney, forthcoming, 2011)

Edited Works

I Freckelton and J Malbon, Rights and Freedoms in Australia, (Federation Press, Sydney, 2011, forthcoming).

Chapters

Medical Law

I Freckelton, "The Preventive Detention of Insanity Acquitees: A Case Study from Victoria" in B McSherry and P Keyzer (ed), Dangerous People: Policy, Prediction and Practice, Elsevier, London, 2011

I Freckelton, "Expert Evidence and Healthcare Professionals" in J Gall and J Payne-James(ed), Current Practice in Forensic Medicine (Wiley-BlackwellOxford, 2011) [ISBN 978 - 0 -470-9735 -8].

I Freckelton, "Whiplash and the Law" in M Sterling and J Kenardy (ed), Whiplash: Evidence Base for Clinical Practice (Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Sydney, 2011) [ISBN 9780729539463]

I Freckelton, "Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Law" in A Lazenica (ed), Autism (Intech Press, Zagreb, 2011, forthcoming) [ISBN 978-953-307-494-8]

Tort Law

I Freckelton, "Expert Evidence in Causation Cases" in R Goldberg, Perspectives on Causation (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2011, in press)

I Freckelton, "Causality and the Law" (2011) in K Boff and P Sanderson (ed), Causality (in press)

Articles

Evidence Law

I Freckelton, "Abolition of Immunity for Expert Witnesses: Issues for Australian Doctors" (2011) Anaesthetic Life / Surgical Life / Physician Life / Psychiatry Life (in press)

Medicine and the Law

T McEwan and I Freckelton, "Assessment, Treatment and Prosecution of Arson: An Overview" (2011) 19 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

I Freckelton and G Mendelson, "Psychiatric Disorders and Referral Obligations" (June 2011) 194(12) Medical Journal of Australia

I Freckelton, "Patients' Decisions to Die: The Emerging Australian Jurisprudence" (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine 427

I Freckelton, "Psychotherapy, Suicide and Foreseeable Risks of Decompensation by the Vulnerable" (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine 467

I Freckelton, "Asperger's Disorder and the Criminal Law" (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine 677

Ethics and Regulation

I Freckelton, "Unscientific and Health Practice: Legal Ramifications" (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine 645

Tort and Compensation Law

I Freckelton, "Mental Harm Claims Against Emergency Services Organisations: An Important Australian Development" (2011) 18 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Criminal Law and Procedure

I Freckelton and M Karaggiannakis, "Fitness to Stand Trial under International Criminal Law" (2011, forthcoming)

Civil Liberties and Human Rights

I Freckelton,"Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Prisoners with mental Illnesses: From Oates to Plata" (2011) 19 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Monographs

• Journal of Law and Medicine (editor: 1993 -)(published by LBC/Thomson)
• Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (editor-in-chief: 1993 -) (Published by Australian Academic Press, 1993-2007; Routledge, 2008-
• Behavioral Sciences and the Law (international editor: 1999-2004 )
• The Bar Review (Editor, 2010 - )

Looseleaf Services

I Freckelton and H Selby, Expert Evidence, (co-editor and author) 6 volume looseleaf service, updated 4 monthly, LBC, Sydney, 1993- (launched by Dawson J: Melbourne and Gleeson CJ: Sydney) http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/catalogue/ProductDetails.asp?id=8205

I Freckelton (editor and author), Victorian Criminal Law, Investigation and Procedure (general editor), 5 volume looseleaf service updated regularly, LBC, Sydney, 2000- (Launched by Eames J: Melbourne): http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/catalogue/ProductDetails.asp?id=852

I Freckelton (ed), Criminal Procedure (editor), Volume 11, 2 vols, Laws of Australia (LBC, Sydney, 1996-).

I Freckelton (ed) Sentencing (editor), Volume 12, Laws of Australia (LBC, Sydney, 1996-).

Book Reviews

The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States (Yanney) (2011) 17 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Remorse (Proeve and Tudor) (2011) 18 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

The Panic Virus: Fear, Myth and the Vaccination Debate (Mnookin) (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine 851

Forensic Investigator (McKay) (2011) Australian Journal of Forensic Science 

Selected list of publications, including those prior to 2011