By Associate Professor Mehera San Roque

Books

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M; Cockburn H, 2021, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M, 2015, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262

Hunter JB; Steel Z; Pearson LM; Silove DM; San Roque M; Frommer N; Redman R, 2010, Tales of the Unexpected & Refugee Status Decision-Making: Managing and Understanding Psychological Issues Among Refugee Applicants, Faculty of Law and Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Book Chapters

Henderson E; Killean R; San Roque M, 2025, 'Evidence Law and Climate Litigation in Australia', in Becoming a climate conscious lawyer: Climate change and the Australian legal system, La Trobe University, http://dx.doi.org/10.26826/1022.14

Napier J; Russell D; Hale S; Spencer D; San Roque M, 2022, 'Training legal interpreters to work with deaf jurors', in Roy C (ed.), Legal Interpreting Teaching, Research, and Practice, Gallaudet University Press, Washington D.C., pp. 246 - 281, https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/legal-interpreting.html

San Roque M; Skanlon A; Beaudry J, 2020, 'An Interdisciplinary and Cross-national Analysis of Legal Safeguards for Eyewitness Evidence', in Miller MK; Bornstein BH (ed.), Advances in Psychology and Law. Advances in Psychology and Law, vol 5, Springer, pp. 137 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54678-6_5

Edmond G; Kemp R; Porter G; Hamer D; Burton M; Biber K; San Roque M, 2017, 'Atkins v The Emperor, the ‘cautious’ use of unreliable ‘expert’ opinion', in Expert Evidence and Scientific Proof in Criminal Trials, Taylor & Francis, pp. 303 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315094205-10

San Roque M, 2017, 'Updating Beliefs: Rethinking the Regulation of Identification Evidence Under the UEL', in Critical Perspectives on the Uniform Evidence Law, Federation Press, Sydney

San Roque M, 2015, 'Identification Evidence', in The Trial Principles, Process and Evidence, pp. 604 - 661

Roque MS, 2014, 'Locating Consent in Similar Fact Cases', in Australian Feminist Judgments, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 291 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474201292.ch-018

San Roque M, 2014, 'Locating Consent in Similar- Fact Cases: Commentary on Phillips v R', in Douglas H; Hunter R; Luker T; Bartlett F (ed.), Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Re-writing Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 291 - 295, http://www.hartpub.co.uk/Search.aspx?Type=2&Text=Australian%20Feminist%20Judgments

Journal articles

San Roque M; Cunliffe E, 2026, 'On inertia, injustice and the need for reform: introduction to a special issue on implications of the Folbigg case for the Australian criminal legal system', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 38, pp. 195 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2026.2645866

Akand E; Fan Y; Wobcke W; Sisson SA; Roque MS, 2025, 'Diversity on the bench: An analysis of gendered biases in the language of Australian Family Law Court judgments', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331841

Cunliffe E; Vinuesa CG; Rego R; San Roque M; Edmond G; Gans J; Sato M; Burridge K; Cordner S, 2025, 'AAFS (Victorian branch) Symposium: Science and Medicine in the Courts—Learning from the wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57, pp. 272 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2024.2419106

Edmond G; Chin JM; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2023, 'A WARNING ABOUT JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND WARNINGS', Adelaide Law Review, 44, pp. 194 - 245

Ritchie KL; Cartledge C; Growns B; Yan A; Wang Y; Guo K; Kramer RSS; Edmond G; Martire KA; Roque MS; White D; San Roque M, 2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', Plos One, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241

San Roque M, 2021, 'Special Issue: Genealogies of Indefinite Detention', Social and Legal Studies, 30, pp. 3 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0964663920963394

Edmond G; White D; Towler A; San Roque M; Kemp R, 2021, 'FACIAL RECOGNITION AND IMAGE COMPARISON EVIDENCE: IDENTIFICATION BY INVESTIGATORS, FAMILIARS, EXPERTS, SUPER RECOGNISERS AND ALGORITHMS', Melbourne University Law Review, 45, pp. 99 - 160, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4074254/03-Edmond-et-al-99.pdf

Parker J; Ramshaw S; San Roque M, 2020, 'Contents & Introduction, Law Text Culture, volume 24', Law Text Culture, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/ltc.720

Parker J; Ramshaw S; San Roque M, 2020, 'Introduction: Sounding Justice in Pandemic Times', LAW TEXT CULTURE, 24, pp. 1 - 8

Edmond G; Cunliffe E; Martire K; San Roque M, 2019, 'Forensic Science Evidence and the Limits of Cross-Examination', Melbourne University Law Review, 42, pp. 858 - 920, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/3256077/05-Edmond-et-al.pdf

Napier J; Spencer D; Hale S; Roque MS; Shearim G; Russell D; San Roque M, 2018, 'Changing the international justice landscape: Perspectives on deaf citizenship and jury service', Sign Language Studies, 19, pp. 240 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sls.2018.0034

Hale SB; San Roque M; Spencer D; Napier J, 2017, 'Deaf citizens as jurors in Australian courts: participating via professional interpreters', International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 24, pp. 151 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.32896

Spencer D; San Roque M; Napier J; Hale SB, 2017, 'Justice is blind as long as it isn’t deaf: excluding deaf people from jury duty – an Australian human rights breach', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 23, pp. 332 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2017.1392479

Edmond G; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2017, 'Expert reports and the forensic sciences', UNSW Law Journal, 40, pp. 590 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/ipwz9949

Edmond G; Found B; Martire K; Ballantyne K; Hamer D; Searston R; Thompson M; Cunliffe E; Kemp R; San Roque M; Tangen J; Dioso-Villa R; Ligertwood A; Hibbert D; White D; Ribeiro G; Porter G; Towler A; Roberts A; Hibbert B, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969

Stockdale M; Smith E; San Roque M, 2016, 'Bad Character Evidence in The Criminal Trial: the English Statutory/Common law Dichotomy--Anglo-Australian Perspectives', Journal of International and Comparative Law, 3, pp. 441 - 471

Edmond G; Roque MS, 2014, 'Honeysett v The Queen: Forensic Science, 'Specialised Knowledge' and the Uniform Evidence Law', SYDNEY LAW REVIEW, 36, pp. 323 - 344

Edmond G; san roque ; Hamer D; Ligertwood A, 2014, 'Christie, section 137 and forensic science evidence (after Dupas v The Queen and R v XY)', Monash University Law Review, 40, pp. 389 - 412

Edmond G; San Roque M, 2014, 'Honeysett v The Queen: Forensic Science, ‘Specialised Knowledge’ and the Uniform Evidence Law', The Sydney Law Review, 36, pp. 323 - 344, http://sydney.edu.au/law/slr/slr_36/slr36_2/SLRv36n2EdmondSanRoque.pdf

Edmond G; Martire KA; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Hibbert B; Ligertwood A; Porter G; San Roque M; Searston R; Tangen J; Thompson M; White D, 2014, 'How to cross-examine forensic scientists: A guide for lawyers', Australian Bar Review, 39, pp. 174 - 197, http://mbthompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Edmond-HowToCross-ExamineForensicScientists.pdf

Hunter JB; Pearson L; San Roque M, 2014, 'Mental health expertise in refugee status decision-making: judging or caring?', International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 18, pp. 310 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2014.18.4.462

Smith GJD; San Roque M; Westcott H; Marks P, 2013, 'Surveillance texts and textualism: Truthtelling and trustmaking in an uncertain world', Surveillance and Society, 11, pp. 215 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v11i3.5079

San Roque M, 2013, '‘A woman like you’: gender, uncertainty and expert opinion evidence in the contemporary criminal trial (Review Essay: Emma Cunliffe, Murder Medicine and Motherhood, Hart Publishing 2011)', feminists@law, 3

Hunter JB; Tay K; Frommer N; Silove D; Pearson L; San Roque M; Redman R; Bryant R; Manicavasagar V; Steel Z, 2013, 'A mixed method study of expert psychological evidence submitted for a cohort of asylum seekers undergoing refuggee status determination in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 98, pp. 106 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.029

Hunter J; Pearson L; San Roque M; Steel Z, 2013, 'Asylum adjudication, mental health and credibility evaluation', Federal Law Review, 41, pp. 471 - 495, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=162042134667173;res=IELHSS

Hunter J; Pearson L; San Roque M; Steel Z, 2013, 'Asylum Adjudication, Mental Health and Credibility Evaluation*', Federal Law Review, 41, pp. 471 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205x1304100304

Edmond G; San Roque M; Cole S; Kemp R; Martire KA; Porter G; Tangen J, 2013, 'Justicia's Gaze: Surveillance, evidence and the criminal trial', Surveillance and Society, 11, pp. 252 - 271

Edmond G; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2011, ''Mere guesswork': Cross-lingual voice comparisons and the jury', Sydney Law Review, 33, pp. 395 - 425, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=532339284270660;res=IELHSS

Edmond G; San Roque M; Kristy M, 2011, 'Unsound law: Issues with ("expert") voice comparison evidence', Melbourne University Law Review, 35, pp. 52 - 112, http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=LT&userGroupName=unsw&tabID=T002&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=2&contentSet=GALE%7CA276808495&&docId=GALE%7CA276808495&docType=GALE&role=

Edmond G; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Burton M; Biber ; San Roque M, 2010, 'Atkins v The Emperor: The “Cautious” use of Unreliable “Expert” Opinion', International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 14, pp. 146 - 165, http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/staff/EdmondG/docs/atkins_vs_emperor.pdf

Vines PE; San Roque M; Rumble E, 2010, 'Is "nervous shock" still a feminist issue? The duty of care and psychiatric injury in Australia', Tort Law Review, 18, pp. 9 - 32, http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/files/2010/10/j19_v018_TORTLREV_pt01_vines_sanroque_rumble.pdf

Edmond G; San Roque M, 2009, 'Quasi-justice: Ad hoc expertise and identification evidence', Criminal Law Journal, 33, pp. 8 - 33

Biber K; San Roque M, 2006, 'The trouble with pictures', Law Text Culture, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/ltc.613

San Roque M; Bilber K, 2006, 'The trouble with pictures: law and visual culture', Law Text Culture, 10, pp. 1 - 4

Redman R; San Roque M; Hunter JB; Hambley TW; Martin H, 2006, 'Three tales of asylum: trauma, credibility and expert evidence', Human Rights Defender, 15, pp. 17 - 19

Brennan S; Healey DJ; Hunter JB; Johnson D; San Roque M; Wolff LT, 2005, 'Indigenous Legal Education at UNSW: A Work-In-Progress', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 26 - 29

San Roque M, 1999, 'Popular trials/criminal fictions/celebrity feminism and the Bernardo/Homolka Case', Australian Feminist Law Journal, 13, pp. 38 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13200968.1999.11077310

San Roque M, 1997, 'Law without tears. Diane Kirkby (ed), Sex power and justice: historical perspectives on law in Australia', Law Text Culture, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/ltc.845

Conference Papers

Napier J; Russell D; Hale S; Spencer D; San Roque M, 2018, 'Evidence-based training for legal interpreters to work with deaf jurors', in Winston B; Monikowski C; Lee RG (eds.), Reaching New Heights in Interpreter Education: Mentoring,, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, pp. 256 - 275, presented at 2018 Conference of Interpreter Trainers, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 31 October 2018 - 03 November 2018, https://www.cit-asl.org/new/past-conferences/proceedings/2018-proceedings/

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