By Professor Luke McNamara

Books

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, Reforming Rape Trials: The Impact of Law Reform on Criminal Trials in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.001.0001

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Steel A; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Schwartz M; Anthony T; Loughnan A, 2020, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760021795

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Steel A; Schwartz M, 2015, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of NSW, Federation Press

McNamara L, 2007, Human rights controversies: The impact of legal form, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203945148

Brown D; Farrier D; Egger S; McNamara L; Steel A, 2006, 1 86287 596 0 Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process in New South Wales 4th edn, The Federation Press, Sydney

Book Chapters

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Conclusion', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 236 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0010

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Cross-Examination', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 143 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0007

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Framing the Crown Case', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 118 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0006

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Intoxication Evidence', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 169 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0008

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Introduction', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0001

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Judicial Influences on Rape Trials', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 205 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0009

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Special Measures for Rape Trials', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 94 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0005

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'The Australian Rape Law Reform Project Since the 1970s', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 38 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0003

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Theorizing the Problems with Rape Law and Trials', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 18 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0002

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Windows to Rape Trial Practice', in Reforming Rape Trials, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 75 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198948155.003.0004

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'The impact of statutory reform on sexual offence trials', in Researching Rape Trials, Taylor & Francis, pp. 165 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003613015-13

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'Research design for transcript analysis research into sexual offence trials', in Researching Rape Trials Methods Ethics and Empirical Perspectives, pp. 68 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003613015-6

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, 'The impact of statutory reform on sexual offence trials: Insights from transcript analysis research in Australia', in Researching Rape Trials Methods Ethics and Empirical Perspectives, pp. 165 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003613015-13

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2023, 'Complainant Intoxication Evidence and Proof of Non-Consent in Australian Rape Trials: Insights from Appellate Court Decisions 1', in New Directions in Sexual Violence Scholarship Law Power and Change, pp. 173 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003379331-13

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2020, 'New South Wales: Insights into Influencing the Shape of Criminal Law Making', in Debeljak J; Grenfell L (ed.), Law making and human rights: executive and parliamentary scrutiny across Australian jurisdictions, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/law-making-and-human-rights/productdetail/127563#table-contents

McNamara L, 2015, 'Criminalisation Research in Australia: Building a foundation for normative theorising and principled law reform', in Crofts T; Loughnan A (ed.), Criminalisation and Criminal Responsibility in Australia, Oxford University Press, pp. 33 - 51

Gelber K ; McNamara L, 2015, 'The impact of section 18C and other civil anti-vilification laws in Australia', in Australian Human Rights Commission (ed.), Perspectives on the Racial Discrimination Act: papers from the 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act Conference, Australian Human Rights Commission

McNamara L, 2013, ''Legal Form' and the Purchase of Human Rights Discourse in Domestic Policy-making: The Achievement of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada', in Verschraegen G; Madsen M (ed.), Making Human Rights Intelligible: Towards a Sociology of Human Rights, Hart Publishing, pp. 247 - 265

Edited Books

Brown D; McNamara L; Steel A; Quilter J; Schwartz M; Anthony T; Loughnan A; Gibbon H; Sentas V; Methven E; Williams L, 2025, Criminal Laws; Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales

Journal articles

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2026, '‘Perfecting’ the criminal law definition of sexual consent: 50 years of statutory reform in Australia', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2026.2645250

Hogg R; Crawford L; McNamara L; Quilter J; Brown D; Loughnan A; Farmer L, 2026, 'Post-sentence supervision orders in Australia: An instrument of perpetual re-criminalisation', Punishment and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14624745261477111

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M; Bowles G, 2026, 'Text messages and social media posts as evidence in rape trials: A new entry point for rape myths?', Crime Media Culture, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17416590261429130

Hogg R; McNamara L, 2026, 'Obituary: David Brown', Critical Criminology, 34, pp. 413 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10612-026-09893-0

Walsh T; Anthony T; Beilby J; McNamara L; Quilter J, 2025, '‘Back Off! Stop Making US Illegal!’: The Criminalisation of Homelessness in Australia', Social and Legal Studies, 34, pp. 67 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09646639241244953

Anthony T; Walsh T; McNamara L; Quilter J, 2024, 'Hyper-policing the Homeless: Lived Experience and the Perilof Benevolent and Malevolent Policing', Critical Criminology, 32, pp. 609 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10612-024-09775-3

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2024, 'Jury directions in sexual offence trials', Judicial Officers' Bulletin, 36, pp. 65 - 65

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M; Croskery-Hewitt S, 2023, 'INTOXICATION EVIDENCE IN RAPE TRIALS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 46, pp. 579 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/XZQJ2471

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M, 2023, 'Differences in accounts and the ‘lying’ complainant: A qualitative study of rape trials from Victoria, Australia', International Journal of Law Crime and Justice, 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2023.100593

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M, 2023, 'The most persistent rape myth? A qualitative study of ‘delay’ in complaint in Victorian rape trials', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 35, pp. 4 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2022.2090089

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2023, 'Experience of Complainants of Adult Sexual Offences in the District Court of NSW: A Trial Transcript Analysis', Crime and Justice Bulletin, 259

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M, 2022, 'New Jury Directions for Sexual Offence Trials in New South Wales: The Importance of Timing', CRIMINAL LAW JOURNAL, 46, pp. 138 - 150, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000860746300003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Quilter J; McNamara L; Porter M, 2022, 'THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF COMPLAINANT INTOXICATION EVIDENCE IN RAPE TRIALS: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS', Adelaide Law Review, 43, pp. 606 - 640

Perkins D; Brophy H; McGregor IS; O'Brien P; Quilter J; McNamara L; Sarris J; Stevenson M; Gleeson P; Sinclair J; Dietze P, 2021, 'Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103307

McNamara L; Quilter J; Hogg R; Loughnan A; Douglas H; Brown D; Farmer L, 2021, 'Understanding processes of criminalisation: Insights from an Australian study of criminal law-making', Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21, pp. 387 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748895819868519

Quilter J; McNamara L; Walsh T; Anthony T, 2020, 'Homelessness and Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Insights from Magistrates in Australia', Journal of Judicial Administration, 30, pp. 64 - 80, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?&src=search&docguid=Ife9f9f1549ee11eba9c5a55edf1410c8&epos=1&snippets=true&fcwh=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1&nstid=std-anz-highlight&nsds=AUNZ_JOURNALS&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&context=7&extLink=false&searchFromLinkHome=true

McNamara L; Quilter J; Walsh T; Anthony T, 2020, 'Homelessness and contact with the criminal justice system: Insights from specialist lawyers and allied professionals in Australia', International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy, 9, pp. 111 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/IJCJSD.1742

Monds L; Quilter J; van Golde C; McNamara L, 2019, 'Police as Experts in the Detection of Alcohol and Other Drug Intoxication: A Review of the Scientific Evidence within the Australian Legal Context', University of Queensland Law Journal, 38, pp. 367 - 388, https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/qland38&div=20&id=&page=

Trollip H; McNamara L; Gibbon H, 2019, 'The factors associated with the policing of offensive language: a qualitative study of three Sydney Local Area Commands', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31, pp. 493 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1639591

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2019, 'Criminalising protest through the expansion of police ‘move-on’ powers: A case study from Australia', International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 58, pp. 22 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.07.001

Walsh T; McNamara L; Quilter J; Anthony T, 2019, 'National Study on the Criminalisation of Poverty and Homelessness', Parity, 32, pp. 25 - 27, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=686258036256092;res=IELHSS

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2018, 'The meaning of ‘‘intoxication’’ in Australian criminal cases: Origins and operation', New Criminal Law Review, 21, pp. 170 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2018.21.1.170

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2018, 'High court constitutional challenges to criminal law and procedure legislation in Australia', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 41, pp. 1047 - 1082

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2018, 'Guest editors’ introduction special edition: Hidden criminalisation—punitiveness at the edges', International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy, 7, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i3.559

McNamara L; Quilter J; Hogg R; Douglas H; Loughnan A; Brown D, 2018, 'Theorising Criminalisation: The Value of a Modalities Approach', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 7, pp. 91 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i3.511

Quilter J; McNamara L; Seear K; Room R, 2018, 'The significance of 'intoxication' in Australian criminal law', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 16, https://aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi546

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