By Professor Luke McNamara

Journal articles

Richards J; McNamara L, 2018, 'Just Attribution of Criminal Liability: Consideration of Extended Joint Criminal Enterprise Post-Miller', Criminal Law Journal, 42, pp. 372-386 - 372-386, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?&src=search&docguid=I35f5da67225511e989f6e235e4e6e731&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=20&extLink=false&searchFromLinkHome=true

McNamara L; Quilter J; Seear K; Room R, 2017, 'Evidence of Intoxication in Australian Criminal Courts: A Complex Variable with Multiple Effects', Monash University Law Review, 43, pp. 148 - 194

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2017, 'Zero tolerance drug driving laws in Australia: A gap between rationale and form?', International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy, 6, pp. 47 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v6i3.416

Gelber K; McNamara L; Gelber K, 2016, 'Evidencing the harms of hate speech', Social Identities, 22, pp. 324 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2015.1128810

Gelber K; McNamara L, 2016, 'Anti-vilification Laws and Public Racism in Australia: mapping the gaps between the harms occasioned and the remedies provided', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39, pp. 488 - 511

Quilter J; McNamara L; Seear K; Room R, 2016, 'Criminal Law and the Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs: a National Study of the Significance of 'Intoxication' in Australian Legislation', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39, pp. 913 - 949, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/393-1.pdf

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2016, 'Street Music and the Law in Australia Busker Perspectives on the Impact of Local Council Rules and Regulations', Journal of Musicological Research, 35, pp. 113 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411896.2016.1161477

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2016, 'The “Bikie Effect” and other Forms of Demonisation: the Origins and Effects of Hyper-criminalisation', Law in Context, 34, pp. 5 - 35

Quilter J; McNamara L; Seear K; Room R, 2016, 'The Definition and Significance of 'Intoxication' in Australian Criminal Law: A Case Study of Queensland's 'Safe Night Out' Legislation', QUT Law Review, 16, pp. 42 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/qutlr.v16i2.654

Gelber K; Mcnamara L, 2015, 'The Effects of Civil Hate Speech Laws: Lessons from Australia', Law and Society Review, 49, pp. 631 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12152

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2015, ''Long may the buskers carry on busking': Street music and the law in Melbourne and Sydney', Melbourne University Law Review, 39, pp. 539 - 591

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2015, 'Institutional Influences on the Parameters of Criminalisation: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Criminal Law Bills in New South Wales', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 27, pp. 21 - 40

McNamara L; Quilter J , 2015, 'Public Intoxication in NSW: The Contours of Criminalisation', The Sydney Law Review, 37, pp. 1 - 35

McNamara L, 2014, 'A Judicial contribution to over-criminalisation?: Extended joint criminal enterprise liability for murder', Criminal Law Journal, 38, pp. 104 - 117, http://websearch.aic.gov.au/firstaicPublic/fullRecord.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=296374

Gelber K; McNamara L, 2014, 'Changes in the expression of prejudice in public discourse in Australia: assessing the impact of hate speech laws on letters to the editor 1992-2010', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 20, pp. 99 - 128

Gelber K ; McNamara L, 2014, 'Private Litigation to address a public wrong: a study of Australia's regulatory response to 'hate speech'', Civil Justice Quarterly, 33, pp. 307 - 334

McNamara L; Quilter J , 2014, 'Turning the Spotlight on 'Offensiveness' as a Basis for Criminal Liability', Alternative Law Journal, 39, pp. 36 - 39

Gelber K; McNamara L, 2013, 'Freedom of speech and racial vilification in Australia: 'The Bolt case' in public discourse', Australian Journal of Political Science, 48, pp. 470 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2013.842540

Durbach A; McNamara L; Rix M; Rice S, 2013, 'Public Interest Litigation: Making the Case in Australia', Alternative Law Journal, 38, pp. 219 - 223, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/alterlj&collection=journals

McNamara L; Quilter J, 2013, 'Time to define ‘the cornerstone of public order legislation’: the elements of offensive conduct and language under the summary offences act 1988 (NSW)', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36, pp. 534 - 562, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/

Arzey S; Mcnamara L, 2011, 'Invoking international human rights law in a "rights-free zone": Indigenous justice campaigns in Australia', Human Rights Quarterly, 33, pp. 733 - 766, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2011.0036

McNamara L, 1994, 'Criminalising Racial Hatred: Learning from the Canadian Experience', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 1, pp. 198 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.1994.11910911

Reports

Buxton-Namisnyk E; Carey L; Gibson A; Matthews I; Gray C; McNamara L; Williams L, 2026, Submission to the Review of the NSW Coercive Control Law

McNamara L; & Others , 2026, Submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion

McNamara L, 2026, Submission to ACT Government Hate Crimes and Vilification Review

Gelber K; McNamara L, 2026, Submission to Inquiry into the Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Bill 2026, Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee, Queensland Parliament

McNamara L, 2026, Who Will Bear the Brunt of Labor’s Hate Speech Laws? The Government Has Failed to Give a Clear Answer, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/23/who-will-bear-the-brunt-of-labors-hate-speech-laws-the-government-has-failed-to-give-a-clear-answer-ntwnfb

McNamara L, 2026, Criminalising racist hatred is a big step, but it will neither end free speech nor ‘fix’ racism in Australia, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/criminalising-racist-hatred-is-a-big-step-but-it-will-neither-end-free-speech-nor-fix-racism-in-australia-273462

Gelber K; McNamara L, 2026, Submission to Inquiry into Measures to Prohibit Slogans that Incite Hatred, NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety Parliament of NSW

Hagger M; Giannacopoulos M; Keeley M; McNamara L; Peleg N; Tait M, 2024, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2024, Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission, ‘Justice Responses to Sexual Violence – Draft Proposals’

McNamara L, 2024, Does the Albanese government's new “hate speech” law give us what we need?, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/does-the-albanese-governments-proposed-hate-speech-law-give-us-what-we-need-232384

McNamara L, 2024, Law and Order in Australia Has a Blind Spot: Human Rights, The Diplomat

McNamara L; others W, 2024, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/AntisemitismBill/Submissions

Quilter J; McNamara L; Methven E; Bowles G, 2024, Why NSW has a fines problem: COVID kids report, https://lsj.com.au/articles/why-nsw-has-a-fines-problem-covid-kids-report/

McNamara L, 2024, Gaza sit-in reactions show limits of right to protest, https://360info.org/gaza-sit-in-reactions-show-limits-of-right-to-protest/

Quilter J; McNamara L; Methven E; Bowles G, 2024, Children and COVID-19 Fines in NSW: Impacts and Lessons for the Future Use of Penalty Notices

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2024, Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission: Justice Responses to Sexual Violence

McNamara L; Quilter J; Loughnan A; Hogg R; Brown D; Farmer L, 2024, Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission Review of Serious Road Crime

Gibbon H; McNamara L; Quilter J; Sentas V; Williams L, 2024, Submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (NSW): Bail compliance checks in NSW, Centre for Criminology, Law and Justice

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2023, Submission to UK Law Commission: Evidence in Sexual Offences Prosecutions

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2023, Sexual offence trials have improved, but there is more to be done: new research, https://theconversation.com/sexual-offence-trials-have-improved-but-there-is-more-to-be-done-new-research-211895

Quilter J; McNamara L, 2023, Submission to Commonwealth Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee: Current and proposed sexual consent laws in Australia

Carter A; McNamara L, 2022, Explainer: the reform of sexual consent laws in NSW, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/explainer-reform-sexual-consent-laws-nsw

Buxton-Namisnyk E; Giannacopoulos M; Gibbon H; Kaladelfos A; Matthews I; Paetzholdt U; McNamara L, 2022, Submission to NSW Government on the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022, Centre for Crime, Law and Society

McNamara L; Gan J; Mullins S; Waine C; Williams C, 2022, COVID-19 Criminalisation in NSW: A ‘Law and Order’ Response to a Public Health Crisis?, Center for Crime, Law and Society

McNamara L; Matthews I; Sentas V; Williams L, 2022, Submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission NSW: Review of the operation of amendments to the consorting law under Part 3A Division 7 of the Crimes Act 1900, Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, UNSW

Stubbs J; Findlay L; McNamara L; Steel A, 2019, Submission to the NSW Sentencing Council’s review of sentencing for the offences of murder and manslaughter, including penalties imposed for domestic and family violence homicides and the standard non-parole periods for murder, http://www.cclj.unsw.edu.au/sites/cclj.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission%20to%20Sentencing%20Council%20from%20UNSW%20CCLJ%20researchers%20pdf.pdf

Appleby G; McNamara L; Sentas V, 2019, Submission to the Department of Justice, Strategic Legislation and Policy on the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Amendment Bill 2019 (Tas), https://www.justice.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/551032/University-of-New-South-Wales-submission-Workplace-protesters.PDF

McNamara L; Stubbs J; Gibbon H; Schwartz M; Steel A, 2019, Submission in response to the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Consent in Relation to Sexual Assault

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