Professor McNamara was the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong from 2007 to 2012. Prior to his current appointment he taught in the Faculty of Law's LLB degree program, specialising in the fields of criminal law, human rights law and Indigenous peoples and the law. Professor McNamara’s primary research interests are in the fields of human rights, criminal law and justice administration, and cultural diversity and the law. He is currently working (with Associate Professor Kath Gelber, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland) on an ARC Discovery Project funded study of the impact of hate speech laws on public discourse in Australia. He is a member of the UOW Faculty of Law’s Legal Intersections Research Centre and Co-Managing Editor of that Centre’s interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, Law Text Culture. He is a member of the Legal Profession Admission Board of NSW and has previously served as a Legal Adviser to the NSW Parliament's Legislation Review Committee.
Journal Articles
Brown, Farrier, Neal and Weisbrot's criminal laws: materials and commentary on criminal law and process in New South Wales (with David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Alex Steel, Michael Grewcock, and Donna Spears), Faculty of Law - Papers (2011)
"The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal...
Book Review: Protection of First Nations cultural heritage: laws, policy and reform, Faculty of Law - Papers (2010)
Law Text Culture, Faculty of Law - Papers (2008)
Human Rights Controversies - the impact of legal form, ERA - Humanities & Creative Arts 2009 (restricted) (2007)
Many countries confront similar human rights controversies, but, despite the claimed universality of human rights...
Books
Human Rights controversies: the impact of legal form, Faculty of Law - Papers (2007)
Many countries confront similar human rights controversies, but despite the claimed universality of human rights...
Indigenous Legal Issues: Commentary and materials (with Heather McRae, Garth Nettheim, and Laura Beacroft), Faculty of Law - Papers (2003)
Indigenous Affairs continues to be a controversial and fast moving area of public policy and...
Regulating Racism - Racial Vilification Laws in Australia, ERA - Humanities & Creative Arts 2009 (restricted) (2002)
Brown, Farrier, Neal and Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials and commentary on criminal law and process of New South Wales (with David Brown, David Farrier, and Sandra Egger), Faculty of Law - Papers (2001)
The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal...
Outline of criminal law (with Ranjit Murugason), Faculty of Law - Papers (1997)
This text for tertiary students introduces criminal law in the common law jurisdictions of NSW,...
Conference Papers
Responding to hate in a multicultural society: forms of legal intervention, Faculty of Law - Papers (1996)
Book Chapters
Does a Bill of Rights matter? Comparing Australia to New Zealand, Faculty of Law - Papers (2007)
law
Introduction: The Protection of Law, Law Text Culture (2008)
Who needs law’s protection? Who does law protect? Does law need protection from politicised abuses?...
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Invoking international human rights law in a "Rights-Free Zone": Indigenous justice campaigns in Australia (with Sylvia Arzey), Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive) (2011)
Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, organizations, and communities in Australia have embraced international...