Prof Jonathan Crowe

Biography

Jonathan Crowe is Head of School and Dean of the School of Law and Justice at the University of Southern Queensland. He previously taught at Bond University and the University of Queensland, and has held visiting positions at Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of eleven books and well over 120 book chapters and journal articles, primarily on legal philosophy, ethics and public law. His books include Australian Constitutional Law: Principles in Movement (Oxford University Press, 2022), Mediation Ethics: From Theory to Practice (Edward Elgar, 2020, co-authored with Rachael Field), Natural Law and the Nature of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and the Research Handbook on Natural Law Theory (Edward Elgar, 2019, co-edited with Constance Youngwon Lee). He is a founding Director of Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy (RASARA), an Australia-wide organisation working to shape community responses to sexual violence. He co-edits the Journal of Legal Philosophy.

Employment

Expertise

Philosophy of law, ethics, constitutional law, rape and sexual assault law

Fields of Research

• 480410. Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation
• 480702. Constitutional law