I am Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Law at Bond University. My research explores the relationship between law and ethics. I am interested in the ways in which ethical norms and relations are embodied in social practices and how these practices, in turn, provide the normative basis for legal and social institutions.

I am a founding co-director with Rachael Burgin and Saxon Mullins of Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy, an Australia-wide organisation working to shape legal, social and educational responses to sexual violence. I co-edit the Journal of Legal Philosophy with Raff Donelson and Hillary Nye.

Recent Publications

Rachael Burgin and Jonathan Crowe, ‘A Critique of the “Rough Sex Defence” in Australian Rape Law’ in Hannah Bows and Jonathan Herring (eds), ‘Rough Sex’ and the Criminal Law: Global Perspectives (Emerald, 2023) 117

Jonathan Crowe, ‘Philosophical Challenges and Prospects for Natural Law Foundations of Human Rights’ in Tom Angier, Iain T. Benson and Mark Retter (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Natural Law and Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2022) 485

Brenda Yuanyuan Xiong and Jonathan Crowe, ‘Revisiting the Notion of Agreement in Australian Cartel Law in the Algorithm-Driven Economy’ (2022) 29 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 91

Jonathan Crowe, ‘Learning from the Other: Levinas on Ethics, Discourse and Language’ (2022) 31 Griffith Law Review 452

Jonathan Crowe, ‘Defects and Failures in Legal Artifacts’ in Luka Burazin, Kenneth Einar Himma, Corrado Roversi and Pawel Banaś (eds), The Artifactual Nature of Law (Edward Elgar, 2022) 37

Jonathan Crowe, ‘“Picnic, Lightning”: The Normative Role of Imagination in Legal Inquiry’ (2022) 13 Jurisprudence 267

Jonathan Crowe, Australian Constitutional Law: Principles in Movement (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Jonathan Crowe, ‘“It Makes No Difference What We Do”: Climate Change and the Ethics of Collective Action’ (2021) 40 University of Queensland Law Journal 477

Jonathan Crowe, ‘The Idea of Small Justice’ (2021) 34 Ratio Juris 224

Jonathan Crowe, ‘Direito Natural: Versões Fraca e Forte’ in Marcelo Pichioli da Silveira, Frederico Bolano and Marcos Paulo Fernandes de Araujo (eds), Direito Natural Contemporâneo: A Renascença do Jusnaturalismo no Brasil e no Mundo (Editora Thoth, 2021)