I am Professor of Law at Bond University and a regular Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. My research explores the relationship between law and ethics at both theoretical and applied levels. 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.
My recent books include Mediation Ethics: From Theory to Practice, co-authored with Rachael Field (Edward Elgar, 2020); Natural Law and the Nature of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2019); and the Research Handbook on Natural Law Theory, co-edited with Constance Youngwon Lee (Edward Elgar, 2019). I co-edit the Journal of Legal Philosophy with Hillary Nye.
I am Co-Director with Rachael Burgin and Saxon Mullins of Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy, an Australia-wide initiative working to change community attitudes about consent and shape legal responses to sexual violence. I am also involved in an ongoing public advocacy campaign with author and activist Bri Lee to reform the mistake of fact excuse in Queensland rape law.
Recent Publications
Rachael Field and Jonathan Crowe, Mediation Ethics: From Theory to Practice (Edward Elgar, 2020)
Jonathan Crowe, ‘Coercion and the Prima Facie Duty to Obey the Law’ (2020) 81 Persona y Derecho 11
Jonathan Crowe and Bri Lee, ‘The Mistake of Fact Excuse in Queensland Rape Law: Some Problems and Proposals for Reform’ (2020) 39 University of Queensland Law Journal 1
Jonathan Crowe, ‘Natural Law and the Nature of Law in a Nutshell’ (2019) 44 Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy 100
Jonathan Crowe, ‘Natural Law and the Nature of Law: A Response to Commentators’ (2019) 44 Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy 133
Jonathan Crowe and Constance Youngwon Lee (eds), Research Handbook on Natural Law Theory (Edward Elgar, 2019)
Nina Funnell, Bri Lee and Saxon Mullins (with Jonathan Crowe and Nick James), ‘Survivors Speak: How the Criminal Justice System Responds to Sexual Violence’ (2019) 31 Bond Law Review 21
Jonathan Crowe, ‘Evidence Proves It’s Time for Change’ (2019) 39(8) Proctor 32
Jonathan Crowe, ‘Functions, Validity and the Strong Natural Law Thesis’ (2019) 10 Jurisprudence 237
Jonathan Crowe, Natural Law and the Nature of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
