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Faculty of Business and Law

Dr John Anderson

Name:John Anderson
Position: Senior Lecturer
Deputy Head of School
School/Unit: Law
Telephone: +61-2-492 17099
Room: MC160 (Callaghan)
E-mail: John.Anderson@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications

BLegS (Macq), PhD (Newcastle). Admitted to practice in NSW

Other Details

Joined the Faculty in 1996. Previously a senior solicitor/advocate with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Deputy Head of School
Member of Faculty of Business and Law Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Committee
Student Academic Conduct Officer (SACO)

Awards

Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning 2007
Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning 2006
Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence Faculty of Business and Law 2005

Research Interests

Sentencing of offenders in the criminal justice system
Life sentencing for the crime of murder
Criminal Law
Aspects of criminology particularly relating to sentencing
Sport and the law particularly drugs in sport and the inter-relationship of the criminal law generally with sporting contests
- The Law of Evidence, particularly tendency and coincidence evidence