Dr Dale Smith - Researcher Profile

Dale Smith

Address

Faculty of Law
PO Box 12, Clayton

Biography

Dale Smith was appointed as a Lecturer with the Faculty of Law in 2002 and became a Senior Lecturer in 2008. His main interests are in legal philosophy, tort law and criminal law. He has published articles on legal philosophy in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, the Modern Law Review, Law and Philosophy and the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. He has also published a book chapter in Scott Hershovitz (ed.), Exploring Law's Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1997 with a LLB(Hons)/BA(Hons) and received a Masters of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1999. In 2005, he received his doctorate in legal philosophy from Oxford University. He is currently Treasurer of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy.

A selection of puplications by Dr Smith may be accessed on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=532711

 

Areas of Expertise

Legal philosophy
Criminal law
Tort law

 

Research & Supervision Interests

    Criminal Law

    Legal and Moral Philosophy

    Torts

Keywords

Criminal Law, Legal and Moral Philosophy, Torts

Qualifications

DPHIL
Institution: University of Oxford
Year awarded: 2005
DPHIL
Institution: University of Oxford
Year awarded: 2005
MASTER OF ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY (THESIS)
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2000
BACHELOR OF LAWS (HONS)
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1998
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1998

Publications

Book Chapters

Smith, D.A., 2006, The many faces of political integrity, in Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin, eds Scott Hershovitz, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 119-153.

Journal Articles

Smith, D.A., 2012, Law, justice and the unity of value, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies [P], vol 32, issue 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 383-400.

Smith, D.A., 2012, Must the law be capable of possessing authority?, Legal Theory [P], vol 18, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 69-100.

Smith, D., 2011, The role of conventions in law, Jurisprudence [P], vol 2, issue 2, Hart Publishing, Oxford UK, pp. 451-461.

Smith, D., 2010, Theoretical disagreement and the semantic sting, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies [P], vol 30, issue 4, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 635-661.

Smith, D.A., 2009, Has Raz Drawn the Semantic Sting?, Law and Philosophy, vol 28, Springer Netherlands, The Netherlands, pp. 291-325.

Smith, D.A., 2008, Reckless Rape in Victoria, Melbourne University Law Review [P], vol 32, issue 3, Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc, Melbourne Vic, pp. 1007-1029.

Smith, D.A., 2007, Dworkin's Theory of Law, Philosophy Compass, vol 2, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing Inc, United States, pp. 267-275.

Smith, D.A., 2006, Can anti-objectivists support judicial review?, Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, vol 31, Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 50-71.

Smith, D.A., 2006, Ronald Dworkin and the external sceptic, The Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, vol 19, issue 2, University of Western Ontario, Canada, pp. 433-457.

Smith, D.A., 2003, The use of meta-ethics in adjudication, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, vol 23, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 25-47.

Smith, D.A., 2001, Authority, Meaning and Inclusive Legal Positivism, The Modern Law Review, vol 64, issue 5, Balckwell Publishers, Oxford UK, pp. 795-808.

Smith, D.A., 2001, Disagreeing with Waldron: Waldron on Law and Disagreement, Res Publica, vol 7, issue 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherland, pp. 57-84.

Teaching Commitment

Current problems in criminal law 406 (LAW4113)

Torts A (LAW2201)

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Roberto Unger on pragmatism, democracy and law.
Supervisors:
Smith, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Theorising collective resistance.
Supervisors:
Emerton, P (Main), Handfield, T (Associate), Smith, D (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Emerton, P.
Program of Study:
Moral relativism and political legitimacy: an argument for a global social contract. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Goldsworthy, J (Main), Smith, D (Associate).
Student:
Yannoulidis, S.
Program of Study:
Criminal responsibility and mental state defences (broadening the common law defence of insanity). (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Mcsherry, B (Joint), Smith, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Zimmermann, A.
Program of Study:
Waiting for the rule of law: legal and extra-legal obstacles for the realization of the rule of law in Brazil. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Goldsworthy, J (Main), Smith, D (Associate).