APrf Ben Livings

APrf Ben Livings

Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

School of Law

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Year Citation
2023 Livings, B., & Sarre, R. (2023). Roman Tomasic's rejection of poor corporate culture as a tool for tackling corporate malfeasance: a reflection and rejoinder. Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 38(3), 348-361.
2022 Livings, B., & Wlodarczak, K. (2022). Procedural fairness in the International Tennis Federation's disciplinary regime. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 18(1), 1-12.
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2021 Livings, B. (2021). What do judges mean when they sentence to protect the safety of the community?. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 33(2), 247-263.
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2020 Livings, B. (2020). Sentencing to protect the safety of the community. Adelaide Law Review, 41(2), 395-420.
2018 Livings, B. (2018). Sports violence, "concurrent jurisdiction" and the decision to bring a criminal prosecution. Criminal law review, 2018(6), 430-449.
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2018 Livings, B. (2018). Sports Violence, 'Concurrent Jurisdiction' and the Decision to Bring a Criminal Prosecution. Criminal Law Review, 2018(6), 430-449.
2014 Livings, B. (2014). A new partial defence for the mercy killer: revisiting loss of control. Northern Ireland legal quarterly, 65(2), 187-204.
2012 Livings, B. (2012). Autonomy, consent and the criminalisation of assisted dying. Contemporary issues in law, 11(4), 302-321.
2010 Livings, B. (2010). Film as a legal pedagogical tool. Web journal of current legal issues, 2010(3), 1-9.
2010 Livings, B. (2010). A right to assist? Assisted dying and the interim policy. The journal of criminal law, 74(1), 31-52.
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2007 Livings, B. (2007). A Different Ball Game—Why the Nature of Consent in Contact Sports Undermines a Unitary Approach. The Journal of Criminal Law, 71(6), 534-566.
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2006 Livings, B. (2006). ‘Legitimate Sport’ or Criminal Assault? What are the Roles of the Rules and the Rule-Makers in Determining Criminal Liability for Violence on the Sports Field?. Journal of Criminal Law, The, 70(6), 495-508.
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2025 Livings, B. (2025). Regulating on-court tennis indiscipline. In I. Bantekas, & M. Begovic (Eds.), Professional Tennis and Transnational Law: contractual and regulatory (pp. 244-262). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
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2025 Livings, B., & Palmer, D. (2025). Police and policing. In B. Livings, K. McLachlan, R. Sarre, & N. Chazal (Eds.), Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology (Seventh Edition ed.). Australia: Thomson Reuters.
2025 Livings, B., & Palmer, D. (2025). Police and policing. In B. Livings, K. McLachlan, R. Sarre, & N. Chazal (Eds.), Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology (Seventh Edition ed.). Australia: Thomson Reuters.
2025 Sarre, R., Daly, K., & Livings, B. (2025). Criminal justice system: aims and processes. In B. Livings, K. McLachlan, R. Sarre, & N. Chazal (Eds.), Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology. Thomson Reuters.
2025 Sarre, R., Daly, K., & Livings, B. (2025). Criminal justice system: aims and processes. In B. Livings, K. McLachlan, R. Sarre, & N. Chazal (Eds.), Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology. Thomson Reuters.
2023 Atkinson, M., & Livings, B. (2023). Introduction - Contemporary challenges in clinical legal education: role, function and future directions. In M. Atkinson, & B. Livings (Eds.), Source details - Title: Contemporary challenges in clinical legal education: role, function and future directions (pp. 1-7). Abingdon, Oxon ;: Routledge.
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2023 Atkinson, M., & Livings, B. (2023). Introduction. In Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Legal Education Role Function and Future Directions (pp. 1-7).
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2023 Atkinson, M., & Livings, B. (2023). Emerging Themes in CLE Pedagogy: Where to Next?. In B. Livings, & M. Atkinson (Eds.), Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Legal Education Role Function and Future Directions (pp. 202-207). ROUTLEDGE.
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2023 Atkinson, M., & Livings, B. (2023). Emerging themes in CLE pedagogy. In M. Atkinson, & B. Livings (Eds.), Source details - Title: Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Legal Education : Role, Function and Future Directions (pp. 202-207). UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,.
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2017 Livings, B. (2017). Context and connection. In K. Gledhill, & B. Livings (Eds.), Source details - Title: The teaching of criminal law: the pedagogical imperatives (pp. 139-150). UK: Routledge.
2016 Livings, B. (2016). Private authorisation and public censure: negotiating the limits of consensual harm. In C. Ashford, A. Reed, & N. Wake (Eds.), Source details - Title: Legal perspectives on state power: consent and control (pp. 8-25). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2016 Gledhill, K., & Livings, B. (2016). Introduction - The teaching of criminal law: the pedagogical imperatives. In K. Gledhill, & B. Livings (Eds.), Source details - Title: The teaching of criminal law: the pedagogical imperatives (pp. 14-33). UK: Routledge.
2016 Livings, B. (2016). Organising an academic conference. In C. Ashford, & J. Guth (Eds.), The Legal Academic's Handbook. Palgrave Macmillan.
2013 Livings, B. (2013). Violence without motive: cultural contingency and conceptions of mens rea. In K. Sarma, & B. Livings (Eds.), Source details - Title: Evil and the state: interdisciplinary perspectives. UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2013 Livings, B., & Smith, E. (2013). Locating complicity: choice, character, participation, dangerousness and the liberal subjectivist. In A. Reed, & M. Bohlander (Eds.), Source details - Title: Participation in crime: domestic and comparative perspectives (pp. 41-58). UK: Routledge.
2010 Livings, B. (2010). A right to kill?. In S. King, C. Salzani, & O. Staley (Eds.), Source details - Title: Law, morality and power: global perspectives on violence and the state (pp. 95-101). UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2009 Livings, B. (2009). Is it right to disregard 'motive' in criminal law?. In S. Dam, & J. Hall (Eds.), Source details - Title: Inside and outside the law: perspectives on evil, law and the state (pp. 205-212). UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

  • South Australian Eldercaring Coordination Pilot Project Partnership between University of South Australia and Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA), Relationships Australia, 30/09/2022 - 30/06/2024

  • Restorative Justice - Evaluating and Improving the SA Experience, The Law Foundation of SA Incorporated, 01/08/2023 - 31/03/2024

Courses I teach

  • LAWS 1032 Torts (2025)
  • LAWS 3079 Health Law and Ethics (2025)
  • LAWS 1032 Torts (2024)
  • LAWS 2028 Criminology and Public Policy (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor To investigate how a culture of constructive conflict in an aged care facility can measurably increase commercial performance and improve resident wellbeing for the aged care community - Doctorate Part Time Mr Nicholas David Carter
2025 Co-Supervisor Grey Areas: Evaluating the Efficacy of Australian Consumer Protection Laws in Addressing Unfair Practices in Accommodation and Care Arrangements for Older People - Doctorate Part Time Ms Vicki Alain Edwards
2025 Principal Supervisor Differentiating and understanding the respective expectations between lawyers and psychologists in legal proceedings - Doctorate Part Time Mr David Evans
2020 Principal Supervisor Long delay in the prosecution of child sexual offences: a study - Doctorate Full Time Mr MICHAEL JAMES GRANT
2018 Co-Supervisor Justifying the sentence discount for a guilty plea: reconciling pragmatism and principle - Doctorate Part Time Ms Lisa Cooper

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