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 (7 ed.). 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 (7 ed.). 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 Doctor of Philosophy 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 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Vicki Alain Edwards
2025 Principal Supervisor Differentiating and understanding the respective expectations between lawyers and psychologists in legal proceedings Doctor of Philosophy 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 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Lisa Cooper

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Preventing crime: what we know, and what we need to do Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Prof Warwick Sarre
2020 - 2026 Principal Supervisor Long delay in the prosecution of child sexual offences: a study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Michael Grant
2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Sentencing the sexually abused child sex offender: childhood histories of contact abuse and pleas in mitigation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Bronwyn Arnold
2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor ‘I cannot dismiss from my mind your traumatic and tragic upbringing’: judges’ use of defendant trauma in sentencing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Katherine McLachlan

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