Professor Matthew Stubbs

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Professor	The University of Adelaide
  2015 - 2022	Associate Professor	The University of Adelaide
  2013 - 2014	Senior Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  2008 - 2012	Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  2006 - 2008	Associate Lecturer in Law	The University of Adelaide

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2003	High Court of Australia	Australia	Barrister and Solicitor
  2003	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia	Barrister and Solicitor
  2003 - 2011	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2002 - 2003	Law Society of South Australia	Australia	GDLP
  1999 - 2003	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Hons LLB
  1998 - 2002	The University of Adelaide	Australia	BEc
  1998 - 2000	The University of Adelaide	Australia	BFin

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2022	Carpenter, E., Koch, C., & Stubbs, M. T. (2022). 'Really Engages Students': Flipped and Inquiry Learning in Law in the 21st Century. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2022).
  2022	Stubbs, M. (2022). Embracing a New Digital Era for the Adelaide Law Review. Adelaide Law Review, 43(1), 299-300.
  2022	Stubbs, M., & LaForgia, R. (2022). Remembering James Crawford. Adelaide Law Review, 43(1), 1-6.
  2021	Koch, C., Castles, M., Giancaspro, M., Stubbs, M., Nosworthy, B., & Olijnyk, A. (2021). Innovation in Education: Adelaide Law School. The Bulletin - Law Society of South Australia, 43(1), 10.
  2021	Stubbs, M. (2021). Legal Perspectives on Border Closures and Freedom of Movement in Australia's COVID-19 Response. Public Law Review, 32(2), 106-111.
  2020	Stubbs, M. T., & Lisk, J. (2020). The Constitution and Outer Space. Public Law Review, 31(1), 123-131.
  2020	Stubbs, M. (2020). A Vote of Thanks for ss 18C and 18D of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). Law Society Bulletin, 42(10), 12-13.
  2020	Stubbs, M. T. (2020). Space Mining and the Law. Law Society Bulletin, 42(2), 18-20.
  2020	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2020). 'Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD FAAL RAN (Rtd) 1938 - 2019' (2019) 40(2) Adelaide Law Review 389-92.. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2020).
  2019	Stephens, D. G., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD FAAL RAN (Rtd) 1938-2019. Adelaide Law Review, 40(2), 389-392.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Law, war, ethics and conscience: An enduring conundrum. Adelaide Law Review, 40(2), 419-426.
  2019	Stubbs, M. T. (2019). ‘Finally an Academic Approach that Prepares You for the Real World’: Simulations for Human Rights Skills Development in Higher Education.
  2019	Stubbs, M. T. (2019). Blackstone and his critics. Comparative Legal History, 7(1), 100-107. DOI
  2019	Stubbs, M. T., & Webster, A. (2019). Disclosure, Not Disqualification: A Democratic Proposal to Promote the Fidelity of Elected Representatives to the People. Public Law Review, 30(3), 190-210.
  2019	Stubbs, M. T. (2019). The Adelaide Law Review at (Volume) 40: Reflections and Future Directions. Adelaide Law Review, 40(1), 1-14.
  2018	Stubbs, M. T. (2018). Legal Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Recent Achievements and Future Directions.
  2018	Stubbs, M. T., & Webster, A. (2018). Eligibiilty of Dual Citizens: The Coming-of-Age of Section 44.
  2018	Stubbs, M. (2018). Book Review: Dewigged, Bothered and Bewildered: British Colonial Judges on Trial, 1800-1900 by John McLaren. Australian Bar Review, 35, 302-306.
  2018	Stubbs, M. T., & Hewitt, A. (2018). Supporting Law Students’ Skills Development Online – a Strategy to Improve Skills and Reduce Student Stress?. Research in Learning Technology, 25.
  2018	Stubbs, M. (2018). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. Law Society of SA Bulletin, 40(11), 6-7.
  2018	Piccolo, R., & Stubbs, M. (2018). Lowering the Voting Age: A Human Rights Perspective. Law Society of SA Bulletin, 40(11), 22-24.
  2018	Stubbs, M. T. (2018). Book Review: Human Rights Acts: The Mechanisms Compared.
  2017	Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2017). Dredge Your Way to China? The Legal Significance of Chinese Reclamation and Construction in the South China Sea. Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, 2, 25-51.
  2017	Hewitt, A., & Stubbs, M. (2017). Supporting law students’ skills development online – a strategy to improve skills and reduce student stress?. Research in Learning Technology, 25(0). DOI Scopus7
  2017	Stubbs, M. (2017). Ensuring Loyalty to the Public: The High Court's Decision to Disqualify Day and Culleton from Parliament. Law Society Bulletin, 39(6), 7-9.
  2017	Stubbs, M. (2017). Space Law Lands in Adelaide. Law Society Bulletin, 39(2), 19.
  2017	Taylor, G., & Stubbs, M. T. (2017). Book Review: Sir Richard Hanson by Greg Taylor. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2017).
  2016	Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Jumping the Gun: Legal Limits on the Display of Election Posters. The Bulletin, Law Society of South Australia, 38(7), 12-13.
  2016	Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Human Rights Acts: The Mechanisms Compared. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 22(1), 203-208.
  2016	Stubbs, M. (2016). Substantive recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the constitution. Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8(25), 9-14.
  2015	Stubbs, M. (2015). Refining the model for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Public Law Review, 26(3), 9-12.
  2015	Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2015). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. Settler Colonial Studies, 5(4), 334-349. DOI Scopus12
  2014	Stubbs, M. T. (2014). Sir Richard hanson. Adelaide Law Review, 35(1), 193-202.
  2014	Habel, C., & Stubbs, M. (2014). Mobile phone voting for participation and engagement in a large compulsory law course. Research in Learning Technology, 22, 19537-1-19537-15. DOI Scopus15
  2014	Stubbs, M. (2014). The constitutional validity of State Chief Justices acting as Governor. Public Law Review, 25(3), 197-219.
  2013	Stubbs, M. (2013). Zentai and the troubles of extradition. Monash University Law Review, 39(3), 894-914.
  2013	Appleby, G., & Stubbs, M. (2013). The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse: safely in judicial hands?. Public Law Review, 24(2), 81-86.
  2012	Stubbs, M. (2012). A brief history of the judicial review of legislation under the Australian Constitution. Federal Law Review, 40(2), 227-252.
  2011	Stubbs, M. (2011). The acquisition of indigenous property on just terms: Wurridjal v Commonwealth. The Sydney Law Review, 33(1), 119-136.
  2006	Stubbs, M. (2006). Arbitrary detention in Australia: Detention of unlawful non-citizens under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The Australian Year Book of International Law, 25, 273-308.
  2006	Stubbs, M. (2006). From foreign circumstances to first instance considerations: Extrinsic material and the law of statutory interpretation. Federal Law Review, 34, 103-125.
  2005	Stubbs, M. (2005). The case for an Australian Bill of Rights : freedom in the War on Terror by George Williams. Policy, 21(1), 57-58.
  2003	Stubbs, M. (2003). Case note: Prosper the government, suffer the practitioner: The Graham Barclay oysters litigation. The University of New South Wales Law Journal, 26(3), 727-740.
  2003	Stubbs, M. T. (2003). Case note: Prosper the government, suffer the practitioner: The Graham Barclay oysters litigation. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 26(3), 727-740.

• Books

  Year	Citation
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Law of Naval Warfare. Chatswood, NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2018	Page, A., & Prest, W. (Eds.) (2018). Blackstone and His Critics (Vol. 7). Bloomsbury Publishing. DOI
  2016	Richardson, J. (2016). Australia's Constitutional Government. M. Stubbs (Ed.), Australia: LexisNexis Butterworth.

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2022	Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2022). Opportunities for enhancing naval cooperation in the Indian Ocean region in the presence of strategic competition. In Maritime Cooperation and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Essays in Honour of Sam Bateman (pp. 253-275). Brill | Nijhoff. DOI
  2021	Stubbs, M. (2021). The legality of keep-out, operational, and safety zones in outer space. In C. Steer, & M. Hersch (Eds.), War and Peace in Outer Space: Law, Policy, and Ethics (pp. 216-213). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. DOI Scopus4
  2020	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2020). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). New York, NY, USA: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Woomera Manual: Clarifying the Law of Military Space Operations to Promote Sustainable Uses of Outer Space. In M. Spencer (Ed.), Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability (pp. 109-124). Air Power Development Centre.
  2019	Stubbs, M., & de Zwart, M. (2019). Developing Effective Space Traffic Management to Promote Sustainable Uses of Outer Space. In M. Spencer (Ed.), Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability (pp. 125-144). Air Power Development Centre.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Law of Naval Warfare - Timeless Rules, Modern Challenges. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 1-10). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Law of Naval Warfare - Timeless Rules, Modern Challenges. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 1-10). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis.
  2019	Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis.
  2019	Stubbs, M. (2019). Case Studies on the Law of Maritime Neutrality. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 255-266). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis.
  2019	Stubbs, M. (2019). Protecting Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Dixon's Chapter III Legacy. In J. Eldridge, & T. Pilkington (Eds.), Sir Owen Dixon's Legacy (pp. 80-97). Australia: The Federation Press.
  2016	Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Human rights obligations as a collateral limit on the powers of the Security Council. In D. Stephens, & P. Babie (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (1 ed., pp. 61-99). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI
  2016	Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2016). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. In T. Neale, & S. Turner (Eds.), Other People's Country: Law, Water and Entitlement in Settler Colonial Sites (pp. 58-73). United Kingdom: Routledge.
  2016	Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Editor’s Note. In M. T. stubbs (Ed.), Australia's Constitutional Government (pp. xi-xii).
  2016	Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Editor’s Note. In M. T. stubbs (Ed.), Australia's Constitutional Government (pp. xi-xii).

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2013	Jerram, K., Stubbs, M., Westphalen, L., Williamson, N. M., & Metha, G. F. (2013). Delivering a Small-Group Discovery Experience in Large Classes. In HERGA 2013 Proceedings. Adelaide.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2011	Habel, C., & Stubbs, M. (2011). Mobile engagement: phone voting in large lectures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Poster presentation at the University of Adelaide Festival of Learning and Teachi. Adelaide: University of Adelaide.

• Report for External Bodies

  Year	Citation
  2023	Koch, C., Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Louth, J., Olijnyk, A., Stubbs, M., & Sumner AM, U. M. M. (2023). Submission on the draft Bill for a First Nations Voice to South Australia’s Parliament.
  2023	Koch, C., Carter, A., Grenfell, L., Lindell, G., Olijnyk, A., Owens, R., . . . Williams, J. (2023). Submission to the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2002	Stubbs, M., & Castles, M. (2002). The International and Domestic Legality of Australia's Mandatory Detention of 'Unlawful Non-Citizens' under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).

Details can be viewed at https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/matthew.stubbs

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2023	Co-Supervisor	Governance of Space-Based Solar Radiation Management Technologies	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rachel Lauren Neef
  2022	Co-Supervisor	Whether the application of certain principles in the law of naval warfare can extend to space warfare.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Lt Marina Sammy William
  2022	Co-Supervisor	The Stories We Tell Ourselves: National Memories and Historical Narratives in International Legal Claims	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Xuan W Tay
  2021	Principal Supervisor	The Law of Coercive Power	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	James Edward Marcus
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Reconciling conflicts in the application of disparate and fragmented International legal regimes to military uses outer space	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Duncan Blake
  2020	Principal Supervisor	Law of Global Governance, Refugees and UNHCR: Refugee Regime Complex in Australia and Pakistan	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Umar Rashid
  2020	Co-Supervisor	Law of the sea is an inspiration by analogy to the development of space law.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mrs Tracy Lynn Reynolds
  2019	Principal Supervisor	Who should be the parties to a Treaty (or Treaties) with Australia's First Nations peoples	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mrs Michelle Robyn Hopkins

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	How Long the Shadow? Command Responsibility for War Crimes in Australian Law	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Glenn Raymond Kolomeitz
  2020 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Colouring in the Grey Zone: The Legal Capacity of the Australian Defence Force to Respond Domestically to Interference Operations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Samuel White
  2015 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Increasing the Participation of Persons with Mental Illness in Mental Health Treatment Decision-Making	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Susan Elizabeth Peukert
  2014 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	African States and the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism: A Study of Effectiveness and the Potential for Acculturation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr . Etone Damian
  2013 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Permission to Intercede or Sovereignty Supreme?: The Influence of R2P on Non-Forceful Responses to Atrocity Crimes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Stacey Henderson
  2012 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	A Proposal for the Implementation of Human Rights Treaty Obligations in Armed Conflict	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Samaneh Hassanli

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2020 - ongoing	Chair	Space Law Committee	Law Society of South Australia	Australia
  2013 - ongoing	Member	National Human Rights Committee	Law Council of Australia	Australia
  2013 - ongoing	Chair	Human Rights Committee	Law Society of South Australia	Australia
  2008 - ongoing	Member	Aboriginal Issues Committee	Law Society of South Australia	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2018 - ongoing	Member	International Institute of Space Law	France
  2003 - ongoing	Member	Australian Association of Constitutional Law	Australia
  2003 - ongoing	Member	Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law	Australia

• Position: Professor
• Phone: 83133530
• Email: matthew.stubbs@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 83134344
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Ligertwood, floor 3
• Org Unit: Adelaide Law School