Professor Matthew Stubbs
Professor
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Professor Matthew Stubbs is a member of the faculty at the Adelaide Law School at the University of Adelaide, where he serves as Editor in Chief of the Adelaide Law Review and Program Coordinator of Postgraduate Coursework Programs and Military Law Programs.
His research and teaching is focussed in the areas of international law, particularly space law and human rights, and constitutional law. Dr Stubbs has received prizes for his outstanding teaching, and for his extensive work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students, at Faculty (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020), University (2008, 2012, 2013, 2016) and National level (2009, 2013).
Professor Stubbs is involved with professional bodies in the law and academia, and is the Chair of the Space Law Committee and Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of South Australia and a member of the Law Council of Australia's National Human Rights Committee. Matthew serves as a Core Expert on the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations.
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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 Supreme Court of South Australia Australia Barrister and Solicitor 2003 High Court of 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 The University of Adelaide Australia Grad Dip in Military Law Australian National University Australia Grad Cert in Military Law
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Journals
Year Citation 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. 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). 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 McGaughey, F., Hartley, L., Banki, S., Duffill, P., Stubbs, M., Orchard, P., . . . Kerdo, P. P. (2019). ‘Finally an academic approach that prepares you for the real world’: simulations for human rights skills development in higher education. Human Rights Education Review, 2(1), 70-93.
2019 Stubbs, M. T. (2019). Blackstone and his critics. Comparative Legal History, 7(1), 100-107.
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 Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., Crawford, J., LaForgia, R., Wall, A. E., Sands, P., . . . Stephens, T. (2019). PROFESSOR IVAN SHEARER AM RFD FAAL RAN (RTD) 1938 - 2019. ADELAIDE LAW REVIEW, 40(2), 387-416. 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. 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. 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. 2017 Taylor, G., & Stubbs, M. T. (2017). Book Review: Sir Richard Hanson by Greg Taylor. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2017). 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), 24 pages.
Scopus9 WoS102017 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. 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.
Scopus12 WoS122015 Stubbs, M. (2015). REFINING THE MODEL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES. PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, 26(3), 150-154. 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(1), 19537-1-19537-15.
Scopus16 WoS112014 Stubbs, M. (2014). The constitutional validity of State Chief Justices acting as Governor. Public Law Review, 25(3), 197-219.
WoS52013 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.
WoS42013 Stubbs, M. (2013). <i>ZENTAI</i> AND THE TROUBLES OF EXTRADITION. MONASH UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 39(3), 894-914.
WoS22012 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. 2011 Stubbs, M. T. (2011). <i>The Acquisition of Indigenous Property on Just Terms</i>: Wurridjal v Commonwealth. 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. 2016 Richardson, J. (2016). Australia's Constitutional Government. M. Stubbs (Ed.), Australia: LexisNexis Butterworth. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2024 Stubbs, M., & Gancheva, D. (2024). From Passive to Active Space Powers: Australia and Aotearoa New
Zealand. In S. Pekkanan, & P. J. Blount (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Space Security (pp. 533-554). Oxford University Press, USA.2024 Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & Jarose, J. (2024). Evolution of the Australian Military Justice System. In D. Stephens, P. Sutherland, & R. Creyke (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed.). Federation Press. 2024 Stubbs, M., & Toole, K. (2024). Legal Issues Arising from Administrative Termination and Disciplinary Dismissal. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed., pp. 122). Alexandria: Federation Press. 2023 Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2023). Military Law. In M. Kirby (Ed.), The Laws of Australia. 2022 Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2022). Opportunities for Enhancing Naval Cooperation in the Indian Ocean
Region in the Presence of Strategic Competition. In J. F. Bradford, J. Chan, S. Kaye, C. Schofield, & G. Till (Eds.), Maritime Cooperation and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region Essays in Honour of Sam Bateman (pp. 253-275). Brill Nijhoff.
DOI2021 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 Scopus42020 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 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. 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 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. 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.
DOI2016 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). - Stubbs, M., & Gancheva, D. (n.d.). From Passive to Active Space Powers. In The Oxford Handbook of Space Security (pp. 533-554). Oxford University Press.
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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
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2024 Stubbs, M., Stephens, D., Neef, R., & Jarose, J. (2024). The Space Traffic Management Regime We Need — and How Defence Can Shape It. University of Adelaide. 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. 2023 Stubbs, M., Nosworthy, B., White, S., & Watford, E. (2023). Options Paper: Corporate Directors’ Responsibility for Cyber Security. The University of Adelaide Law School. 2023 Stubbs, M., Nosworthy, B., White, S., & Watford, E. (2023). Australian Company Directors’ and Officers’ Duties Regarding Cyber Security. University of Adelaide Law School. 2020 Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Williams, J. (2020). Persons with Disability and the Australian Constitution. -
Theses
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Details can be viewed at https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/matthew.stubbs
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor The application of Additional Protocol I civilian protections to armed conflict in the air and at sea - the impact of State practice, the role of customary law and impact on the status of the traditional law of naval warfare Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Joanna Louisa Jarose 2024 Co-Supervisor Partners Left Behind: Departing Foreign Forces' Customary Obligations to Host Nation Persons Made Vulnerable by Association with that Force Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ronald Scott Adams 2023 Principal Supervisor Lessons for Solar Radiation Management Governance from Space Law Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rachel Lauren Neef 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 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 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 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 -
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 - 2024 Principal Supervisor The International Refugee Regime, UNHCR and States: An Analysis of Australia and Pakistan Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Umar Rashid 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 Dr 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
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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
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