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Dr. Lisanne Adam
Lisanne is a Lecturer in Law at the Graduate School of Business and Law.
Lisanne is a Lecturer in Law at the Graduate School of Business and Law. Prior to transitioning to full-time academia, Lisanne has worked in law practice at law firms in Amsterdam and Sydney. She has also been affiliated with the University of Sydney and in 2018 she was appointed as Honorary Associate of the School of Psychology to intensify her collaboration with forensic psychology scholars researching psychological aspects of criminal procedures. Her research is centered on criminal law and procedure, policing, evidence laws and its interaction with technology and forensic psychology. Her work has been featured in Australian and international law and social science journals and on media platforms globally.
Lisanne completed her PhD in 2023 in which she researched the occurrence of and contributing factors to involuntary false confessions and wrongful convictions in Australia. Lisanne has critically analysed the issues with the admissibility of confession evidence and the exercise of judicial discretions to exclude involuntary (false) confessions. Lisanne stays in touch with practice by advising to criminal defence teams on matters involving fair trial concerns.
Teaching and Coordination of Criminal Law, Evidence Law and Contract Law.
Non-scholarly publications
- Aaron Lane and Lisanne Adam, ‘Criminal cryptocurrency cases in Australia: the first decade’, Medium (Blog Post, 4 May 2020).
- Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam, ‘Julian Assange: the Long Road to Europe’, John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations (Web Page, 6 February 2020).
- Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam, ‘Assange and the myth of due process’, JURIST (Web Page, 9 December 2019).
- Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam, ‘“No one is above the Law” (Except the U.S.A)', Consortium News (online, 6 June 2019).
- Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam, ‘Dear Social Media Judges: Don’t Forget the Fundamentals of a Fair Trial’, Consortium News (online, 30 April 2019).
- LLB, LLM (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
- PhD (Law) (RMIT University)
- Diploma in Law (LPAB/LEC to be conferred in 2024)
- Lane, A.,Adam, L. (2023). Crime and Cryptocurrency in Australian Courts In: Monash University Law Review, 48, 1 - 44
- Cullen, H.,Adam, L.,van Golde, C. (2021). Evidence-based policing in Australia: an examination of the appropriateness and transparency of lineup identification and investigative interviewing practices In: International Journal of Police Science & Management, 23, 85 - 98
- Adam, L.,van Golde, C. (2020). Police practice and false confessions: A search for the implementation of investigative interviewing in Australia In: Alternative Law Journal, 45, 52 - 59
- Adam, L.,Barns, G. (2020). Digital strip searches in Australia: A threat to the privilege against self-incrimination In: Alternative Law Journal, 45, 222 - 227