Associate Professor Miriam Gath
Areas of expertise
- Criminal Law And Procedure 180110
Research interests
Criminal Law, Federal Criminal Law, Terrorism, Cybercrime, Statutory and Code Interpretation, Codification.
Biography
After 20 years as a legal academic in the ANU College of Law, Associate Professor Miriam Gani took on the role of the Dean of Students of the ANU in October 2018. Miriam is a specialist in Criminal Law and Procedure and her academic research has primarily involved Federal Criminal Law (most notably in the areas of statutory interpretation, codification, terrorism and cybercrime).
Miriam completed her LLB at the ANU in 1997, having had a previous career as a high school teacher of French and History. She joined the Law Faculty as a member of staff in 2000. Her main teaching responsibilities were also in the area of criminal law and procedure and she also regularly convenes a course for new law students, Foundations of Australian Law, in second semester.
Miriam ran a criminal law elective, Federal Criminal Law, which addresses a number of exciting and emerging challenges for the criminal law including terrorism and cybercrime.
At the post-graduate level, Miriam taught in the Military Discipline Law and Advanced Military Discipline Law courses as part of a program delivered to Australian Defence Force lawyers.
Since October 2018, Miriam has worked advising and supporting all ANU students in the Dean of Students role.
Publications
- Gani, M 2014, All Power to the ICAC, or so it seems, The Canberra Times
- Gani, M 2014, Dangerous Times (to legislate on terrorism), The Canberra Times.
- Gath, M 2013, 'Case and comment: The Queen v Khazaal and Federal Anti-Terrorism offences', Criminal Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 201-211.
- Gath, M 2013, 'The Challenge of Codifying Crime within a Common Law Culture', Comparative Law Review, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 107-132.
- Bronitt, S & Gath, M 2012, 'Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the Law', in S Bronitt, M Gani, S Hufnagel (ed.), Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK and Portland, OR, USA, pp. 143-169.
- Bronitt, S, Gath, M & Hufnagel, S, eds, 2012, Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK and Portland, OR, USA.
- Gath, M 2010, 'Combating Terrorism And The Rule Of Law', LegalDate, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 5-7.
- Bronitt, S & Gath, M 2009, 'Criminal Codes in the 21st Century: The Paradox of the Liberal Promise', in Bernadette McSherry, Alan Norrie and Simon Bronitt (ed.), Regulating Deviance: The Redirection of Criminalisation and the Futures of Criminal Law, Hart Publishing, Great Britain, pp. 235-260.
- Gath, M 2009, 'Submission on the Consultation Draft of the Crimes Amendment (Fraud and Forgery) Bill 2009 (NSW)'.
- Gani, M & Nolan, M 2009, 'Submission Commenting on the Discussion Paper National Security Legislation'.
- Gath, M 2008, 'How Does it End? Reflections on Completed Prosecutions under Australia's Anti-Terrorism Legislation', in Miriam Gani & Penelope Mathew (ed.), Fresh Perspectives on the 'War on Terror', ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 269-295.
- Gath, M & Bronitt, S 2008, 'The Boundaries of Criminal Responsibility: Disentangling Fault and Motive', LegalDate, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1-3.
- Gath, M & Mathew, P, eds, 2008, Fresh Perspectives on the 'War on Terror', ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Harris-Rimmer, S & Gath, M 2008, 'The Clarke Inquiry: some insights and emerging issues', Australia Institute - Discussion Papers, no. 56, pp. 8-9.
- Gath, M & Mathew, P 2008, 'Introduction: Letters from the Front', in Miriam Gani & Penelope Mathew (ed.), Fresh Perspectives on the 'War on Terror', ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-5.
- Gani, M 2008, Accountability overwhelmed by anti-terrorism laws, The Canberra Times.
- Gath, M & Kukulies-Smith, W 2006, 'Case and comment:Rush v Commissioner of Police', Criminal Law Journal, vol. 30, pp. 314-321.
- Gath, M 2006, How our police erred on the side of capital punishment, pp. 13pp.
- Easteal, P & Gath, M 2005, 'Sexual Assault by Male Partners: A Study of Sentencing Factors', Southern Cross University Law Review, vol. 9, pp. 39-72.
- Gath, M 2005, 'Codifying the Criminal Law: Issues of Interpretation', in Suzanne Corcoran and Stephen Bottomley (ed.), Interpreting Statutes, The Federation Press, Sydney NSW, pp. 197-222.
- Gath, M 2005, A minor legal change that will have major consequences, p. 15.
- Bronitt, S & Gath, M 2005, 'Cyber-Crime in the 21st Century: Windows on Australian Law', in Roderic Broadhurst and Peter Grabosky (ed.), Cyber-Crime: The Challenge in Asia, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 141-167.
- Gath, M 2005, 'Codifying the criminal law: Implications for interpretation', Criminal Law Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 264-280.
- Gath, M & Urbas, G 2004, 'Alert or Alarmed? Recent Legislative Reforms directed at Terrorist Organisations and Persons Supporting or Assisting Terrorist Acts', Newcastle Law Review, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 23-50.
- Urbas, G & Gath, M 2004, The attributes of a Fair Trial in Australian law, pp. 5-6pp.
- Gath, M 2004, 'Upping the Ante in the 'War on Terror'', in Patty Fawkner (ed.), A Fair Go in an Age of Terror, David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne Australia, pp. 90-101.
- Bronitt, S & Gath, M 2003, 'Shifting boundaries of cybercrime: from computer hacking to cyber-terrorism', Criminal Law Journal, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 303-322.
- Gath, M & Barclay, S 2002, 'Australia', in H M Kritzer (ed.), Legal Systems of the World: a political, social and cultural encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara USA, pp. 82-88pp.
- Gath, M 2002, 'Stalking and cyberstalking: Crimes against Privacy?', LegalDate, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 7-8.
