Robert N Moles

Dr Robert (Bob) Moles (born 20 October 1949, Norwich, Norfolk, UK) is a legal academic and researcher well known for his expertise and writings on legal theory and miscarriages of justice. He has published books mainly in the areas of miscarriages of justice.^[1] He had worked as a legal researcher on the release of Henry Keogh.^[2][3] He has also been heavily involved in other miscarriages of justice cases such as Derek Bromley and Frits Van Beelan via his Networked Knowledge project.^[4] The purpose of the project is to 'investigate and report upon alleged serious miscarriages of justice'.^[5]

Early life and education

He graduated in LLB (Hons) from Queens University, Belfast as the top student of the year in 1978. He was awarded a UK state scholarship for three years to undertake a PhD, which he did at the University of Edinburgh, where his doctoral work was supervised by D.N. MacCormick.^[5] In later years he taught law at Queens University in Belfast and also #REDIRECT Australian National University.^[6]

His PhD thesis, Definition and Rule in Jurisprudence: A Critique of HLA Hart's Response to John Austin was later published as Definition and Rule in Legal Theory (Blackwell, 1987). The thesis critiques the work of H.L.A. Hart, with the goal of showing flaws in Hart's analysis of John Austin's Lectures on Jurisprudence (1855).^[7]

List of publications

• Definition and Rule in Legal Theory: A Reassessment of H.L.A. Hart and the Positivist Tradition (Blackwell, 1987)^[7]
• There is More to Life than Logic, 1992 ^[8]
• A State of Injustice (Lothian, 2004)
• Losing their grip: the case of Henry Keogh (Elvis Press, 2006)
• Forensic Investigations and Miscarriages of Justice: The Rhetoric Meets the Reality (with Bibi Sangha and Kent Roach, Irwin Law, 2010)
• Miscarriages of Justice: Criminal Appeals and the Rule of Law in Australia (with Bibi Sangha, LexisNexis, 2015)^[9]

References

1. Miscarriages of Justice symposium, Flinders University, 8 November 2017
2. "SA murderers to appeal amid challenges to evidence by former pathologist Colin Manock". Adelaide Now. 20 July 2015.
3. Dowdell, Andrew (22 December 2014). "Henry Keogh granted bail in Supreme Court, out of jail for first in almost 20 years". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
4. "Murder appeal bid sees High Court test SA's 'fresh and compelling' evidence laws". ABC News. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
5. "Curriculum Vitae - Dr Robert N Moles". netk.net.au. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
6. Networked Knowledge - Books Online
7. Reviews of Definition and Rule in Legal Theory:
   • Duxbury, Neil (March 1988), The Modern Law Review, 51 (2): 269–272, JSTOR 1095988{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Waluchow, Wil (May 1988), "Review", Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 8 (5): 181–183
   • Howarth, David (July 1988), The Cambridge Law Journal, 47 (2): 296–299, JSTOR 4507167{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Maher, Gerry (Autumn 1988), "Review", Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 39 (3): 307–309
   • Lacey, Nicola (1989), Journal of Applied Philosophy, 6 (1): 119–121, JSTOR 24353353{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
8. There is More to Life than Logic
9. Reviews of Miscarriages of Justice:
   • Etter, Barbara (22 September 2015), Book reveals justice failure, Civil Liberties Australia
   • Grey, Hannah (2016), "Review", University of Tasmania Law Review, 35 (1): 151–153