Mr Anthony Hopkins
Position
Assistant Professor
Qualifications
BA (UoW), LLB (Hons 1st Class, University Medal)(QUT), Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Past Experience
Anthony has three years experience as a barrister and solicitor. He worked as a criminal and family lawyer at the Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission and then as a criminal defence lawyer at the Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service in Alice Springs.
Teaching
Anthony currently teaches Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence Law and Indigenous Australians and the Law.
Research Publications
Book Chapters
Easteal, P and Hopkins, A, Chapter 7 ‘Women and Criminal Defences to Homicide’ in Easteal, P (ed) Women and the Law, Forthcoming 2010.
Refereed Journal Articles
Boyd, R and Hopkins, A, ‘Drawing the Line Between Acceptable and Unacceptable Cross-examination of Child Sexual Assault Complainants: concerns about the application of s 41 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW & Cth) and s 41 Evidence Act 2008 (Vic)’ Criminal Law Journal, forthcoming 2010.
Hopkins A, ‘Teaching Evidence Law within the Framework of a Trial: Relating Theory to Practice as Students Take to Their Feet and Take Responsibility for the Trial Narrative’ (2009) 2(1&2) Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association 173.
Conference Papers
Hopkins, A, ‘Teaching Evidence Law within the Framework of a Trial: Relating Theory to Practice as Students Take to their Feet and Take Responsibility for the Trial Narrative’ Delivered at the Australiasian Law Teachers Association Conference (2009, Parramatta).
Boyd, R and Hopkins, A, ‘Drawing the Line Between Acceptable and Unacceptable Cross-examination of Child Sexual Assault Complainants: concerns about the application of s 41 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW & Cth)’ Delivered at Towards Restorative Justice Conference, co-presented by the Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association and the Sydney Institute of Criminology (2009, Sydney).
Appeals - Appearing as Counsel
Northern Territory Supreme Court Appeals (published on Austlii)
Miller v Burgoyne [2004] NTSC 47
Bellis v Burgoyne [2003] NTSC 103
Campbell v Burgoyne [2003] NTSC 49