By Professor Alex Steel

Books

Brown D; McNamara L; Steel A; Quilter J; Schwartz M; Anthony T; Loughnan A; Gibbon H; Sentas V; Methven E; Williams L, 2025, Criminal Laws; Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Steel A; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Schwartz M; Anthony T; Loughnan A, 2020, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760021795

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Steel A; Schwartz M, 2015, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of NSW, Federation Press

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown M; Brown M; Schwartz M; Steel A, 2013, Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration, Ashgate, Farnham

Brown DB; Farrier D; Egger SJ; McNamara L; Steel AD; Grewcock ; Spears , 2011, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales, Federation Press, Sydney, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878174

Brown D; Farrier D; Egger S; McNamara L; Steel A, 2006, 1 86287 596 0 Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process in New South Wales 4th edn, The Federation Press, Sydney

Book Chapters

Steel A, 2025, 'Australia (contemporary legal education)', in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education, pp. 29 - 33

Steel A, 2025, 'Australia (regulation of legal education)', in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education, pp. 37 - 39

Steel A, 2023, 'Re-Thinking Assessment in Law', in Gibbon H; Golder B; Lixinski L; Nehme M; Vines P (ed.), Critical Legal Education as a Subversive Activity, Routledge, pp. 78 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003175216-7

Galloway K; Castan M; Steel A, 2022, 'Hacking the Priestleys 1', in Legal Education as a Subversive Activity, Routledge, pp. 127 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003175216-10

Vines P; Steel A, 2020, 'Student Attitudes to Legal Education: Revisiting the Pointers to Depression and Anxiety?', in Legg M; Vines P; Chan J (ed.), The Impact of Technology and Innovation on the Wellbeing of the Legal Profession, Intersentia, Cambridge UK, pp. 31 - 56, https://intersentia.com/en/the-impact-of-technology-and-innovation-on-the-well-being-of-the-legal-profession.html

Steel A, 2020, 'Empirical Legal Education Research in Australia: 2000–2016', in Imperatives for Legal Education: Then, Now and Tomorrow, Routledge, Routledge, pp. 74 - 106

Galloway K; Castan M; Steel A, 2020, 'Towards a Taxonomy of Legal Education Research', in Golder B; Marina N; Steel A; Vines P (ed.), Imperatives for legal education research: then, now and tomorrow, Routledge, pp. 120 - 140

Golder B; Steel A; Nehme M; Vines P, 2019, 'Legal Education Research As an Imperative', in Imperatives for Legal Education Research Then, Now and Tomorrow, Routledge, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429426070

Steel A, 2019, 'Dishonesty Outside of England and Wales: Ivey in International Comparison', in The UK Supreme Court Yearbook, Volume 9: 2017–2018 Legal Year, pp. 341 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.19152/ukscy.758

Steel A, 2019, 'Empirical Legal Education Research: Empirical research in Australia', in Golder B; Nehme M; Steel A; Vines P (ed.), Imperatives for legal education research : then, now and tomorrow, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429426070

Steel A, 2018, 'Reflections on Approaches to Drafting Regulatory Standards:Finding Ways to Quicken, Not Deaden, the Spirit of Legal Education', in The Future of Australian Legal Education, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/the-future-of-australian-legal-education/productdetail/126538

Jamieson R; Land LPW; Winchester D; Stephens G; Steel A; Maurushat A; Sarre R, 2017, 'Addressing identity crime in crime management information systems: Definitions, classification, and empirics', in Transnational Financial Crime, pp. 399 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315084572

Steel A, 2016, 'Shaking the foundations: criminal law as a means of critiquing the assumptions of the centrality of doctrine in law', in Gledhill K; Livings B (ed.), The Teaching of Criminal Law: The Pedagogical Imperatives, Routledge, pp. 104 - 115

Steel A; Huggins A, 2016, 'Law Student Lifestyle Pressures', in Duffy J; Field R; James C (ed.), Promoting Law Student and Lawyer Well-Being in Australia and Beyond, Ashgate, pp. 50 - 66

Steel AD; Huggins A, 2016, 'The Relationship Between Class Participation and Law Students’ Learning, Engagement and Stress: Do Demographics Matter?', in Duffy J; Field R; James C (ed.), Promoting Law Student and Lawyer Well-Being in Australia and Beyond, Ashgate, pp. 67 - 78

Steel A, 2015, 'Criminalisation and Technology: What’s the Harm of Using Mobile Phones While Driving?', in Loughnan A; Crofts T (ed.), Criminalisation and Criminal Responsibility in Australia, Oxford University Press

Steel AD; schwartz M, 2014, 'Broader Social Context as a Lens for Learning: Teaching Criminal Law', in Disciplines: The Lenses of Learning, Common Ground, USA, pp. 9 - 24

Steel AD, 2013, 'The Law School and the Assessment Project', in Marshall S; Henry R; Ramburuth P (ed.), Improving Assessment in Higher Education, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 189 - 207

Steel AD; Fitzsimmon D, 2013, 'Assessing Problem based and Experiential Learning: Answering Legal Problem Questions in a Grid Format', in Coleman K; Flood A (ed.), Marking Time: Leading and Managing the Development of Assessment in Higher Education, Common Ground Publishing LLC, Champaign, Illinois

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Penal Culture: The Meaning of Imprisonment', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 1 - +

Steel A; Fitzsimmons D, 2013, 'Answering Legal Problem Questions in a Grid Format', in Marking Time: Leading and Managing the Development of Assessment in Higher Education, Common Ground Publishing

Steel AD, 1997, 'The Trade Practices Act and consumer protection ~ Business and competitive trading', in Business, society and the law (2nd ed), Harcourt Brace, Sydney, pp. 178 ~ 192 - 191 ~ 208

Journal articles

Tisdell C; Balasooriya C; Langford M; Steel A; Velan G, 2019, 'Reflecting on the UNSW Scientia Education Academy: A case study for inspiring educational excellence', Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9, pp. 232 - 244, http://nus.edu.sg/cdtl/engagement/publications/ajsotl-home/asian-journal-of-the-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning

Steel A; Bennett Moses L; Laurens EJ; Brady C, 2019, 'Use of E-exams in High Stakes Law School Examinations: Student and Staff Reactions', Legal Education Review, 29, pp. 1 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.53300/001c.9461

Gibbon H; Steel A, 2019, 'Are we reading enough crime? Examining the content and depth of criminal law courses', Alternative Law Journal, 44, pp. 151 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X19839247

Steel A, 2019, 'Succeed, question, repeat: threshold concepts and variation theory in understanding how law students build competency', The Law Teacher, 53, pp. 231 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2018.1551765

Steel A; Skead N; Galloway K; Heath M; Hewitt A; Israel M, 2018, 'ENABLING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SESSIONAL COLLEAGUES IN LAW: REFLECTIONS FROM THE SMART CASUAL ONLINE INITIATIVE', ADELAIDE LAW REVIEW, 39, pp. 65 - 98

Galloway K; Heath M; Steel A; Hewitt A; Israel M; Hewitt A; Skead N, 2017, 'Working The Nexus: Teaching Students To Think, Read And Problem-Solve Like A Lawyer', Legal Education Review, 26, pp. 95 - 114

Steel A, 2017, 'Contract cheating: Will students pay for serious criminal consequences?', Alternative Law Journal, 42, pp. 123 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X17710627

Steel A; Galloway K; Heath M; Skead N; Israel M; Hewitt A, 2017, 'Critical Legal Reading: The Elements, Strategies and Dispositions Needed to Master this Essential Skill', Legal Education Review, 26, pp. 9 - 9, http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ler/vol26/iss1/9/

Israel M; Skead N; Heath M; Hewitt A; Galloway K; Steel A, 2017, 'Fostering “Quiet Inclusion”: Interaction and Diversity in the Australian Law Classroom', Journal of Legal Education, 66, pp. 332 - 332, http://jle.aals.org/home/vol66/iss2/7

Heath M; Galloway K; Skead N; Steel A; Israel M, 2017, 'Learning to feel like a lawyer: law teachers, sessional teaching and emotional labour in legal education', Griffith Law Review, 26, pp. 430 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2017.1406791

Galloway K; Heath M; Steel A; Hewitt A; Israel M; Skead N, 2016, 'WORKING THE NEXUS: TEACHING STUDENTS TO THINK, READ AND PROBLEM-SOLVE LIKE A LAWYER', LEGAL EDUCATION REVIEW, 26, pp. 95 - 114, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000404469100005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Picker ; Lixinski L; Steel AD; Fitzsimmons D, 2016, 'Comparative Perspectives on Teaching Foreign Students in Law: Pedagogical, Substantive, Logistical and Conceptual Challenges', Legal Education Review, 26, pp. 161 - 185, https://epublications.bond.edu.au/ler/vol26/iss1/8/

Steel A; Galloway K; Heath M; Skead N; Israel M; Hewitt A, 2016, 'CRITICAL LEGAL READING: THE ELEMENTS, STRATEGIES AND DISPOSITIONS NEEDED TO MASTER THIS ESSENTIAL SKILL', LEGAL EDUCATION REVIEW, 26, pp. 187 - +

Steel AD, 2014, 'Enforcing A Cone Of Silence: Difficulties With Using Criminal Law To Limit Mobile Phone Use In Vehicles In An Environment Of Technological Change', Criminal Law Journal, 38, pp. 307 - 324, http://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I4ec7b9ac422611e48bd0845ffcf2b2e6&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Steel AD; Huggins A; Laurens EJ, 2014, 'Valuable Learning, Unwelcome Assessment: What LLB and JD Students Really Think about Group Work', The Sydney Law Review, 36, pp. 291 - 321, http://sydney.edu.au/law/slr/slr_36/slr36_2.shtml

Steel AD, 2013, 'Clarifying assessment: developing official Typologies and instructions for forms of Assessment in law', Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, 6, pp. 121 - 132, http://www.alta.edu.au/jalta.aspx

Steel AD; Laurens EJ; Huggins A, 2013, 'Class participation as a learning amd assessment strategy in law: faciliating student's engagement, skills development and deep learning', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36, pp. 30 - 55, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/

Steel A, 2013, 'LSSSE in Australia: The UNSW Results', Available at SSRN 2304219, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2304219

Laurens EJ; Steel A; Huggins A, 2013, 'Works Well With Others’: Examining The Different Types Of Small Group Learning Approaches And Their Implications For Law Student Learning Outcomes', Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, 6, pp. 1 - 12, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JlALawTA/2013/11.html

Jamieson R; Land LPW; Winchester DW; Stephens GM; Steel AD; Maurushat AM; Sarre R, 2012, 'Addressing Identity Crime in Crime Management Information Systems: Definitions, Classification, and Empirics', Computer Law and Security Review, 28, pp. 381 - 395, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364912000659

Steel AD, 2011, 'Both giving and taking: Should misuse of ATMs and electronic payment systems be theft, fraud or neither?', Criminal Law Journal, 35, pp. 202 - 222, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/CRIMLJ/volumes/35&contentSourceHref=journals/CRIMLJ/volumes/35/parts/4/articles/202/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/CRIMLJ/volumes/35___tocType=fullText___sortBy=publicationYear/articleDate&searchId=0&hit=22&hits=24&articleType=fulltext&freeText=&titleCode=BgatSmoAaepsbtfon

Steel AD, 2010, 'Describing Dishonest Means: The Implications Of Seeing Dishonesty As A Course Of Conduct Or Mental Element and the Parallels with Indecency', Adelaide Law Review, 31, pp. 7 - 45, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=20104326;res=AGISPT

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