By Professor Gary Edmond

Books

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M; Cockburn H, 2021, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney

Ligertwood A; Edmond G, 2017, Australian Evidence: A Principled Approach to the Common Law and Uniform Acts, 6th edition, LexisNexis, Sydney, https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/product?product=australian-evidence-a-principled-approach-to-the-common-law-and-uniform-acts-6th-edition&meta_F_and=9780409333664

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M, 2015, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262

Edmond G, 2011, Preface

Edmond G; Ligertwood , 2010, Australian Evidence: A Principled Approach to the Common Law and the Uniform Acts, Butterworths, Sydney

, 2004, Expertise in Regulation and Law, Edmond G, (ed.), Ashgate, Aldershot

Book Chapters

Edmond G, 2022, 'Fingerprint Evidence and the Limits of Adversarialism in England, Australia and New Zealand', in Ferrer Beltran J; Vazquez C (ed.), Evidential Legal Reasoning Crossing Civil Law and Common Law Traditions, Cambridge University Press, pp. 248 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009032049

Edmond G; Cole SA, 2022, 'Legal Aspects of Forensic Science', in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences Volume 1 4 Third Edition, pp. 424 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823677-2.00314-7

Kemp RI; Edmond G; White D, 2021, 'A proposed solution to the problem of identifying people from CCTV and other images', in Smith AM; Toglia MP; Lampinen JM (ed.), Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Identification Tasks, Routledge, pp. 13 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105

Kemp RI; Edmond G; White D, 2021, 'A Proposed Solution to the Problem of Identifying People From CCTV and Other Images', in Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Identification Tasks, Routledge, pp. 13 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-4

Martire KA; Edmond G, 2020, 'How Well Do Lay People Comprehend Statistical Statements from Forensic Scientists?', in Handbook of Forensic Statistics, Taylor & Francis, pp. 201 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780367527709-9

Edmond G, 2019, 'Forensic Science Evidence, Adversarial Criminal Proceedings and Mainstream Scientific', in Brown D; Turner I; Weisser B (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659837.013.39

Edmond G, 2018, 'Re-assessing reliability', in Roberts P; Stockdale M (ed.), Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform, E. Elgar, London, pp. 71 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788111034

Edmond G, 2018, 'Re-assessing reliability', in Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony Reliability Through Reform, pp. 71 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788111034.00009

Edmond G; Kemp R; Porter G; Hamer D; Burton M; Biber K; Roque MS, 2017, 'Atkins v The Emperor, the ‘cautious’ use of unreliable ‘expert’ opinion', in Expert Evidence and Scientific Proof in Criminal Trials, Routledge, pp. 303 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315094205-10

Edmond G; Martire KA, 2017, 'Knowing experts? Section 79, forensic science evidence and the limits of 'training, study or experience', in Roberts A; Gans J (ed.), Critical Perspectives on the Uniform Evidence Law, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 80 - 80

Edmond G; Cunliffe E, 2017, 'What have we learned? Lessons from Wrongful Convictions in Canada', in Berger B; Cunliffe E; Stribopoulos J (ed.), To Ensure that Justice is Done: Essays in Memory of Marc Rosenberg, Thomson Reuters, Toronto

Edmond G, 2016, 'Expert evidence and the professional responsibilities of prosecutors’', in Roberts P; Hunter J; Dixon D; Young SNM (ed.), The Integrity of Criminal Process From Theory into Practice, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 225 - 246

Edmond G; Davis J; Wilson T, 2015, 'Expert analysis: Facial Mapping', in Davis J; Wilson T (ed.), Forensic Facial Identification Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 239 - 267, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118469585.html

Edmond G; Davis JP; Valentine T, 2015, 'Expert Analysis: Facial Image Comparison', in Valentine T; Davis JP (ed.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, pp. 239 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118469538.ch10

Edmond G, 2015, 'Opinion evidence', in The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 558 - 603, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262

Edmond E, 2015, 'Opinions About Expert Evidence under the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)', in Kumar M; Legg M (ed.), Ten Years of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), Thomson Reuters, pp. 143 - 157, http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/ten-years-of-the-civil-procedure-act-2005-nsw/productdetail/123738

Edmond G; Cole SA, 2014, 'Identification Technologies in Policing and Proof', in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, pp. 2407 - 2419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_263

Edmond G; Cole SA, 2013, 'Legal Aspects of Forensic Science', in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences Second Edition, pp. 466 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382165-2.00226-9

Edmond G, 2011, 'Cultural Expertise and Litigation Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives Preface', in Holden L (ed.), CULTURAL EXPERTISE AND LITIGATION: PATTERNS, CONFLICTS, NARRATIVES, ROUTLEDGE, pp. XIX - XXV, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000294840500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Edmond G, 2011, 'Preface', in Cultural Expertise and Litigation, Taylor and Francis, pp. xix - xxv, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203818305

Edmond G, 2011, 'Bacon’s Chickens – Re-thinking Law and Science (and Incriminating Expert Opinion Evidence) in Response to Empirical Evidence and Legal Principle', in Gleeson J; Higgins R (ed.), Constituting law: Legal argument and social values, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 137 - 152, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878303#bookcontents

Edmond G; Hamer D, 2010, 'Evidence Law', in Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199542475.013.0028

Edmond G; Hamer D, 2010, 'Evidence Law', in Kritzer H; Cane P (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 652 - 678, http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780199542475

Edmond G, 2008, 'Pathological Science? Demonstrable Reliability and Expert Pathology Evidence', in Roach K (ed.), Pediatric Forensic Pathology and the Justice System, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Toronto, pp. 96 - 149

Edmond G; Mercer D, 2004, 'Experts and Expertise in Legal and Regulatory Settings', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 1 - 31

Edmond G, 2004, 'Judging Facts', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 136 - 165

Edmond G; Mercer D, 2004, 'The Invisible Branch', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 197 - 241

Edmond G; Mercer D, 2002, 'Rebels without a cause: Judges, scientific evidence and the uses of causation', in Freckelton I; Mendelson D (ed.), Causation & Law in Medicine, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, UK, pp. 61 - 83

Journal articles

Martire KA; Neal TMS; Gobet F; Chin JM; Berengut JF; Edmond G, 2025, 'Psychological insights for judging expertise and implications for adversarial legal contexts', Nature Reviews Psychology, 4, pp. 264 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-025-00430-4

Cunliffe E; Vinuesa CG; Rego R; San Roque M; Edmond G; Gans J; Sato M; Burridge K; Cordner S, 2025, 'AAFS (Victorian branch) Symposium: Science and Medicine in the Courts—Learning from the wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57, pp. 272 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2024.2419106

Edmond G; Cordner S, 2025, 'Expert medical opinion evidence in Australian courts', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2025.2491373

Bali AS; Basu N; Weber P; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2024, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part III: Groups of collaborating listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112048

Summersby S; Edmond G; Kemp RI; Ballantyne KN; Martire KA, 2024, 'The effect of following best practice reporting recommendations on legal and community evaluations of forensic examiners reports', Forensic Science International, 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112034

Edmond G, 2024, 'Trial by Cognitive Ordeal: Irrational Approaches to the Opinions of Investigators, Trial Integrity and Proof', Modern Law Review, 87, pp. 535 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12848

Edmond G; Wortley N, 2024, 'Images, Investigators, Identification, Code D and the Court of Appeal', Journal of Criminal Law, 88, pp. 130 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220183231221865

Martire KA; Chin JM; Davis C; Edmond G; Growns B; Gorski S; Kemp RI; Lee Z; Verdon CM; Jansen G; Lang T; Neal TMS; Searston RA; Slocum J; Summersby S; Tangen JM; Thompson MB; Towler A; Watson D; Werrett MV; Younan M; Ballantyne KN, 2024, 'Understanding ‘error’ in the forensic sciences: A primer', Forensic Science International Synergy, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2024.100470

Basu N; Weber P; Bali AS; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2023, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part II: Investigation of bias in individual listeners’ responses', Forensic Science International, 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111768

Edmond G; Chin JM; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2023, 'A WARNING ABOUT JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND WARNINGS', Adelaide Law Review, 44, pp. 194 - 245

Basu N; Bali AS; Weber P; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2022, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part I: Individual listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111499

Stevenson C; Kramer K; Edmond G; Martire K, 2022, 'Reliability and validity of a quality tool for assessing clinical forensic medicine legal reports', Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102359

Chin JM; Edmond G; Roberts A, 2022, 'Simply Unconvincing: The High Court on Probative Value and Reliability in the Uniform Evidence Law', Federal Law Review, 50, pp. 104 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205X211066140

Edmond G, 2022, 'Latent justice? A review of adversarial challenges to fingerprint evidence', Science and Justice, 62, pp. 21 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2021.10.006

Edmond G, 2022, 'Against Jury Comparisons', AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, 96, pp. 315 - 346

Ritchie KL; Cartledge C; Growns B; Yan A; Wang Y; Guo K; Kramer RSS; Edmond G; Martire KA; Roque MS; White D; San Roque M, 2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', Plos One, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241

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