Dr Robert Mullins

Senior Lecturer

School of Law
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
r.mullins@law.uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 67229

Overview

Rob Mullins is a lecturer in law at University of Queensland, where he has taught since 2015. Prior to taking up his position at the University of Queensland he completed a BPhil in Philosophy and a DPhil in Law at the University of Oxford. He was a lecturer in law at St Anne’s College, Oxford from 2014-2015.

Rob’s research interests lie in legal philosophy, broadly construed. His recent published work has looked at the implications of accounts of the meaning and use of deontic language developed by logicians and linguists for the understanding of law. More recently, Rob has begun to consider accounts of legal reasoning developed in other cognate fields, especially by scholars working in artificial intelligence and law.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
  • Bachelor of Law, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • (2023) Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book Chapter

  • Mullins, Rob (2022). Lesser evils, mere permissions and justifying reasons in law. New essays on the nature of legal reasoning. (pp. 259-280) edited by Mark McBride and James Penner. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781509937684.ch-012

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Governatori, Guido and Mullins, Robert (2019). Deontic closure and conflict in legal reasoning. 32nd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2019), Madrid, Spain, 11-13 December 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/FAIA190322

  • Mullins, Robert (2016). Rights in default logic. 13th International Conference, DEON 2016, Bayreuth, Germany, 18-21 July 2016. London, United Kingdom: College Publications.

Other Outputs

  • Weatherall, Kimberlee, Bednarz, Zofia, Bello y Villarino, Jose-Miguel, Burgess, Jean, Cellard, Loup, Cohen, Tegan, Fraser, Henry, Goldenfein, Jake, Graham, Timothy, Haines, Fiona, Henman, Paul, Ilyushina, Nataliya, Kennedy, Jenny, Leach Scully, Jackie, Leeftink, Dennis, Maitra, Suvradip, Matulionyte, Rita, McCosker, Anthony, Mullins, Robert, Nabben, Kelsie, Parker, Christine, Phan, Thao, Salim, Flora, Snoswell, Aaron, Thomas, Julian, Trezise, Melanie, Young, Libby and Zeng, Jacky (2023). Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper: ADM+S Submission. Canberra, ACT Australia: Department of Industry, Science and Resources. doi: 10.25916/catx-q405

  • Mullins, Robert (2016). Relational Norms. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford, University of Oxford.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Completed Supervision

  • (2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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