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.
Journal Article: Protected reasons and precedential constraint
Mullins, Robert (2020). Protected reasons and precedential constraint. Legal Theory, 26 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1017/s1352325220000075
Journal Article: Moral conflict and the logic of rights
Mullins, Robert (2020). Moral conflict and the logic of rights. Philosophical Studies, 177 (3), 633-651. doi: 10.1007/s11098-018-1197-1
Journal Article: Detachment and deontic language in Law
Mullins, Robert (2018). Detachment and deontic language in Law. Law and Philosophy, 37 (4), 1-34. doi: 10.1007/s10982-017-9313-5
Journal Article: Legal positivism and deontic detachment
Mullins, Robert (2018). Legal positivism and deontic detachment. Ratio Juris, 31 (1), 4-8. doi: 10.1111/raju.12191
The Automation of Case-Based Reasoning in Law
(2020) UQ Early Career Researcher
Waldron¿s Conception of the Rule of Law and Legal Theory
Doctor Philosophy
The Legal Review of Autonomous Weapons
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Law as a MacIntyrean Practice
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Protected reasons and precedential constraint
Mullins, Robert (2020). Protected reasons and precedential constraint. Legal Theory, 26 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1017/s1352325220000075
Moral conflict and the logic of rights
Mullins, Robert (2020). Moral conflict and the logic of rights. Philosophical Studies, 177 (3), 633-651. doi: 10.1007/s11098-018-1197-1
Detachment and deontic language in Law
Mullins, Robert (2018). Detachment and deontic language in Law. Law and Philosophy, 37 (4), 1-34. doi: 10.1007/s10982-017-9313-5
Legal positivism and deontic detachment
Mullins, Robert (2018). Legal positivism and deontic detachment. Ratio Juris, 31 (1), 4-8. doi: 10.1111/raju.12191
Lesser evils, mere permissions and justifying reasons in law
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
Mullins, Robert (2023). Book review: Dickson, Julie. Elucidating Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp 208. $110.00 (cloth).. Ethics, 134 (1), 127-131. doi: 10.1086/725817
Two factor-based models of precedential constraint: a comparison and proposal
Mullins, Robert (2022). Two factor-based models of precedential constraint: a comparison and proposal. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 31 (4), 1-36. doi: 10.1007/s10506-022-09335-6
Mullins, Robert (2022). Presupposing legal authority. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 42 (2), 411-437. doi: 10.1093/ojls/gqab038
Formalizing reasons, oughts, and requirements
Mullins, Robert (2021). Formalizing reasons, oughts, and requirements. Ergo, 7 (22), 568-599. doi: 10.3998/ergo.1119
Mullins, Robert (2020). Book review: Arthur Ripstein, Private Wrongs, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, 313 pp, hb $49.95. Modern Law Review, 83 (5), 1104-1108. doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12526
Protected reasons and precedential constraint—erratum
Mullins, Robert (2020). Protected reasons and precedential constraint—erratum. Legal Theory, 26 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1017/s1352325220000166
Protected reasons and precedential constraint
Mullins, Robert (2020). Protected reasons and precedential constraint. Legal Theory, 26 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1017/s1352325220000075
Moral conflict and the logic of rights
Mullins, Robert (2020). Moral conflict and the logic of rights. Philosophical Studies, 177 (3), 633-651. doi: 10.1007/s11098-018-1197-1
Mullins, Robert (2019). Rights, roles and interests. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 16 (2), 95-115. doi: 10.26556/jesp.v16i2.398
Teaching Contract Vitiation in Australia: New Challenges in Subject Design
Bigwood, Rick and Mullins, Rob (2018). Teaching Contract Vitiation in Australia: New Challenges in Subject Design. Bond Law Review, 30 (2), 185-216. doi: 10.53300/001c.6797
Detachment and deontic language in Law
Mullins, Robert (2018). Detachment and deontic language in Law. Law and Philosophy, 37 (4), 1-34. doi: 10.1007/s10982-017-9313-5
Legal positivism and deontic detachment
Mullins, Robert (2018). Legal positivism and deontic detachment. Ratio Juris, 31 (1), 4-8. doi: 10.1111/raju.12191
Children’s rights and parents’ rights
Mullins, Robert (2017). Children’s rights and parents’ rights. Jurisprudence: an international journal of legal and political thought, 8 (3), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/20403313.2017.1380902
Police misconduct in Queensland: a public wrong
Mullins, Robert (2015). Police misconduct in Queensland: a public wrong. University of Queensland Law Journal, 34 (2), 287-299.
Deontic closure and conflict in legal reasoning
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.
Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper: ADM+S Submission
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.
The Automation of Case-Based Reasoning in Law
(2020) UQ Early Career Researcher
Waldron¿s Conception of the Rule of Law and Legal Theory
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The Legal Review of Autonomous Weapons
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding Law as a MacIntyrean Practice
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: