Thomson Reuters is pleased to announce that Professor Mirko Bagaric has been engaged to update and write new commentary for Indictable Offences of Victoria available in the Criminal Law Practice Area on New Westlaw and Indictable Offences of Victoria in Westlaw AU.

Professor Mirko Bagaric is the Dean of the Swinburne University Law School and is an internationally renowned expert in criminal law and sentencing. Professor Bagaric graduated from Monash University with a BA/ LLB (Hons) degree in 1992. He obtained a PhD from Monash University in 2001 for his thesis Punishment and Sentencing: A Rational Approach. He is the author or co-author of over 30 books and 150 articles which have been published (or accepted for publication) in leading Australian and international journals. Professor Bagaric has extensive legal experience. He is a former member of the Migration and Refugee Tribunal and as a lawyer has appeared at courts at all levels of the judicial hierarchy including the High Court of Australia. As well as his academic writing, he is the co-author of several practitioner works which are updated quarterly. The main works are Australian Sentencing Law, Federal Offences, Victorian Criminal Law and Procedure and Ross on Crime. He is the editor of the two volumes of Laws of Australia which cover the criminal law and co-editor of the Criminal Law Journal.

We look forward to bringing subscribers new and updated content in Indictable Offences of Victoria from Dr Ian Freckelton QC and Professor Mirko Bagaric during 2021. 

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