Biography
Jane Kotzmann is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Deakin Law School. Jane obtained degrees in Commerce, Law (with Honours), and a PhD in human rights law from Deakin University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Teach for Australia) from the University of Melbourne.
Since commencing at Deakin Law School in 2012, Jane has published research in relation to the human right to education, the human rights of disabled people, animal rights, and animal related laws. She has taught a variety of units, including human rights law, administrative law and contract law. She was a finalist for 'Academic of the Year' in the Australian Law Awards in 2019 and 2020. Her article titled 'Recognising the Sentience of Animals in Law: A Justification and Framework for Australian States and Territories' (2020) (42(3) Sydney Law Review 281) was given an Australian Legal Research Award in 2022 for Best Early Career Research Article.
Before embarking on her career in academia, Jane served as an associate in the inaugural Teach for Australia program. Prior to this, she was in private legal practice for a number of years, principally in commercial litigation.
Read more on Jane's profileResearch interests
- Animal rights and more broadly animal law, in particular the potential extension of international human rights to non-human animals and international and comparative perspectives on animal law.
- Human rights, including the theoretical underpinnings of human rights, the human rights-based approach and the right to education.
Affiliations
- Australasian Animal Law Teachers' and Researchers' Association Inc
- Australasian Animal Studies Association
- Deakin Critical Animal Studies Network
- Animals Australia
- Sentient Media
Teaching interests
- Animal Law
- Human Rights Law
- International Law
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Administrative Law
Units taught
- MLL211 - Human Rights Law
- MLM719 - Human Rights Law & Policy
- MLL111 - Contract Law
- MLJ702 - Contract Law and Policy
- MLL324 - Administrative Law
- MLJ710 - Administrative Law and Policy
- MLC206 - Marketing Law
- MLL323 - Constitutional Law
Conferences
- Invited participant, Animal Law Education Workshop 2018, 2019, 2020
- Jane Kotzmann, 'A Human-Rights Based Approach to Higher Education and its Expected Outcomes', Seoul National University Human Rights Center Symposium, 8 November 2019
Media appearances
- Jane Kotzmann, ‘The Hunt for Clarity’ (Sept 2020) Law Institute Journal, 32-35
- Jane Kotzmann, ‘Sentience: What It Means and Why It’s Important’ 8 April 2020, Sentient Media, https://sentientmedia.org/sentience-what-it-means-and-why-its-important/
- ABC Radio, interview with Richelle Hunt and Warwick Long regarding animal testing in Victoria, 12 March 2020
- Jane Kotzmann, ‘Condemning Indigenous Hunting Practices: Are We Throwing Stones From Glass Houses?’ 24 February 2020, Sentient Media, https://sentientmedia.org/condemning-indigenous-hunting-practices-are-we-throwing-stones-from-glass-houses/
- Radio 2GB, interview with Michael McLaren regarding indigenous hunting, 8 December 2019
- Sydney Morning Herald, interview with Mary Ward regarding cosmetic testing on animals, 28 November 2019
- ABC Central West NSW, Legislative Recognition of Animal Sentience in the ACT, 9 October 2019
- Jane Kotzmann, ‘ACT’s new animal sentience law recognises an animal’s psychological pain and pleasure, and may lead to better protections’, The Conversation, (3 October 2019) https://theconversation.com/acts-new-animal-sentience-law-recognises-an-animals-psychological-pain-and-pleasure-and-may-lead-to-better-protections-124577
- Jane Kotzmann, 'Australia’s animal testing laws are a good start, but don’t go far enough', The Conversation (21 March 2019) https://theconversation.com/australias-animal-testing-laws-are-a-good-start-but-dont-go-far-enough-113112
- Jane Kotzmann, 'In higher education quality is in the eye of the beholder' The Conversation (26 August 2014) https://theconversation.com/in-higher-education-quality-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-30825
- Jane Kotzmann and Kay Souter, 'Higher education plans breach international rights covenant' The Conversation (23 June 2014) https://theconversation.com/higher-education-plans-breach-international-rights-covenant-28253
Awards
- Australian Legal Research Awards, Best Early Career Research Article 2022
- Finalist, Academic of the Year, Australian Law Awards, 2019, 2020
- Australian Postgraduate Award, 2012
Publications
Jane Kotzmann, morgan Stonebridge, john Morss
(2023), pp. 267-370, The UN Sustainable Development Goals, Oxford, Eng., B1
Sentience and Intrinsic Worth as a Pluralist Foundation for Fundamental Animal Rights
Jane Kotzmann
(2023), Vol. 43, pp. 405-428, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Oxford, Eng., C1
A Typology of Australian Animal Sentience Recognition Provisions - Enacted and Proposed
Jane Kotzmann
(2023), Vol. 51, pp. 157-25, Federal Law Review, London, Eng., C1
Jane Kotzmann, Morgan Stonebridge, Paulien Christiaenssen
(2023), Vol. 46, pp. 347-380, University of New South Wales Law Journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Jane Kotzmann, Emily Griffith, John Morss
(2022), pp. 81-105, Inclusive Sustainability: Harmonising Disability Law and Policy, Berlin, Germany, B1
J Kotzmann, M Stonebridge
(2022), Vol. 45, pp. 1220-1250, University of New South Wales Law Journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
J Kotzmann, M Bagaric, G Wolf, M Stonebridge
(2022), Vol. 45, pp. 184-208, University of New South Wales Law Journal, C1
Sentience Matters: Analysing the Regulation of Calf‐Roping in Australian Rodeos
M Stonebridge, D Evans, J Kotzmann
(2022), Vol. 12, pp. 1-9, Animals, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Jane Kotzmann, Morgan Stonebridge
(2022), Vol. 47, pp. 458-517, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, New York, N.Y., C1
Jane Kotzmann, Morgan Stonebridge
(2021), Vol. 30, pp. 1-64, Cornell journal of law and public policy, Ithaca, N.Y., C1
Towards a coherent sentencing jurisprudence for animal cruelty offences
Gabrielle Wolf, Mirko Bagaric, Jane Kotzmann
(2021), Vol. 95, pp. 368-391, Australian law journal, [Pyrmont, N.S.W.], C1
J Taliadoros, R Tisdale, J Kotzmann
(2021), Vol. 42, pp. 431-465, Adelaide Law Review, C1
Jane Kotzmann, Gisela Nip
(2020), Vol. 37, pp. 247-317, Pace environmental law review, Carlisle, Pa., C1
Jane Kotzmann
(2020), Vol. 42, pp. 281-310, Sydney Law Review, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Animal Welfare: The Hunt for Clarity
Jane Kotzmann
(2020), pp. 1-1, Law Institute Journal, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Animal rights: time to start unpacking what rights and for whom
Jane Kotzmann, Nicholas Pendergrast
(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 157-200, Mitchell Hamline law review, Saint Paul, Minn., C1
Mirko Bagaric, Jane Kotzmann, Gabrielle Wolf
(2019), Vol. 71, pp. 385-447, South Carolina Law Review, Columbia, S.C., C1
J Kotzmann
(2018), Oxford, Eng., A1
A human rights-based approach to compulsory treatment of young people experiencing mental disorder
J Kotzmann, N Bhatia, M McMahon
(2018), Vol. 24, pp. 20-43, Australian journal of human rights, Abingdon, Eng., C1
J Kotzmann, C Seery
(2017), Vol. 26, pp. 1-42, Michigan state international law review, East Lansing, Mich., C1-1
J Kotzmann
(2015), Vol. 21, pp. 71-96, Australian journal of human rights, Chatswoood, N.S.W., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Bullying and harassment review
Ms Rebecca Tisdale, Dr Jane Kotzmann
Monash University (Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research)
- 2019: $28,225
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report