Interests
I am interested in various aspects of criminal law, procedure and evidence, and particularly how various branches of philosophy can illuminate debates within those areas of doctrine. I have a developing interest in tort law theory, particularly in areas that interface and overlap with the criminal law.
CV / Biography
[Please note that I am on sabbatical leave for the academic year 2018-19.]
I have taught at Cambridge since January 2012, and been a Deputy Director of the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice since January 2016.
I am the author of a monograph - Culpable Carelessness: Recklessness and Negligence in the Criminal Law (CUP, 2016; pbk. 2018) - and an author/editor of the sixth edition of Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (Hart/Bloomsbury, 2016; seventh edition expected 2019). Culpable Carelessness has been reviewed by Dr Andrew Cornford (Edinburgh) ([2018] Criminal Law Review 689-691), Professor Kimberly Kessler Ferzan (Virginia) ((2018) 81 Modern Law Review 1092-1096), Professor Jonathan Herring (Oxford) ((2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 151-153), and Dr Alexander Sarch (Surrey) ((2018) 12 Criminal Law and Philosophy 725-730). My research on attempts has been cited by the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and my work on the history of complicity has been cited by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
From 2014-2015, I was a member of the Academic Expert Group advising the Scottish Government's Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review (chaired by Lord Bonomy). Our report is available to read here.
I have sat on the editorial board of the Cambridge Law Journal (where I am the note editor with responsibility for criminal law and procedure) since October 2015, and joined the editorial board of the Criminal Law Review in June 2017.
I am an Academic Door Tenant at 23 Essex Street, and have given talks to practitioners on a range of topics.
I am happy to supervise doctoral students in any area of criminal law, procedure and evidence.
You can find me on Twitter: @FindlayStark.
