Professor Tatiana Dancy

Overview

My research spans Criminal Law, Law and Technology, Legal Theory, and Private Law. My monograph Artificial Justice (OUP 2023) calls for us to look beyond inequality when we think and talk about algorithmic fairness, drawing upon themes across Criminal Justice and Moral Theory.

I joined Melbourne Law School from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2020, and received my D.Phil, BCL and LLB from the University of Oxford.

I welcome PhD and mentorship enquiries from junior scholars. I particularly welcome mentorship enquiries from women, and from black and First Nations scholars.

Key publications:

• “AI and Transparency in Judicial Decision Making” (2025) 46 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1–34. Co-author Monika Zalnieriute, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences
• “Algorithmic Risk Assessment in Australian Corrective Services” (2025) 49 Melbourne University Law Review 38–80
• “Guiding Action in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (2025) 48 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1236–1256
• Artificial Justice (OUP, 2023)
• “Unjust Enrichment: What We Owe to Each Other” (2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 114–141
• “Dummy Asset Tracing” Law Quarterly Review (2019) 135, 140–165
• “Modern Money Had and Received” (2018) 38 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1–25
• “Tracing, Value and Transactions” (2016) 79 Modern Law Review 381–405 (recipient of the Modern Law Review Wedderburn Prize)

Other School and University Responsibilities

• Convenor Law and Automation (JD Elective)
• Convenor Cryptoassets in Global Context (MLM)
• Convenor AI and Justice (MLM)
• Director of Studies for Digital Law and Technological Innovation (MLM)
• Diversity and Inclusion Liaison (Later in Law and Family/Caring Responsibilities)

Memberships and Affiliations

• Indigenous Law and Justice Hub Member
• CAIDE Researcher
• LSE Law, Technology and Society Affiliate
• Golden Gate University Blockchain Law Center for Social Good Affiliate