Philip G Stevens

Biography

Philip Stevens is an associate professor in Criminal Law and Statutory Crimes and holds the degrees LLB (cum laude), LLM (cum laude) and LLD (doctorate in Criminal Law) from the University of Pretoria. The title of his doctoral thesis was “The role of expert evidence in support of the defence of criminal incapacity”. His main focus areas for research are criminal law and mental health law with specific reference to the interface between criminal law and mental health law. He serves on the Faculty of Law’s Research Ethics committee as well as the Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences. He is an associate member of the Pretoria Bar. Professor Stevens was an academic associate within the Departments of Jurisprudence and Procedural Law at the University of Pretoria whilst completing his postgraduate studies. He was a lecturer in the subject fields of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of South Africa. In 2009 he was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. In 2010 he was called to the Pretoria Bar and is still an associate member of the Pretoria Bar. Early in 2012 he joined the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria as a senior lecturer and was promoted to associate professor with effect 1 January 2017.

Research Interest

His main areas of specialisation are Criminal Law and Mental Health Law.