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Mr Ben Hingley

Lecturer - School of Law

Building: W38

Biography

Ben is a lecturer in law at the University of New England, having been a sessional academic there since 2021. His doctoral thesis is on martial law.

Qualifications

Phd Candidate (UNE) LLB (UNE) 2021

Awards

Academic Merit Award (UNE) 2020 Research Training Program Scholarship (2023-2025) Kercher Scholarship (2024) Keith and Dorothy Mackay Scholarship (2024)

Teaching Areas

Foundational Units, Contracts and Emergency Law

Primary Research Area/s

Martial law in early colonial Australia

Research Interests

Early NSW administrative arrangements.

Grants

Francis Forbes Society Legal History Research funding 2025 ($2000)

Publications

Journal Articles: Ben Hingley, ‘A 'Nursery of Martial Law': Proclamations of Martial Law in the Australian Colonies 1790-1853’ (2024) 110(2) Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 181

External Profiles

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.