Edward Mussawir

Dr. Edward Mussawir serves as Senior Lecturer at Griffith Law School, Griffith University, and was a Member of the Law Futures Centre (2011-2024). His academic profile centers on critical jurisprudence, with distinctive contributions to animal legal personhood, Deleuzian legal theory, and Roman law continuities. As Managing Editor of the Griffith Law Review since 2012, he shapes legal scholarship discourse while actively supervising doctoral research.

His educational foundation includes:

• Bachelor of Laws with Honours (University of Melbourne, 2003)
• Master of Laws (University of Melbourne, 2005)
• Doctor of Philosophy (University of Melbourne, 2009)
• Bachelor of Science (University of Melbourne, 2003)

Dr. Mussawir's research interrogates juridical boundaries through three interconnected strands: (1) animal legal personhood (exemplified by his 2024 monograph Creatures of Jurisprudence analyzing bears/bees as 'juridical species'), (2) Deleuze-inspired an-archic jurisprudence challenging state-centric legal order, and (3) spatial justice frameworks derived from Kafka and Roman law. His work consistently bridges historical analysis with contemporary legal theory to expose anthropocentrism in legal systems.

Analysis of his 2021-2025 publications reveals accelerating impact in animal law and Deleuze studies, with 2025 works extending his 'juridical species' concept to human rights theory. The 2024 book generated significant scholarly engagement (evidenced by Mendeley readership and Wikipedia references), while earlier Roman law analyses (2017-2022) established methodological foundations for his current projects.

Dr. Mussawir maintains active doctoral supervision as Principal Supervisor for two candidates exploring Kelsenian international law and phenomenological jurisprudence, building on his completed supervision of Woolaston's human-wildlife conflict thesis. His 2013-2014 Griffith University grant on Savigny/Thomas demonstrates sustained interest in jurisprudential lineages. As Managing Editor of the Griffith Law Review, he provides crucial publication pathways for emerging legal scholarship while advancing his research agenda through editorial curation.