His research spanned across health law, bioethics, the regulatory governance of pharmaceutical industry and artificial photosynthesis in addressing environment sustainability issues.

Descendant of Alured Tasker Faunce (1808–1856) of Clifton, near Bristol, England, senior captain of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment who arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1832, and was appointed the first salaried police magistrate in Queanbeyan, NSW, in 1837.

[5] He undertook a double Bachelor of Arts and Law (honours) at the Australian National University, graduating in 1982.

[9] In 1983, Faunce was legal associate to Justice Lionel Murphy of the High Court of Australia, the year when the court was involved in significant decisions about Australian constitutional power in the case Commonwealth v Tasmania about the Franklin River dam, and the Australian constitutional meaning of religion in the appeal Church of the New Faith v. Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax.

[12] In 2002, Faunce accepted a dual appointment at the Australian National University in the College of Law and Medical School.