Our Research Academics
| Academic | Research area |
|---|---|
| Professor Margaret Allars | Administrative law; Constitutional law; Legal theory; Citizenship; Public health law; Nationhood |
| Mr Ross Anderson | Tort law; Public International Law; Private international law |
| Dr Thalia Anthony | Indigenous legal issues; Tort law; Criminal law; Criminal procedure; Native title |
| Mr Fady Aoun | Corporate law |
| Professor Patricia Apps | Public economics; Welfare state; Health policy; Law and economics; Taxation; Labour markets; Income distribution |
| Professor Hilary Astor | Dispute resolution; Mediation; Family mediation; Family law; Discrimination and the law; Dispute systems design |
| Ms Irene Baghoomians | International human rights law and practice; International humanitarian law; Clinical legal education |
| Dr Gerry Bates | Environmental law; Pollution law |
| Ms Rebecca Bates | Water law; Privatisation; Environmental law; Globalisation; International environmental law; International trade law |
| Ms Vivienne Bath | Developments in Chinese Law, particularly administrative law and governance; State assets and intellectual property; International business law; Chinese company and business law |
| Professor Belinda Bennett | Health and medical law; Legal regulation of new technologies in healthcare; Legal issues relating to reproduction; Genetics; Globalisation and health law; Public health law; Legal regulation of nanotechnologies |
| Mr Edwin Bikundo | International and comparative law; Jurisprudence; Bio-Legality |
| Dr Christopher Birch | Legal philosophy; Personal identity; Punishment; Moral responsibility; Philosophy of mind |
| Ms Celeste Black | Income tax law; Taxation of remuneration; Environmental tax; Animal law |
| Emeritus Professor Ben Boer | International Environmental Law; Comparative Environmental Law; Natural and Cultural Heritage Law; Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific; Indonesian Environmental Law International and domestic law relating to protected areas, soils and forests |
| Associate Professor Chester Brown |
Public international law; International dispute settlement; International arbitration; International investment law; Private International law; international environmental law |
| Ms Chloe Burnett | International Taxation; Corporate tax; International trade law; Legal theory |
| Dr Fiona Burns | Equity; Elder financial abuse; Undue influence; Property; Estoppel; Unconscionable dealing; Legal history; Wills and successions |
| Professor Lee Burns | International taxation; Tax law design; Comparative tax; Value added tax |
| Emeritus Professor Peter Butt | Real property; Native title; Conveyancing; Plain legal language; Legal drafting |
| Dr Simon Butt | Indonesian law ( including constitutional, criminal, civil, human rights, commercial, Islamic and customary); Comparative law (particularly transplanting legal norms between jurisdictions); Intellectual property |
| Professor Terry Carney | Social security law; Child welfare; Drug law and policy; Mental health law; Adult guardianship; Ageing and disability; Anorexia nervosa; Welfare reform; Welfare-to-work; Social rights; Neoliberalism; Citizenship theory; Therapeutic jurisprudence; Civil commitment |
| Professor John Carter | Contract law; Restitution; Sale of goods; Commercial law |
| Adjunct Professor Peter Cashman | Litigation; Advocacy; Civil litigation; Class action law; Legal applications of statistical methods and epidemiology; Product liability; Mass torts; Environmental law; Law reform |
| Associate Professor Judith Cashmore | Family law; Child protection and child welfare; Children's evidence; Children's participation in legal proceedings |
| Professor Graeme Cooper | International tax law; Corporate tax law; Consumption tax law; Income tax law |
| Mr Graeme Coss | Criminal defences; Masculinity and crime; Homicide; Domestic violence; Clinical legal education (externships and public interest lawyering) |
| Mr Wayne Courtney | Contracts; Commercial law; Electronic commerce |
| Professor Michael Dirkis | Tax policy; Tax administration; International taxation; Environmental taxes |
| Professor Mary Crock | Administration law; Migration law; Refugee law; Human rights; International law; Public law; Comparative law; Children |
| Mr Bernard Dunne | Environmental law; Environmental philosophy; Legal regulatory theory |
| Dr Andrew Edgar | Administrative law; Environmental litigation |
| Ms Katherine Fallah | Public international law; International humanitarian law; International criminal law; Criminal law, Evidence and procedure |
| Dr Salim Farrar | Criminal procedures; Public international law |
| Professor Mark Findlay | Criminal law; Comparative criminal justice; Juries; Policing; Globalisation; International criminal justice |
| Ms Nicola Franklin | Environmental law; Environmental planning law; Environmental impact assessment; Pollution law; Local government law; Biodiversity law; Administrative law; Tribunals |
| Mr Saul Fridman | Corporations, Directors; Corporate governance; Sports law; Duties; Doping |
| Dr Peter Gerangelos | Australian constitutional law; Comparative constitutional law; International legal institutions; Separation of powers; Judicial power; Parliamentary soveriegnty |
| Mr James Glister | 'Pure' equity and trusts; Aspects of commercial and corporate finance law |
| Professor Reg Graycar | Administrative Law, Feminist legal theory; Law reform processes; Tort law; Legal responses to systemic injuries; Relationships law; Gendered harms |
| Professor Jennifer Hill | Directors' duties; Corporate law; Corporate crime; Executive remuneration; Shareholders; Corporate Theory; Corporate Governance; Comparative Corporate Governance |
| Professor Helen Irving | Constitutional law and history; Jurisprudence; Citizenship history; Federalism |
| Dr Fleur Johns | International Law; Legal Theory; Legal History; Global Governance |
| Professor David Kinley | International and Domestic Human Rights Law; Corporations and Human Rights; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Human Rights and Globalisation theory |
| Ms Miiko Kumar | Evidence; Impact of human rights on evidence; Civil and criminal procedure |
| Ms Patricia Lane | Property Law; Native Title; Environmental law; Equity; Property regimes; Peace-making |
| Dr Murray Lee | Fear of Crime; Crime and Social Isolation; Criminological Theory; Rural Violence; The Criminalisation of Drug Use |
| Associate Professor Y.S. (Steve) Lee | Law and Development; International Economic Law; World Trade Organization |
| Associate Professor Patricia Loughlan | Intellectual property; Legal theory; Trademark; Patents; Copyright |
| Dr Arlie Loughnan | Criminal law theory; Mental health and criminal law; Criminal justice system |
| Associate Professor Rosemary Lyster | Environmental law; Privatisation; Feminist legal theory; Administrative law; Dispute resolution; Energy Law; Water Law; Feminist legal theory; Genetically modified organisms |
| Professor Roger Magnusson | Health law, policy and ethics; Public health law and policy; Privacy and confidentiality; Media law; Euthanasia; Medical law; Tobacco control; Communicable diseases |
| Associate Professor Gail Mason | Criminal law; Criminology; Gender; Sexuality; Race; Hate crime; Feminist theory; Poststructural theory |
| Professor Ron McCallum AO | Industrial law; Labour law; Employment law; Workplace safety; Litigation; Evidence; Industrial citizenship |
| Professor Sheelagh McCracken | Finance Law; Commercial Law |
| Dr Shae McCrystal | Residential tenancy; Labour Law; Collective Bargaining |
| Associate Professor Barbara McDonald | Torts; Equity; Fiduciaries; Damages; Negligence; Professional liability; Media law; Constructive trusts; Defamation and privacy; Proportionate liability |
| Mr Bron McKillop | Criminal law; Criminal procedure; Evidence; Comparative law |
| Ms Kate Miles | Public International Law; International Environmental Law; International Trade Regulation; International Investment Law |
| Associate Professor Rebecca Millar | Goods and services tax law; Comparative value added taxes law; Income tax concession for research and development |
| Dr Jacqui Mowbray | International Law; Legal Theory; Human Rights Law; Language policy; Minority languages; Cultural rights; Economic and social rights |
| Associate Professor Luke Nottage | Comparative contract law; Comparative product liability; Japanese Law; Asian Law; International Commercial arbitration; Information technology law; Comparative Legal education; Comparative corporate governance |
| Professor Pat O'Malley | Risk and Security; Criminology and Current Social Theory; Contemporary Criminal Justice; Social Theory; Money and Legal Remedies |
| Professor Patrick Parkinson | Family law; Child protection law; Equity; Trusts; Fiduciary law; Estoppel; Child sexual abuse |
| Professor Elisabeth Peden | Contract law; Implied terms; Good faith; Damages; Evidence; Personal property; Construction; Commercial law |
| Professor Joellen Riley | Employment contract law; Labour law; Intersections of commercial, corporate and intellectual property law with employment and labour law |
| Dr David Rolph | Intellectual property; Torts; Media law; Defamation; Negligence; Copyright; Conflict of laws |
| Professor Wojciech Sadurski | Jurisprudence; Legal theory; Philosophy of law; Political philosophy (especially: liberal political philosophy and theory of justice); Constitutional theory; Comparative Constitutionalism |
| Dr Ben Saul | Public internatonal Law; Anti-Terrorism Law; International Humanitarian Law; Law on the Use of Force; International Human Rights Law; United Nations Law |
| Dr Kristin Savell | Criminal law; Health law; Law and biopolitics; End-of-life decision making; Abortion and reproductive rights; Disability studies; Legal personhood |
| Dr Rita Shackel | Laws of evidence; Expert evidence; Psychological testimony; Criminal procedure;Prosecution of child sexual assault cases; Victim impact statements & sentencing;Children and law; Mental health law; Victimology; Criminal processes; Legal professional responsibility and Legal education |
| Honorary Professor Peter Shea | Forensic |
| Emeritus Professor Ivan Shearer AM, RFD | Public international law; Law of the sea; Human rights; Law of armed conflict; Extradition; Refugees |
| Ms Susan Shearing | Sustainable business and environmental regulation; Environmental financing; Natural and cultural heritage and protected areas management; Water law; Biodiversity Law; Climate change |
| Ms Judi Single | Family law; Children's rights; Child psychology |
| Dr Belinda Smith | Employment and industrial law; Work and family; Anti-discrimination law; Gender; Equality; Regulatory theory |
| Dr Tim Stephens | International Law; Environmental Law; Legal Theory |
| Professor Julie Stubbs | Criminology; Violence against women; Battered women; Homicide; Domestic violence; Policing; Gender, Sexual assault; Restorative justice |
| Associate Professor Cameron Stewart | Health law; Ethics; Property and equity, Guardianship law; End-of-Life decision-making; Human tissue regulation |
| Associate Professor Greg Tolhurst | Contract; Cultural heritage; Restitution; Commercial law; Personal property; Banking; Equity |
| Professor Gillian Triggs | Public International Law; Law of the Sea; International Dispute Resolution and the International Court of Justice; Territorial and Maritime Boundaries; Human Rights; WTO Dispute Resolution; International Environmental Law |
| Mr Andrew Tuch | Corporate law and securities regulation; Regulation of financial institutions; Conflicts of interest in the financial services industry and the professions; Globalisation and the provision of legal services |
| Associate Professor Anne Twomey | Constitutional Law; Electoral Law; Federalism; Constitutional history; the Crown; the Executive; Parliament; the Republic |
| Professor Richard Vann | Taxation law; Taxation policy; Corporate taxation; International taxation |
| Mr Kevin Walton | Legal philosophy; Jurisprudence; Legal theory |
| Dr Brett Williams | International trade regulation; World trade organisation; International business law; Public international law; International intellectual property; Competition law; International economic law; Economic analysis of law |
| Ms Sonya Willis | Civil procedure; Civil litigation; Alternative dispute resolution; International commercial arbitration; International law; Conflict of laws; Commercial law; Taxation |
| Associate Professor Alex Ziegert | Sociological theory of law; Sociological jurisprudence; Comparative legal systems and global law; Asian law; Law and social control; Comparative family studies; Legal technical assistance; Legal education |