What Now? Protecting Australia's democracy in uncertain times

Published 20 Dec 2024

CCCS December 2024 Newsletter

Published 18 Dec 2024

Climate Change on Trial: Mobilizing Human Rights Litigation to Accelerate Climate Action

Presented by Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito and chaired by Professor John Tobin

Published 10 Dec 2024

Watch: When AI Takes the Stand: Safe and Responsible AI in Victoria's Courts and Tribunals

Revisit the panel discussion on the use of AI in Victoria's Courts and Tribunals, held at Melbourne Connect on Monday, 11 November 2024.

Published 27 Nov 2024

Professor Hélène Lambert to lead Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness.

The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School has appointed Professor Hélène Lambert as its new Director.

Published 19 Nov 2024

How do we speak for nature?

Rivers and other natural entities around the world continue to gain legal rights and recognition as living beings. However, it is not always clear how the interests of these natural beings are represented. How can their ‘voices’ be heard?

Published 23 Oct 2024

Trump plans to use Putin’s ‘dark arts’ if elected: new book

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to use the same constitutional tactics that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used to build and cement his power over a nation, according to a new book.

Published 21 Oct 2024

Being Stateless: An Oral History Podcast

People who arrived in Australia stateless tell of their experiences in a new podcast by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne.

Published 10 Oct 2024

New podcast shares stories of stateless people

People who arrived in Australia stateless tell of their experiences in a new podcast by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne.

Published 10 Oct 2024

An Armchair Conversation with Professor Gillian Triggs: My Life as an International Lawyer

Co-hosted with the Institute for International Law and the Humanities and the Melbourne Journal of International Law

Published 08 Oct 2024

Employers challenge right to strike in court

Australian employers are represented in a case before the International Court of Justice that challenges the right to strike, warns Professor Sean Cooney of Melbourne Law School.

Published 03 Oct 2024

Untapped Potential: Results from the Australian Literary Heritage Project

Published 25 Sep 2024

Dr André Dao awarded Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction

Dr André Dao of Melbourne Law School has won this year’s Prime Ministers Literary Award for Fiction for his debut novel Anam – a story of family, false imprisonment and migration.

Published 19 Sep 2024

Reducing Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health

Listen to the recording from the seminar on Wednesday 18 September 2024

Published 18 Sep 2024

Robodebt could happen again: research

In new research, Dr O’Brien and her team pointed to evidence that many Government agencies are still using inappropriate methods to recover debts:

Published 11 Sep 2024

Corporate wrongdoers more likely to face justice

A model of corporate responsibility developed by Melbourne Law School’s Professor Elise Bant has proved decisive in a landmark decision of the High Court that has placed corporate wrong-doers on notice.

Published 04 Sep 2024

The Regulation of Employee-Like Workers Under the Fair Work Act

Published 03 Sep 2024