Australia's Rivers are Ancestral Beings
Rivers around the world are now recognised by law as legal persons and living entities. Here in Australia, our rivers can be understood as ‘ancestral beings’ under Indigenous laws.Pursuit article: AUSTRALIA’S RIVERS ARE ANCESTRAL BEINGS
Alysia Blackham Publications
Published works by Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law member Associate Professor Alysia Blackham.
Ying Liew
Academic profile of Professor Ying Liew, Melbourne Law School
Brainstorming Workshop on Environmental Offset
Thursday 19 October 2023, 2.30-4.45pm, Room 317Following the MCLE Annual Forum (‘Environmental offsets: problems and possibilities across carbon, water and biodiversity’, we held an informal Brainstorming Workshop on Environmental Offsets to consider key questions and potential policy-related research collaborations focusing on offsets.The objective of the workshop was to identify interested researchers at the University of Melbourne and further afield and isolate ‘big issues’ of interest to a group that would like to explore pursuing a research grant on this topic in 2024.More outcomes to follow.Workshop on environmental offsets hosted by MCLE.
Sundhya Pahuja
Academic profile of Professor Sundhya Pahuja, Melbourne Law School
Constitutional Implementation for Sustainable Peace
Peace agreements made in conflict-affected settings often call for constitutional change. The Constitution Transformation Network explored how implementing constitutional inclusion mechanisms can contribute to sustaining peace.
Addressing Age Discrimination in Employment
While demographic ageing necessitates extending working lives, few have questioned the effectiveness of Australian age discrimination laws in supporting this ambition.
Managing Deadlines: Constitution making in Chile 2021-22
In 2018 the Constitution Transformation Network hosted a series of Somali Constitution Forums, bringing together key members of the Somali diaspora to discuss federalism and other issues affecting Somalia’s constitution-making process.
Philip Alston
Academic profile of Senior Fellow Professor Philip Alston, Melbourne Law School
Events
Australia and the International Court of Justice host events bringing together practitioners and scholars of international litigation from Australia and overseas.
Graduate Diploma in Employment and Labour Relations Law
The Graduate Diploma in Employment and Labour Relations Law is part of the world-renowned Melbourne Law Masters program, exploring laws governing the workplace and labour force.
2022
This page contains a list of events in 2022
End of Life
Health Law and Ethics Network members with research expertise in end of life, including voluntary assisted dying, conscientious objection, and advanced care directives.
COVID-19 and Stateless Persons
Article published by Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and stateless people.
A lever and a place to stand: Extraterritorial jurisdiction as a tool for implementing international environmental law
In this seminar, Professor Lydia Slobodian (Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC) presented part of her forthcoming chapter on extraterritorial jurisdiction as a tool to implement CITES.The seminar was held at Melbourne Law School on Friday 17 March 2023.Listen to the recording:A lever and a place to stand: Extraterritorial jurisdiction as a tool for implementing international environmental law. Presented by Prof Lydia Slobodian, on 17 March 2023
Report: Review of literature on impacts of climate litigation
Professor Jacqueline Peel, Dr Alice Palmer and Ms Rebekkah Markey-Towler completed a report for the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) providing a Review of the Literature on the Impact of Climate Litigation, released in May 2022. Read the report here.Report for the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) providing a Review of the Literature on the Impact of Climate Litigation.
Ann Genovese
Academic profile of Associate Professor Ann Genovese, Melbourne Law School
Matthew Harding
Academic profile for Professor Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School
Call for Papers - 'Issues in Public Law in South Asia' Workshop
Legal and non-legal scholars are invited to submit paper proposals for the “Issues in Public Law in South Asia” workshop, which aims to address critical gaps in public law in South Asia.This legal brief considers the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (‘CAA’) and its compliance with India’s international legal obligations.
Engagement
The Asian Law Centre runs numerous research activities throughout the year, many of them open to the public. This includes evening seminars, lunchtime (Brown Bag) seminars, Asian Legal Dialogues (presented in Asian languages), conferences and workshops. The Asian Law Centre has also recently launched Asian Legal Conversations - COVID-19 to discuss and compare experiences on issues either raised or exacerbated by COVID-19, which are shared by the jurisdictions of the Asia Pacific region, while also discussing country-specific issues.
Making and Changing Governments in Pacific Parliamentary Systems
In 2018 the Constitution Transformation Network hosted a series of Somali Constitution Forums, bringing together key members of the Somali diaspora to discuss federalism and other issues affecting Somalia’s constitution-making process.
Master of Employment and Labour Relations Law
The Master of Employment and Labour Relations Law is ideal for legal practitioners and non-lawyers with an interest in the legal regulation of employment and labour relations.
Linda Haller
Academic profile of Dr Linda Haller, Melbourne Law School
Cities in Federal Theory Workshop
Cities in Federal Theory Workshop was held in 2019. The purpose of this workshop was to gather scholars from around the world and engage in a broad discussion about the role and place of cities in federalism. More precisely, the workshop aimed at investigating whether metropolitan areas in federal and quasi-federal systems have the potential to become the new strategic level of governance to accommodate diverse communities in vast areas displaying unique socio-economic and political traits, as well as the legal stratagems and tools to better respond to the specific pressures and exigencies of densely populated areas.
