News and Events
Electoral Regulation Research Network current and past news and events
Undergraduate Law - Breadth
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Can Robots Really be Companions for Older Adults?
Dr Simon Coghlan and Dr Jenny Waycott discuss the perspectives of elderly people on the use of social robots to combat social isolation in their community.
Bougainville referendum and beyond
In 2019 the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea and the Constitutional Transformation Network prepared two studies to inform leaders in Bougainville and PNG on the future governance of Bougainville.
Marie Bismark
Academic profile of Senior Fellow Dr Marie Bismark, Melbourne Law School
Institute for International Law and the Humanities
The Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) is dedicated to integrating the study of international law with contemporary approaches to the humanities. IILAH facilitates and promotes innovative research and critical thinking on emerging questions of international law, governance, human rights and justice, positioning Melbourne Law School as one of the leading institutions for international legal scholarship in the world.
Primary Sources
Australia's Declarations submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
News and Events
News, current and past events from the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law.
Researching public law: a panel discussion on legal method
This CCCS Global Public Law Seminar addressed the issue of method, and feature leading scholars who have contributed to the important forthcoming book, Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems (Edward Elgar). This collection, edited by Professors Paul Daly and Joe Tomlinson, is the first to offer a systematic treatment of public law methods in common law systems. Our international panel of leading public lawyers reflected on the issue of legal method, with a specific focus on doctrinal method and legal reason, Indigenous approaches, and comparative law.In this seminar, our panellists critically reflected upon the development of the constitutional freedom over the last 30 years and shared their thoughts in relation to its future. The panel consisted of barrister Kathleen Foley S.C., Professor Dan Meagher (Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University) and Professor Adrienne Stone (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne). Professor Michael Crommelin AO (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) chaired the event.
Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
The Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) was established in March 2002 as an initiative of IP Australia. IPRIA was established to increase the understanding, creation, use and exploitation of intellectual property by Australian organisations and individuals. Today, it is a leading network of scholars that works closely with industry and government on issues critical to all varieties of IP rights, creativity and innovation.
Choice blasts Airbnb for using ‘secretive algorithm’ that judges if users are ‘trustworthy’
Professor Jeannie Paterson and Dr Marc Cheong spoke to The New Daily about Choice findings that Airbnb is using an algorithm to decide the trustworthiness of its users.
Jaynaya Dwyer
Profile of Research Fellow Jaynaya Dwyer, Melbourne Law School
Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law
The Centre for Employment and Labour Relations aims to contribute to the development of labour and employment law throughout Australia and the world.
News
Read recent and past news relating to the Law School's Reconciliation and Recognition agenda
Bad Bargains
Presented by Professor Paul Davies, University College London, United KingdomIt is often said that the courts will not save parties from bad bargains: as Lord Nottingham observed, even “the Chan... 25 July 2019 6:30 pm - 25 July 2019 7:30 pm
2023 Past Events
Asian Law Centre
The Asian Law Centre (ALC) is the first and largest Australian centre devoted to the development of our understanding of Asia law and legal systems.
Book Launch and Panel on Company Directors, Corporate Law and Governance
On Wednesday 8 November 2023, the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation program of the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law celebrated the launch of two books written by, or in honour of, Professor Ian Ramsay AO:Ian Ramsay, Company Directors: Principles of Law and Corporate Governance (LexisNexis, 2nd ed, 2023).Rosemary Teele Langford (ed), Corporate Law and Governance in the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Professor Ian Ramsay (Federation Press, 2023)The books were launched by ASIC chair, Joseph Longo, which was followed by an expert panel discussion of key issues concerning company directors, corporate law and governance.
How are low protection workers regulated? A pilot study in Australia and Indonesia
This project was a preliminary investigation of the norms and rules that govern workers who lie outside the scope of labour standards laws (in either a legal or practical sense).
Publications
The Laureate Visiting Fellowships in Constitutional Law offers outstanding female doctoral and female early career researchers the opportunity to participate in an intensive mentoring program relative to the Laureate Program with Professor Adrienne Stone, ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, for up to two months; and includes involvement in events, workshops, and conferences.
