Untapped: the Australian Literary Heritage Project

This is a new collaborative initiative between IPRIA, libraries and author groups to digitise important out-of-print books and license them into public libraries. It currently has seed funding from library organisations and we’re seeking to raise additional funds from the ARC and private donors.

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Lessons for Insolvency Law from the Pandemic: Practice and Reform

During the pandemic, many jurisdictions amended their insolvency laws to lessen the impact of the pandemic. In some cases, these amendments operated on a temporary basis until the impact of the pandemic abated. In other cases, more permanent reforms were introduced to improve insolvency legislation generally. In Australia, as noted in the recent report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee Corporations and Financial Services on corporate insolvency law, many stakeholders continue to call for a broad review of both corporate insolvency law and personal bankruptcy law to consider how complexity should be reduced and also the potential benefits of combining all of Australia’s insolvency legislation under a general ‘Insolvency Act’ or similar piece of legislation.This webinar, hosted by the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program of the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law, provided an opportunity to explore lessons for insolvency law from the pandemic.

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.

Equality and Discrimination Law (LAWS50068)

This JD subject examines the development, operation and future of anti-discrimination laws in Australia. In the absence of constitutional protection for equality in Australia, this is the major method of protecting people with specific attributes from discrimination.

Briefing Note - Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and International Law

A Legal Brief prepared by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, the Asian Law Centre, and the Institute for International Law and the Humanities.This legal brief considers the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (‘CAA’) and its compliance with India’s international legal obligations.

Dr Anjalee de Silva has been awarded a Women’s Leadership Institute Australia Fellowship 2022

We are delighted to announce that Dr Anjalee de Silva has been awarded a Women’s Leadership Institute Australia Fellowship 2022 for her work on creating tangible change for gender equality in Australia. WLIA Fellowships are awarded to those who are leaders in their respective fields, women who have innovative approaches and the courage, conviction and capacity to create real change. The WLIA Fellowship will be used to support Anjalee's current and ongoing work at ADM+S and MLS.More details at the WLIA website.Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Anjalee de Silva has been awarded WLIA fellowship 2022

Research

The Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society strives to continuously engage in innovative and important research projects that relate to Indonesia and Islamic legal studies both nationally and internationally. Click through to see our Research Grants, Publications and Resources.