Staff
See who is in the Electoral Regulation Research Network; our Director, state conveyors, working paper series editor and newsletter team
Annual Reports
The Obligations Group produces an Annual Report capturing the outstanding events and research being achieved and performed by staff and students.
Study Options
Members of the Obligations Groups teach in the private law specialisation in the Melbourne Law Masters, Juris Doctor and provide high quality supervision to graduate researchers.
About
The Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN) fosters exchange and discussion amongst academics, electoral commissions and other interested groups on research relating to electoral regulation. The ERRN is jointly funded by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, the Victoria Electoral Commission, and Melbourne Law School.
Implications of Changes to Voting in Australia Project
This research project report was prompted by the increasing numbers of voters in Australia who are ‘convenience voting’ in one way or another.
The Harold Ford Memorial Lecture
The Harold Ford Memorial Lecture celebrates the many contributions of Professor Ford to Melbourne Law School, the legal profession, and to the development of corporate law and trusts law. The inaugural lecture was held in 2013 and hosted by the Centre for Corporate Law. Details of upcoming lectures, and recordings of past lectures, can be found here.
Enhancing Local Government Democracy: City of Melbourne Project
The Electoral Regulation Research Network project focused on the nature of local government democracy in the City of Melbourne. It aims to investigate the relationships that operate between the City of Melbourne and the wide range of people and organisations that use its facilities and services – residents, businesses, workers, commuters, shoppers ad others.
Submission Guidelines
Submission guidelines for the Electoral Regulation Research Network and Democratic Audit of Australia working paper series
The Desirability and Feasibility of Convenience Voting in Australia Project
This Electoral Regulation Research Network research project used a mixed method research design to explore how voters, legislators and electoral commissions perceive the challenges presented by the extension of convenience voting – both in terms of its growing use among electors and the liberalisation of its forms.
Obligations Group
The Obligations Group support research and scholarly discussion on the law of obligations, such as law of contract, tort, remedies and private law theory.
Digital Campaigning And Political Finance In The Asia And The Pacific Region
The report studies the intersection between digital campaigning in elections, and political finance and its regulation in Asia and the Pacific region.
News and Events
Electoral Regulation Research Network current and past news and events
People
View the Director, members and associates of the Obligations Group from Melbourne Law School's academic community.
Newsletters
The Electoral Regulation Research Network's biannual newsletter
The ERRN and Democratic Audit of Australia Working Paper Series
The Electoral Regulation Research Network and the Democratic Audit of Australia publishes a series of working papers
Useful Links
Useful links for federal and state government interested in electoral matters
Matthew Harding
Academic profile for Professor Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School
Research Projects
Learn about the Electoral Regulation Research Network's current research projects
ERRN
Current and past news activities of the Electoral Regulation Research Network
Rosemary Langford
Project by Associate Professor Rosemary Langford, Restoring public trust in charities - reforming governance and enforcement.
Electoral Regulation Research Network
Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN) offers exchange & discussion amongst academics, electoral commissions & others on electoral regulation
The Challenge of Informed Voting Project
Electoral practitioners and observers routinely say that informed voting is important for democracy. They often lament the low levels of informed voting in Australia and elsewhere. What counts as informed voting and how it should be promoted are, however, questions that are difficult to answer.
