Robert Burrell
Academic profile of Professor Robert Burrell, Melbourne Law School
As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves
John Howe
Academic profile of Professor John Howe, Melbourne Law School
Call for Paper: Environmental Law Doctoral Researchers' Workshop 2022
Call for PaperMelbourne Law School’s Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (CREEL) and UNSW Sydney’s Faculty of Law & Justice are delighted to invite abstracts for papers to be presented virtually at the Environmental Law Doctoral Researchers’ Workshop 5-6 July 2022.Call for Papers: Environmental Law Doctoral Researchers' Workshop
Past Grants
View past grants received by the Tax Group.
Creating New Codes: How can art explore digital ethics?
As part of Melbourne Design Week, CAIDE's Art, AI and Digital Ethics research stream present Creating New Codes: How can art explore digital ethics?
News and Events
Electoral Regulation Research Network current and past news and events
Undergraduate Law - Breadth
Find out about Competition Law study options in Undergraduate degrees
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
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.
Marie Bismark
Academic profile of Senior Fellow Dr Marie Bismark, Melbourne Law School
Sharing the Wealth: Tax and Justice in The Slow Growth Era
This ARC Discovery Project aims to address fundamental problems of injustice in taxation emerging in the transition to a slow growth economy in Australia and globally.
Major Research Projects
View current and past major research projects conducted by the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School.
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.
Adil Hasan Khan
Academic profile of Dr Adil Hasan Khan, 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.
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.
News
Read recent and past news relating to the Law School's Reconciliation and Recognition agenda
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.
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.
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).
Watch: New rights to know: data access in the context of automated decision-making
Re-visit Professor Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School) talk with Susie Sheldrick (PhD candidate at CAIDE) about the right to access information in an automated decision-making context.This event was held online on 19 July 2022 and was co-hosted with the Centre for AI and Digital EthicsWatch a recording 'New rights to know: data access in the context of automated decision-making' presented by Prof Frank Pasquale on 19 July 2022
Evaluating BEPS and Looking to the Future
This fully online event, with leading international experts, examines how we can evaluate the tax planning behaviour of MNEs and the policy response of governments. It will examine international responses to BEPS, including in the US, the UK and Australia, and discuss the future direction.Register to the webinar.online event, with leading international experts, examines how we can evaluate the tax planning behaviour of MNEs and the policy response of governments. It will examine international responses to BEPS, including in the US, the UK and Australia, and discuss the future direction.
