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.
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2022 Visiting Fellows
View the 2019 Visiting Fellows of the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law.
People
This page displays the profiles of each investigator researching on Australia and the International Court of Justice project.
New Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law appointed
Professor Rosemary Langford has been appointed as the new Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law at Melbourne Law School.
Anjalee de Silva
Academic profile of Dr Anjalee de Silva, Melbourne Law School
Regulating Power and Corporate Misconduct
This project aims to map and critically analyse the shift towards negotiated enforcement in response to corporate misconduct in the financial sector. There is growing concern within the community, consumer advocates, elected representatives and the finance industry itself about the increasing use by regulators of negotiated enforcement mechanisms rather than litigation to counter serious corporate misconduct in the financial sector.
Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law
Australian Research Council Laureate Program: Balancing Diversity and Social Cohesion in Democratic Constitutions. This project aims to address the need to reconcile the tensions between the pursuit of diversity and the promotion of social cohesion. This critical problem becomes increasingly urgent as nations grapple with the challenges of highly diverse multi-cultural societies.
Lucinda O'Brien
Academic profile of Dr Lucinda O'Brien, Melbourne Law School
Australia vs. Facebook: Regulating the market of attention
Facebook’s move to block Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news may look like it’s about content – but it all comes back to advertising revenue by Mariam Nadeem, Jeannie Paterson, Dana McKay and Gabby Bush
Submissions
Submission papers submitted by the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law's members.
2021 Past Events
Resources
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Joo-Cheong Tham Publications
Published works by Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law member Professor Joo-Cheong Tham.
Launch: Special Issue of Asian Journal of Law and Society on Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016
Wednesday 17 March, 2021
Tess Hardy
Project by Dr Tess Hardy, Work in franchises: searching for solutions at the regulatory frontier
Supermarket Power Project
The Former CLEN Director, Professor Caron Beaton-Wells, led a four-year research project entitled "Regulating Australia's retail grocery sector - goals, actors and techniques", funded by the Australian Research Council.
Events
The Digital Citizens Research Network showcases the strength of the University’s multidisciplinary research addressing the issues at the intersection of technology, rights and identity.
Megan Richardson
Academic profile of Professor Megan Richardson
The Minimum Performance Rule in Contract Damages
Presented by Professor David McLauchlan, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandIn this seminar David McLauchlan discussed the long-standing rule concerning the assessment of damages for breach... 31 Jan 2019 1:00 pm - 31 Jan 2019 2:00 pm
