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.
Cally Jordan
Academic profile of Associate Professor Cally Jordan, Melbourne Law School
Proportionality, Facts and Public Law Adjudication
To mark the launch of Dr Anne Carter’s book Proportionality and Facts in Constitutional Adjudication the CCCS Global Public Law Seminar Series hosted a panel discussion of proportionality and facts in constitutional adjudication. The Honourable Pamela Tate KC formally launched the book, and was joined by panellists Joe Tomlinson, Niels Petersen, Cora Chan and Anne Carter to discuss the book and its contribution to debates about the role of facts in public law, questions of deference and expertise, as well as comparative perspectives on proportionality.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.
Transition to a Clean Energy Future: The Role of Climate Litigation
This innovative project analysed the capacity of climate litigation in key fossil-fuel producing countries, Australia and the US, to influence regulation so contributing to putting these nations on the path to a clean energy future. This project was funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP 130100500) between 2013-2018.
People
The research team involved with the Australian Research Council Laureate Project - Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law.
Staff Publications
Academics associated with the Centre for Media and Communications Law and Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia regularly publish their work in a variety of formats.
Lael Weis
Academic profile of Dr Lael Weis, Melbourne Law School
Dale Smith
Academic profile of Associate Professor Dale Smith, Melbourne Law School
Overview
The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies' (CCCS) objectives, activities and research.
Adrienne Stone
Academic profile of Professor Adrienne Stone, Melbourne Law School
Visiting Fellowship Scheme
The Visiting Fellowship Scheme provides an opportunity for University of Melbourne faculties to engage with a range of different statelessness scholars and to expand international research collaborations.
Reading Group
Happy Lunar New Year 2022
Members of the Asian Law Centre wish you and your families a Happy Lunar New Year. We hope the Year of the Tiger is full of good health, happiness and prosperity.
Ian Ramsay
Project by Associate Professor Paul Ali and Professor Ian Ramsay, Financial exclusion, poor insurer practices and consumer protection.
News and Events
The Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society runs numerous events throughout the year, many of them open to the public. Click through to see forthcoming or past events and also for our news items.
The Hegemony of the Reasonable Person in Anglo-American Tort Law
Presented by Professor Ken Simons, University of California, USASince the middle of the twentieth century, tort law has increasingly employed the rubric of the reasonable person in a variety of doctri... 6 Mar 2019 1:00 pm - 6 Mar 2019 2:00 pm
Jake Goldenfein
Academic profile of Dr Jake Goldenfein, Melbourne Law School
Michael Crommelin
Academic profile of Professor Michael Crommelin, Zelman Cowan Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School
Andrew Roberts
Academic profile of Associate Professor Andrew Roberts, Melbourne Law School
Australia and the International Court of Justice
This research project on Australia and the International Court of Justice is funded by the Australian Research Council’s Discovery grant scheme. The aim of the project is to identify and assess the place of adjudication in international affairs, focussing on the experience of a particular country - Australia - and a particular institution - the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Miranda Stewart
Academic profile of Professor Miranda Stewart, Melbourne Law School
Monographs
A list of past monograph series, including those published by the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law and co-published with Federation Press.
