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Constitutional Change in the Contemporary Socialist World
Wednesday 4 November, 2020
- Researcher profile
Tim Lindgren
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Financial Exclusion, Poor Insurer Practices and Consumer Protection Project
The 'Financial Exclusion, Poor Insurer Practices and Consumer Protection' project is Australia’s first large-scale empirical study examining financial exclusion and lack of access to general insurance, as well as poor insurer practices in selling insurance and handling claims. Through surveys, focus groups and interviews, the project also aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the legal protections for consumers of general insurance.
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Caron Beaton-Wells
Academic profile of Professorial Fellow Professor Caron Beaton-Wells, Melbourne Law School
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Jesse Hartery
2018 Visiting Fellows
View the 2018 Visiting Fellows of the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law.
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People
The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies hosts a diverse range of individuals who are dedicated to the research and practice of a range of public law matters, in Australia and across the globe.
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Research Grants
Health, Law and Emerging Technologies research grants currently undertaken by members of the project team.
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Annual Lectures
Starting in 2020, the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law holds its Annual Lecture presented by prominent figures in the field.
- Past project
Bougainville referendum and beyond
In 2019 the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea and the Constitutional Transformation Network prepared two studies to inform leaders in Bougainville and PNG on the future governance of Bougainville.
- Researcher profile
Marie Bismark
Academic profile of Senior Fellow Dr Marie Bismark, Melbourne Law School
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Surveillance: What is it good for?
By Gabby Bush, Dr Simon Coghlan, Professor Jeannie Paterson and Professor Tim Miller, University of Melbourne
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Transparency to Contest Differential Pricing
Jeannie Paterson, Tim Miller and Gabby Bush published 'Transparency to Contest Differential Pricing' in the Journal for Australian and New Zealand Societies for Computers and the Law.
Institute for International Law and the Humanities
The Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) is dedicated to integrating the study of international law with contemporary approaches to the humanities. IILAH facilitates and promotes innovative research and critical thinking on emerging questions of international law, governance, human rights and justice, positioning Melbourne Law School as one of the leading institutions for international legal scholarship in the world.
- Researcher profile
Mark Taylor
Academic profile of Associate Professor Mark Taylor, Melbourne Law School
Engage
Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness offers an online intensive course, engages with a network of graduate researchers and publishes an online journal.
- Current project
- Past project
Indian Equality Law Programme
The Indian Equality Programme is funded by the Letten Prize, and encourages capacity-building to support early academics with an interest in Indian equality, anti-discrimination law and/or comparative law.
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Inaugural AALTRA Prize 2022
Inaugural AALTRA Australian Animal Law Research PrizeThe Australasian Animal Law Teachers’ and Researchers’ Association Inc (AALTRA) Australian Animal Law Research Prize will be awarded for the most outstanding contribution to the field of animal law by an Australasian scholar/student (whether by residence or birth) or whose work has a focus on these jurisdictions.Inaugural AALTRA Australian Animal Law Research Prize 2022
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- Current project
- Past project
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.
- Current project
Laws and the Humanities for the Anthropocene Reading Group
This is an interdisciplinary, cross-institutional reading group, focused on encounters between laws and cognate disciplines in the context of the Anthropocene thesis. Hosted by the Institute for International Law and the Humanities
- Researcher profile
Robert Burrell
Academic profile of Professor Robert Burrell, Melbourne Law School
- Researcher profile
Michelle Taylor-Sands
Academic profile of Associate Professor Michelle Taylor-Sands, Melbourne Law School
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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.