Academic research interest & supervision availability
Academic staff |
Area of specialisation |
Supervised students |
Availability 2012 |
| Anton, Don |
International Law, International Environmental Law, Human Rights, International Climate Law, Marine and Coastal Law, International Trade and the Environment, US Comparative Law | Available | |
| Bailey, Peter | Human rights in Domestic & International Law, Discrimination Law, Government Law esp Executive Power |
Available | |
| Barker, George | Law and economics |
TBA | |
| Blank, Graeme | Communication (and particularly advocacy/public speaking but also writing/drafting, interviewing and negotiation) bankruptcy, insolvency & civil litigation procedure. | Available | |
| Bloomfield, Glenda |
Succession Law, legal education & legal profession and Law and Literature |
Unavailable |
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| Bonyhady, Tim |
Environmental Law | Elinor Jean, Brad Jessup, Alison McLennan, Josephine Kehoe | Available |
| Boreham, Kevin |
International Law, particularly human rights and the use of force, international humanitarian law and international criminal law | Available | |
| Bottomley, Stephen |
Corporate Law, Corporate governance, Corporate social responsibility, government corporations, Law & Regulation |
Harriet Gray, Juliette Overland, Michelle Worthington | Limited availability, Head of School |
| Ven Bruce, Alex |
Competition and Consumer Protection regulation, medico-legal ethics, interreligious philosophy and dialogue, animals and the law | |
Unavailable Semester 1 |
| Cane, Peter | Administrative Law, Tort Law and Legal Theory | Christine Beuermann, Andrew Grimm, Michael Phillis, James Stellios, Fiona Tito Wheatland | Unavailable |
| Charlesworth, Hilary; | International Law, Human Rights Law, Feminist Legal Theory, Transitional Justice and peacekeeping / peacebuilding | Tara Gutman | On a case by case basis |
| Collins, Craig; | Defamation, legal history, legal eduction, copyright and bankruptcy. Currently pursuing a PhD research on the topic "Defamation, Law and Public Opinion in the Australian Colonies 1824-1874 | TBA | |
| Connolly, Tony | Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, Native Title, Aboriginal Legal Issues, Evidence | Unavailable (TBC) | |
| Coper, Michael | Constitutional Law, judicial process, history and social role of Australian law schools | Carolyn Penfold |
Limited availability, Dean of College |
| Davis, James | Contracts, Torts, Conflict of Laws | Available | |
| Dalla-Pozza, Dominique | Australian Public Law, Australian Legislative Process, Australian Counter Terrorism Law, Australian Constitutional Law | Ruth Townsend | Available |
| Dodson, Mick | Native Title Law, mediation in Indigenous contexts, International Law and human rights issues for Indigenous peoples, intellectual property and Indigenous traditional knowledge, Indigenous community governance, Indigenous family violence and child protection, Indigenous criminal justice issues |
Fleur Adcock, Katherine Aigner, Dianna Anderssen, Glynnis-Anne Buckley, Sophia Close, Wayne Connop, Samuel Curkpatrick, Kerrie Doyle, Terri Janke, Myles Mitchell, Alycia Nevalainen, Craig Ritchie, Gary Toone |
Available |
| Du Moulin, Lyn | E-Commerce (includes public key technology and related issues, contracting on line etc), Government legal practice generally and in particular, government commercial and IT legal work and legal education for the many types of legal practice | TBA | |
| Eburn, Michael | Law relating to emergency management and the emergency services, medical law, torts and criminal law | Ruth Townsend | Available |
| Faunce, Thomas | Nanotechnology regulation. Regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, healthcare whistleblowing. Bioethics and Health Law. Public Health Law and policy. | Alex Bruce | Limited availability |
| Fitzpatrick, Daniel | Law and development, land tenure in developing countries, land and conflict studies, Indonesian Law, law in East Timor, Land Law in the South Pacific. Corporate governance in East Asia | Rebecca Monson | Available |
| Foley, Tony | Intersection of legal justice and restorative justice, environmental and planning law and practice, young people and the justice system, legal interpreting and lawyers and the legal profession | Helen McGowan | Available |
| Ferguson, Anneka | Trust Accounting for the Legal Profession, Uniform regulation of the Legal Profession. Also interested in the application of International Human Rights 'Laws' in the Domestic context and International Law more generally. Training an ethical profession and Practical Legal Training | TBA | |
| Gani, Miriam | Criminal Law, Federal Criminal Law (including cyber crime and terrorism), Statutory Interpretation, Crinimal Code Interpretation | Robin Gibson | Unavailable S2, 2102 and S1, 2013 |
| Hall, Kath | Corporate governance, legal ethics, the psychology of decision making, white collar crime, legal professional misconduct | Unavailable | |
| Hambly, David | Torts, Criminal Law, sentencing and parole | TBA | |
| Heathcote, Sarah | Public International Law and international organisations generally | Aurelie Buthod-Garcon | Available |
| Holmes, Vivien | Legal ethics, teaching of legal ethics, legal profession and Inhouse Counsel | Available | |
| Jones, Judith | Environmental Law, Australian Legal History and use of science in environmental decision making | Available | |
| Kukulies-Smith, Wendy | Criminal Law, sentencing and gender | Available | |
| Lunney, Mark | Law of Tort, legal history | Available | |
| Macintosh, Andrew | Environmental law and policy, particularly climate change | Adam Edwards | Available |
| Manderson, Desmond | Legal theory, law and literature, law and the humanities; continental philosophy; law and art; law and popular culture; history and philosophies of justice; legal history | Available | |
| McDuff, Anne | Legal theory (particularly feminist and cultural theory), Legal Education, Tenancy Law and Family Law | Available | |
| McDonald, Leighton | Administrative Law, public law theory and legal philosophy | Limited availability, Acting HDR Director Semester 1 | |
| McLaughlin, Robert |
Maritime law enforcement operations; Law of Armed Conflict; the application of Australian criminal and administrative law to military operations |
David Healey | Available |
| McNaugton, Anne | Contracts, European Law, regulation, Comparative and International Law, Commercial Law | Unavailable | |
| Morgan, Wayne | Law and sexuality, human rights, postmodern legal theory | Ashleigh Barnes | Limited capacity, Sub Dean from S2, 2012 |
| Nasu, Hitoshi | Public International Law, Migration Law, International Security Law, International Humanitarian Law | Lauren Sanders |
Available |
| Nolan, Mark | Legal psychology, jury research (especially Australian and Japanese reform), Criminal Law, criminal justice, legal and social psychological theories of justice and human rights, social psychology of identity and intergroup relations, Military Discipline law and Citizenship Law | Abhichon Chandrasen, Johannes Krebs, Alexandra McEwan, Mary Spiers Williams, Leon Wolff, Asmi Wood | Unavailable Semester 1 |
| O'Brien, Molly | Education law and policy, Human Rights in Australia, Evidence Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, United States Constitutional Law | Unavailable Semester 1 | |
| Pearce, Dennis | Legislation, Administrative Law and copyright | Unavailable 2012 | |
| Prest, James | Environmental Law and litigation (particularly relating to climate change and the law, energy law, biodiversity law), regulatory theory, compliance and enforcement | Greg Buckman, Roger Ilitch, Glen Wright | Unavailable S2, 2012 |
| Rice, Simon | Anti-discrimination law, human rights, access to justice, law reform, legal aid, lawyers and lawyering | Mark Hecht |
Available Semester 1, TBA Semester 2 |
| Ridge, Pauline | Equity, restitution and law and religion (particularly the regulation of gifts motivated by religious faith), legal history and contracts | Helen Saunders, Sonali Walpola, Rhys Evan Bower |
Unavailable S2, 2012 to 29 March 2013 |
| Rimmer, Matthew | Intellectual Poperty Law Information Technology Law, Biotechnology Law. Access to medicimes, Climate Law, Traditional Knowledge. Particularly interested in supervising students in the fields of Intellectual Property and Climate Change: Intellectual Property and Agriculture; and Trade Mark Law, Culture-Jamming, and Adbusting | Alan Hui, Alison McLennan, Hafiz Aziz-Ur Rehman, Gusman Siswandi | On a case by case basis |
| Roberts, Heather | Constitutional Law, judicial biography, High Court of Australia and women lawyers | Unavailable 2012 | |
| Roles, Cameron | Labour Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law and Public Sector Labour Law | Unavailable 2012 |
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| Rothwell, Don | Public International Law generally. International Law and the use of force, Law of the Sea. International Humanitarian Law, Military Operations Law, International Environmental Law, especially Antarctica, International Law and Australian Law. | John Abrahamson, River Cordes-Holland, Scott Joblin, Glenn Kolomeitz, Joanne Lee, Matthew Osborne, Imogen Saunders, Gusman Siswandi | Limited availability. Director of Postgraduate Coursework Program |
| Rowe, Margie | Family Law, access to justice, child abuse prevention, clininal training of law students and graduates, distance learning | Limited availability | |
| Rubenstein, Kim | Citizenship, nationality, feminist approaches to Constitutional Law and Public Law | River Cordes-Holland, Mitchell Jones, Niamh Lenagh-Maguire, Anne Macduff, Louise Parrott, James Pemberton, Peter Prince, Steve Ramsey, Alexandra Walker, Margaret Jane Harrison-Smith |
Limited availability. Purely on a case by case basis |
| Saunders,Skye | Foundations of Australian Law or Practice Management with a particular interest in Gender Discrimination. | Available | |
| Selby, Hugh | Advocacy technique, expert evidence law and practice, Coronial Law | Available | |
| Spender, Peta | Corporate and Securities Law, corporate social responsibility, Insolvency Law, litigation, particularly mass torts and class actions | Nigel Davidson, Jenny Fu | Limited availability |
| Stapleton, Jane | Private law of obligations, liability and compensation systems, comparative law, and the philosophical foundations of the common law | Unavailable 2012 | |
| Stellios, James | Constitutional Law, constitutional rights, trial by jury, federal jurisdiction, Ch III of the Constitution | Available | |
| Stewart, Daniel | The intersection of public and private law, intellectual property | Available | |
| Tamsitt, Gary | Succession, real estate, commercial practice, legal profession, legal education | Available | |
| Thornton, Margaret | Anti-discrimination Law and Policy, feminist legal theory, legal education and legal profession | Rosa Raco, David Heckendorf |
Available |
| Townsend, Ruth | Regulation of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Healthcare whistle blowing, Bioethics and Health Law, Public Health Law and Policy, Health professional regulation, emergency law | Available | |
| Urbas, Gregor | Criminal Law and Procedure, criminal appeals, evidence, intellectual property and cybercrime | Lennon Yao-Chung Chang |
Unavailable Semester 1, Available Semester 2 |
| Young, Katie | Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, International Human Rights Law, Economic and Social Rights | Unavailable S2, 2012 and S1, 2013 |
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| Wheeler, Fiona | Constitutional Law, courts and the judicial system, High Court of Australia | Cameron Moore | Limited availability. Associate Dean |
| Wood, Asmi | International law and terrorism, Indigenous legal issues | Limited availability. HDR Program Manager, NCIS | |
| Zagor, Matthew | Public Law, Refugee and Migration Law, Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law and Comparative Constitutional Law | Francesco Motta, Fanny Thornton, Jeswynn Yogaratnam | Available |
