Currently enrolled research students
John Abrahamson
Joint Development of Offshore Polar Oil and Gas Resources and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Ashleigh Dell Barnes
The Legal Construction of the Child in International Law
Christine Beuermann
Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties of Care: Supporting the Legitimate Use of Authority
Rhys Evan Bower
An examination of the doctrines, principles and discretionary considerations informing the award of proprietary relief in Australia
Aurelie Buthod-Garcon
Regional Cooperation Regimes and Third Parties
Abhichon Chandrasen
Enhancing Deterrence of Anti-Fraud Measures in Thai Securities Law: a study of individual and corporate sanctions for brokerage offences
Moeen Cheema
TBA
River Cordes-Holland
Good International Citizenship and the Rudd Labor Government's Engagement with International Climate Law
Adam Edwards
The law and reality of the Coal Seam Gas industry in New South Wales and Queensland.
The Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry in Australia is still a relatively immature industry when compared to mining and conventional oil & gas production. As such existing environmental legislation and other administrative processes may not be suitably developed to adequately environmentally manage the rapid development of the CSG industry. The proposed thesis aims to look at and critically review federal and state environmental legislation as it specifically or could apply to the development of CSG fields in both NSW & Queensland. Furthermore the research intends to analyse the effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and the granting of licences to develop CSG fields. It is intended that the research will encompass case studies of existing CSG activities, reviewing the effectiveness of the processes and their outcomes. The research will also review the contractual relationships and compensation arrangements between the landholders and the CSG developers where the researcher has a particular interest. In particular the research aims to undertake empirical studies to reconcile environmental impact assessments to actual outcomes, possibly identifying winner and losers of the processes, and recommending improvements where appropriate.
The research aims to contribute to legal literature and the existing body of knowledge by assessing how appropriate existing legislation is to environmental protection and sustainable development as a direct result of the development of a relatively new industry; that being CSG. Furthermore the research aims to contribute to the development of a more fit-for-purpose EIA as applied to the CSG industry. The research will also develop recommendations, suggest guidelines and explore the dispute resolution process as can be applied to the interaction of landholders and CSG producers.
Jenny Fu
Corporate Governance of State: Controlled Listed Companies in the People's Republic of China
Robin Gibson
A survey of the defence of necessity as applies throughout the nine criminal law jurisdictions in Australia
Harriet Gray
Is there an optimal process for the regulation of public utilities in Australia?
Andrew Grimm
A Historical Study of the Development of Australian and German Administrative Law
Tara Gutman
The People's Revolutionary Tribunal: The World's First Genocide Trial
Margaret Harrison-Smith
Transformative Globalisation: Australian Populatioin Law in the Asia Pacific Century
David Healey
Mark Erik Hecht
Raping the benefits: Big business and the sexual exploitation of children
David Heckendorf
Bedroom Folk Law: A critical analysis of an emerging norm within disability law
Alan Hui
Recognisability: A lens for the application of copy right law & moral rights law to music sampling
Roger Ilitch
Fraud Control in Carbon Emissions Trading: Compliance and Enforcement
