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Law, Governance and Development

Law Governance and Development

Law, Governance and Development
Sarah Bishop
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Asian Law, Public law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Reform, Access to Justice
Dr Peter Burnett
Honorary Associate Professor
Research interests:
Environmental Law
Associate Professor Moeen Cheema
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, State Fragility and Armed Conflicts, Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Rule of Law Reform, Philosophies of Law, Rule of Law Theory, Islamic criminal laws, Criminal Justice, Law and Society in South Asia, Post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, Governance and Development
Caroline Compton
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Climate Change and Natural Disasters, legal pluralism, Property Law and Development
Emerita Professor Robin Creyke AO
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Veterans’ Entitlements and Military Compensation Law, Tribunals, Introductory Law, Foundation Law
Associate Professor Michael Eburn
Honorary Associate Professor
Research interests:
General Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law and Development, Climate Change and Natural Disasters
Professor Jolyon Ford SFHEA
Professor
Research interests:
Regulation of Corporate Responsibility, Business and Human Rights, Torts, Counter-Terrorism Law, Rule of Law Reform, Law and technology
Dr Camille Goodman
College Visitor
Mr Joseph Lee
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Corporate law, Regulation of Corporate Responsibility, Medical Negligence, Asian Law, National security
Associate Professor Ron Levy
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Federalism, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Deliberative Democracy
Dr Jonathan Liljeblad
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Human rights, Environmental Law, Comparative Law, International Law, Law and development, Rule of Law
Professor Andrew Macintosh
Professor
Research interests:
Legal Structures for Environmental and Climate Risk and Impact Management, Environmental Policy Design and Implementation, Environmental Law, Indigenous Rights and Environmental Law and Governance, Climate change, Natural disasters
Anne McNaughton
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Commercial Law, Private International Law, International Law and Development, Comparative Law
Dr Rebecca Monson
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Climate Change and Natural Disasters, Property Law and Development, Feminist Legal Theory, Legal Geography, Postcolonial Legal Theory, Rule of Law Reform, Human Rights Law and Policy, Indigenous peoples and the law, Law and Gender, Law and Social Justice, Governance and Development, Legal History and Ethnology, Social And Cultural Geography, Social and cultural anthropology, Pacific History (Excl. New Zealand And Maori), Anthropology Of Development, Gender, feminism
Professor Mark Nolan SFHEA
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
General Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Procedure and Sentencing, Federal Criminal Law, Counter-Terrorism Law, Military Discipline Law, Rule of Law Reform
Dr James Prest
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Legal Structures for Environmental and Climate Risk and Impact Management, Facilitation of Energy and Technological Change through the Law, Environmental Law, Climate Change and Natural Disasters, energy law, electricity law, Competition Law, Climate change
Dr Heather Roberts
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Rights, Gender and Constitutional Law, The Judicial System, Property Law, Gender, feminism, Feminist Legal Theory
Lee-Anne Sim
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Globalisation, Economic globalization, Finance regulation, Financialization, Business ethics, Sustainability, Economic distribution, Financial system
Pamela Taylor-Barnett
Honorary Lecturer
Research interests:
Law reform, Law and development, Health Justice Partnerships, Legal empowerment, Access to Justice, Social justice, Lawyers and lawyering
Brett Walker
Honorary Lecturer
Research interests:
Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Clinical Legal Education

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24
Nov
2020

ANU Law researcher explores judicial response to economic abuse

Radhika Chaudhry
ANU Law PhD candidate Radhika Chaudhri has authored a research article exploring the response to economic abuse by Australian courts.
05
Nov
2020

ANU Law secures landmark three DECRAs in 2021 round

DECRA fellows
ANU has become the first Australian university to clinch three Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards in a single round within the Law and Legal Studies field of research.
27
Oct
2020

How the Open Government Partnership can usher in a new era of transparency, public trust

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As the Australian Open Government Partnership (OGP) Forum prepares to adopt a third national action plan, there is a "transformative" opportunity for all levels of government to build on increased public trust brought about by COVID-19.
26
Jun
2020

Dr Kama’s life-changing journey from PNG ‘village kid’ to award-winning PhD scholar

Dr Bal Kama
From the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea to the heights of legal academia, Dr Bal Kama's scholarly success has been shaped by his determination to overcome challenges and deep commitment to the Pacific.
19
May
2020

Humans of ANU Law: Joseph Lee

Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee is a PhD candidate at ANU College of Law.

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In the Media

26
Jun
2020

Hank Nelson Prize winner attempts to unravel complicated relationship between government and judiciary in PNG

speaks with ABC Radio
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18
Jun
2020

Do WA's emergency health powers allow forcible testing, vaccination and removal of underwear of children? Here are the facts

Michael Eburn quoted in ABC News
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17
Jun
2020

Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption

Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation
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10
Jun
2020

The law betrays the lore, so we'll destroy our ancient heritage again

Peter Burnett, Debra Wilkinson writes in The Sydney Morning Herald
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31
Mar
2020

Planning for a post-COVID-19 financial sector that works for everyone

Lee-Anne Sim writes in Medium
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19
Feb
2020

PNG: Booting Exxon gives Marape a boost – for now

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23
Jan
2020

PNG police MOU with mining company concerning - academic

quoted in Radio New Zealand
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15
Jan
2020

Why Celeste Barber's bushfire fundraiser is more complicated than it seems

Michael Eburn quoted in ABC News
Research theme:
23
Nov
2019

Why the US, China and Australia are watching as Bougainville votes

quoted in South China Morning Post
Research theme:
23
Nov
2019

Bougainville could become the world's newest nation — here's what you need to know

quoted in ABC News
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Upcoming events

17
Feb
2021

ANU Media Law seminar series: Reporting on Parliament

ANU Media Law seminar series: Reporting on Parliament
7.30PM to 8.30PM
  • Dr Jack Simson Caird

The first seminar in the ANU Media Law seminar series will be delivered by Dr Jack Simson Caird, Legal Counsel at the House of Commons, on the topic of ‘Reporting on Parliament’.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Past events

24
Feb
2017

Oral presentation - Ecologically sustainable development: Success in principle, failure in policy

Peter Burnett
1.00PM to 2.30PM
  • Peter Burnett

Peter Burnett has been researching Australia’s national policies on Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD). 

25
Sep
2019

Misleading Silence as the Basis for Insider Trading Liability

Misleading Silence as the Basis for Insider Trading Liability
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Donna M. Nagy

Misleading Silence as the Basis for Insider Trading Liability under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws

24
Aug
2020

Surveillance and Humanities Virtual Conference Series

Surveillance and Humanities Virtual Conference Series
5.00PM to 6.15PM

This webinar series seeks to address the new meaning, scope and representation of surveillance in the time of COVID-19 and initiate a conversation between arts, humanities and the various fields which surveillance is used. 

02
Sep
2020

The Commonwealth’s power to use the ADF to provide civil aid during disasters and pandemics

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Anne Twomey

During the January bushfires, the Prime Minister observed that using the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide aid was ‘testing the limits of constitutionally defined roles and responsibilities’. The ‘Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements’ was established to inquire into these limits.

26
Aug
2020

Agreed formal requirements for the variation of contracts

Agreed Formal Requirements for the Variation of Contracts
1.00PM to 2.00PM

Join Dr John Eldridge as he talks about the clauses which regulate the form of contracts by way of ‘variation’ state agreed rules, rather than mandatory rules, and that matters such as the scope and operation of such clauses are issues of intention which must be resolved by construction.

14
Dec
2020

The Government's COVID-19 Response: Legal advising in the middle of a pandemic

Stephen Bouwhis_cipl guest speaker
5.30PM to 6.30PM
  • Stephen Bouwhuis

Join Stephen Bouwhuis for an informal Q&A on his experience as one of the lead public servants working on the Government’s response to COVID-19.

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