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Regulatory Law and Policy

Regulatory law and policy

Regulatory Law and Policy
Associate Professor Will Bateman
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Law and technology, Artificial intelligence and law, Law and public finance, Law and financial markets, Law and sustainable investing
Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley FAAL
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Corporations & Financial Markets Law, Law and Humanities
Dr Peter Burnett
Honorary Associate Professor
Research interests:
Environmental Law
Dr Wenting Cheng
Grand Challenge Research Fellow
Mr Gareth Downing
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
law and economics, Regulatory theory and practice, Comparative Law
Professor Mark Findlay
Honorary Professor
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
Carol Lawson
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Regulatory theory and practice, Penology and human rights, Asian Law, Plain legal language
Mr Joseph Lee
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Corporate law, Regulation of Corporate Responsibility, Medical Negligence, Asian Law, National security
Rosemary Listing
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Torts, private law remedies, product liability, Civil Remedies, remedies against public authorities
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
Kate Roff
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Trust Law, Property Law, Bankruptcy Law, Family law, Taxation Law, Statutory Interpretation
Cameron Roles
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Labour Law, Work Health & Safety law, Commonwealth Public Sector Employment law
Lee-Anne Sim
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Globalisation, Economic globalization, Finance regulation, Financialization, Business ethics, Sustainability, Economic distribution, Financial system
Professor Peta Spender FAAL
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Corporations & Financial Markets Law, Evidence and Procedure
Daniel Stewart
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Access to Government Information, Administrative law, Public law, Privacy
Dr Stephen Tang
Honorary Lecturer
Research interests:
Wellbeing, Legal Ethics, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Empirical Legal Research, Behavioural Legal Ethics, Mental Health, Human Rights and the Law, Trauma-informed Lawyering
Dr Michelle Worthington
Lecturer
Research interests:
Corporate law, Legal personhood, Ethical theory, Corporate ethical agency, Monism, Law reform, legal theory, Systems theory, Legal design

Latest news

13
Nov
2020

Audits and reporting schemes: A business case for human rights due diligence

Jo Ford
A new article by Dr Jo Ford warns businesses against over-relying on reporting-based schemes to identify and improve human rights risks in their supply chains.
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.
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.
27
May
2020

Report by Dr Hall to safeguard integrity in Australian sport

Associate Professor Kath Hall
A report into sport integrity led by Associate Professor Kath Hall has contributed to the design of a new government agency to clamp down on match-fixing, doping and corruption.
21
May
2020

ANU Law scholar named a chief investigator of HMI project

Dr Will Bateman
Dr Will Bateman has been appointed chief investigator (law) of the interdisciplinary Humanising Machine Intelligence project funded by the ANU Grand Challenges scheme.  

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In the Media

13
Jan
2021

'Wild West': Who regulates social media and what's Parler?

Jelena Gligorijevic quoted in The Age
Research theme:
26
Jun
2020

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

speaks with ABC Radio
Research theme:
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
Research theme:
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
Research theme:
23
May
2020

Coronavirus restrictions could mean more risk-taking on our roads, but ACT police warn 'someone's luck will run out'

quoted in ABC News
Research theme:
31
Mar
2020

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

Lee-Anne Sim writes in Medium
Research theme:
19
Feb
2020

PNG: Booting Exxon gives Marape a boost – for now

writes in The Interpreter
Research theme:
23
Jan
2020

PNG police MOU with mining company concerning - academic

quoted in Radio New Zealand
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
Research theme:

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Upcoming events

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Past events

04
Nov
2016

Australian law and economics

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8.30AM to 5.30PM
  • Bruce Chapman
  • Bob Gregory

The  Annual Meeting of the Australian Law and Economics Association will be held on Friday 4 November 2016 at The Australian National University.

Program
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). 

07
Mar
2017

LRSJ Info Session 2017

Law Reform and Social Justice
1.00PM to 2.00PM

Want to find out more about who ANU Law Reform and Social Justice are, or what we do? Are you interested in joining a project? Do you have ideas you are burning to share with like-minded students? Come along to our Info Session in Week 3!

10
May
2017

Private, Regulatory and Commercial Law Research Group

Joan Loughrey
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Joan Loughrey, University of Leeds

This paper explores the parameters of the concept of a business judgment, by examining how, if at all, the courts of England, Australia and the US (primarily Delaware) have defined directors' business judgment. 

08
Sep
2017

40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia

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9.00AM to 1.00PM

The ANU Centre for Commercial Law and Centre for International and Public Law are proud to announce a conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Court of Australia. 

Program
19
Apr
2017

Can good policy rescue politics? A Peter Karmel Forum on Public Policy

Good Policy
5.30PM to 7.30PM
  • Dr John Hewson AM
  • Professor Glenn Withers AO
  • Professor Meredith Edwards AM
  • Ms Katharine Murphy

Australia has a strong history of good policies built on well-researched evidence, but in this ‘post truth’ world, it is clear that evidence-based policy making has fallen on hard times. Join our eminent panel as it discusses how to revive good government.

02
May
2019

Campaign Finance Regulation: A Troublesome Area?

Electoral Regulation Research Network logo
12.45PM to 2.00PM
  • Phil Green PSM
  • Benjamin Smith

This seminar brings together speakers who will examine campaign finance regulation from two distinct perspectives.

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