Staff Research Expertise

Melbourne Law School is an outstanding research institution with internationally recognised scholars and some of the best emerging research talent in Australia. The books and articles written by our scholars have been cited by the highest courts in Australia and throughout the common law world. They have influenced law reform on topics as diverse as the Charter of Rights, genetic testing, damages for negligence, treatment of detainees in times of war, HIV policy, treatment of asylum seekers, patent protection, and the use of DNA in criminal trials. Above all, researchers at Melbourne Law School are committed to producing high quality, internationally recognised scholarly work that changes the way we understand and apply law.

Below is a list of our Research Expertise, demonstrating the wide range of research interests and excellence of Melbourne Law School academics.

Administrative/Public Law
Farrah Ahmed . Alison Duxbury . Carolyn Evans . Simon Evans . Beth Gaze . Ann Genovese . Graeme Hill . John Howe . Andrew Mitchell . Paula O'Brien . Cheryl Saunders AO . Cait Storr . Kristen Walker . Margaret Young
 
Agency
Ann O'Connell
 
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Camille Cameron . Anna Chapman . Jacqueline Horan . Michelle Taylor-Sands
 
Arms Control and Disarmament and the Law of International Institutions
Tim McCormack
 
Art and Law
Robin Wright
 
Asian Law
Farrah Ahmed . Sarah Biddulph . Sean Cooney . Andrew Godwin . Sunita Jogarajan . Tim Lindsey . Pip Nicholson . Stacey Steele . Amanda Whiting
 
Banking & Finance Law
Paul Ali . Andrew Godwin . Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan . Stacey Steele . Bruce Taylor
 
Breach of Confidence and Privacy
Andrew Kenyon . Megan Richardson . Fiona Rotstein
 
Broadcasting Regulation and Policy
Jason Bosland
 
Chinese Law
Sarah Biddulph . Sean Cooney . Andrew Godwin
 
Civil Practice & Procedure
Camille Cameron . Gary Cazalet . Jacqueline Horan . Michelle Taylor-Sands
 
Commercial Law
Ross Becroft . Fred Ellinghaus . Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan
 
Comparative Constitutional Law
Simon Evans . Jeremy Gans . Kirsty Gover . Cheryl Saunders AO . Kristen Walker . Lael Weis
 
Comparative Law
Sarah Biddulph . Camille Cameron . Sean Cooney . Michael Crommelin . Simon Evans . Andrew Godwin . Kevin Jon Heller . Sunita Jogarajan . Cally Jordan . Tim Lindsey . Pip Nicholson . Cheryl Saunders AO . Miranda Stewart . Adrienne Stone . Cait Storr . Michael Tilbury
 
Competition Law
Caron Beaton-Wells . Arlen Duke
 
Conflict of Laws
Richard Garnett . Cally Jordan . Michael Tilbury
 
Constitutional Law
Farrah Ahmed . Michael Crommelin . Simon Evans . Carolyn Evans . Graeme Hill . Mark McMillan . Cheryl Saunders AO . Adrienne Stone . Joo-Cheong Tham . Kristen Walker . John Waugh . Lael Weis . David Wood
 
Construction Contracts
Matthew Bell . David Bennett QC . Wayne Jocic
 
Construction Law
Ian Bailey SC . Matthew Bell . Wayne Jocic
 
Consumer Protection
Arlen Duke . Jeannie Paterson
 
Contract Law
Elise Bant . Katy Barnett . Matthew Bell . Sean Cooney . Arlen Duke . Fred Ellinghaus . Wayne Jocic . Jeannie Paterson . Megan Richardson . Andrew Robertson
 
Copyright Law
Andrew Christie . Andrew Kenyon . Janice Luck . Sam Ricketson . Robin Wright
 
Corporate Governance
John Howe . Cally Jordan . Ian Ramsay
 
Corporate Law
Paul Ali . Helen Anderson . Pamela Hanrahan . John Howe . Cally Jordan . Ann O'Connell . Ian Ramsay
 
Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
Ian Ramsay
 
Corporate/Technology
Janice Luck . Sam Ricketson
 
Criminal Law
Jeremy Gans . Kevin Jon Heller . Rain Liivoja . Jenny Morgan . Bruce Oswald . Andrew Palmer . Peter Rush . David Wood
 
Criminal Procedure
Jeremy Gans . Andrew Roberts
 
Critical Race Theory
Lee Godden . Mark McMillan . Dianne Otto
 
Damages and Compensation
Harold Luntz . David Studdert . Michael Tilbury
 
Debt Finance
Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan . Bruce Taylor
 
Defamation Law
Jason Bosland . Andrew Kenyon
 
Derivatives
Cally Jordan . Bruce Taylor
 
Discrimination Law
Anna Chapman . Beth Gaze . Jenny Morgan
 
Electronic Banking & Electronic Commerce (E-commerce)
Richard Garnett . Janice Luck . Sam Ricketson
 
Employee Relations
Anna Chapman . Sean Cooney . Colin Fenwick
 
Employment Law
Anna Chapman . Sean Cooney . Colin Fenwick . John Howe . Joo-Cheong Tham
 
Energy Law
Michael Crommelin . Brad Jessup . Jacqueline Peel
 
Environmental Law
Lee Godden . Brad Jessup . Jacqueline Peel . Maureen Tehan . Lael Weis
 
Equity Finance
Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan
 
European Law
Martin Vranken
 
Evidence and Proof
Jeremy Gans . Kevin Jon Heller . Andrew Palmer . Andrew Roberts . Peter Rush
 
Family Law
Farrah Ahmed . Belinda Fehlberg . Helen Rhoades
 
Feminist Legal Theory
Anna Chapman . Beth Gaze . Ann Genovese . Wendy Larcombe . Jenny Morgan . Dianne Otto . Lisa Sarmas . Amanda Whiting
 
Feminist Philosophy
Lael Weis
 
Financial Services Law
Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan
 
Free Speech Law
Jason Bosland . Andrew Kenyon . Adrienne Stone
 
Funds Management Law
Pamela Hanrahan
 
Globalisation and Law
Fred Ellinghaus . Sunita Jogarajan . Cally Jordan . Jürgen Kurtz . Sundhya Pahuja . Miranda Stewart . Amanda Whiting
 
Health Law and Bioethics
Shaun McVeigh . Paula O'Brien . Loane Skene . David Studdert . Michelle Taylor-Sands . Kristen Walker
 
Human Rights Law
Roisin Burke . Anna Chapman . Alison Duxbury . Carolyn Evans . Simon Evans . Colin Fenwick . Michelle Foster . Jeremy Gans . Beth Gaze . Kirsty Gover . James Hathaway . Joseph Kikonyogo . Rain Liivoja . Mark McMillan . Bruce Oswald . Dianne Otto . John Tobin . Sophie Walker . Kristen Walker . Amanda Whiting
 
Indonesian Law
Tim Lindsey
 
Industrial Relations
Anna Chapman . Sean Cooney . Colin Fenwick . John Howe . Joo-Cheong Tham
 
Information Technology Law
Andrew Christie
 
Insolvency Law
Helen Anderson . Bruce Taylor
 
Insurance Law
Michael Tilbury
 
Intellectual Property Law
Andrew Christie . Chris Dent . Janice Luck . Megan Richardson . Sam Ricketson . Fiona Rotstein . Robin Wright
 
Intergovernmental Relations
Graeme Hill . Cheryl Saunders AO
 
International Criminal Law
Roisin Burke . Helen Durham . Kevin Jon Heller . Rain Liivoja . Tim McCormack . Narrelle Morris . Peter Rush
 
International Dispute Resolution
Ross Becroft . Camille Cameron . Alison Duxbury . Carolyn Evans . Richard Garnett . Jürgen Kurtz . Andrew Mitchell . Tania Voon
 
International Environmental Law
Brad Jessup . Jacqueline Peel . Margaret Young
 
International Humanitarian Law
Roisin Burke . Kevin Jon Heller . Joseph Kikonyogo . Rain Liivoja . Tim McCormack . Bruce Oswald . Peter Rush
 
International Law
Roisin Burke . Helen Durham . Alison Duxbury . Carolyn Evans . Colin Fenwick . Michelle Foster . Richard Garnett . Kirsty Gover . James Hathaway . Kevin Jon Heller . Cally Jordan . Joseph Kikonyogo . Jürgen Kurtz . Rain Liivoja . Tim McCormack . Andrew Mitchell . Narrelle Morris . Paula O'Brien . Anne Orford . Bruce Oswald . Dianne Otto . Sundhya Pahuja . Jacqueline Peel . Gerry Simpson . Tania Voon . Kristen Walker . Margaret Young
 
International Law and Indigenous People
Kirsty Gover . Mark McMillan . Dianne Otto . Cait Storr
 
International Tax
Sunita Jogarajan . Miranda Stewart
 
International Trade Law
Ross Becroft . Richard Garnett . Joseph Kikonyogo . Jürgen Kurtz . Andrew Mitchell . Anne Orford . Jacqueline Peel . Tania Voon . Margaret Young
 
Islamic Law
Tim Lindsey . Amanda Whiting
 
Japanese Law
Stacey Steele
 
Jurisprudence
Matthew Harding . Sam Kirk . Shaun McVeigh . Peter Rush . Lael Weis
 
Labour Law
Anna Chapman . Sean Cooney . Colin Fenwick . John Howe . Joo-Cheong Tham
 
Law and Development
Jenny Beard . Anne Orford . Sundhya Pahuja
 
Law and Economics
Katy Barnett . Arlen Duke . Megan Richardson
 
Law and Indigenous People
Ann Genovese . Lee Godden . Kirsty Gover . Cait Storr . Maureen Tehan
 
Law and Society
Chris Dent . Kirsty Gover . Brad Jessup . Andrew Kenyon . Wendy Larcombe . Pip Nicholson . Sundhya Pahuja . David Studdert
 
Law of the Sea
Margaret Young
 
Law Reform in Developing Countries
Camille Cameron . Sean Cooney . Fred Ellinghaus . Sunita Jogarajan . Cally Jordan . Jürgen Kurtz . Tim Lindsey . Miranda Stewart
 
Legal Aesthetics
Shaun McVeigh . Peter Rush
 
Legal Education
Simon Evans . Andrew Godwin . Wendy Larcombe
 
Legal History
Ann Genovese . Lee Godden . Anne Orford . Peter Rush . Gerry Simpson . Michael Tilbury . John Waugh . Amanda Whiting
 
Legal Theory
Farrah Ahmed . Katy Barnett . Fred Ellinghaus . Simon Evans . Ann Genovese . Lee Godden . Kevin Jon Heller . Sam Kirk . Shaun McVeigh . Anne Orford . Dianne Otto . Sundhya Pahuja . Andrew Roberts . Peter Rush . Lisa Sarmas . Adrienne Stone . Cait Storr . Lael Weis . David Wood
 
Litigation
Ross Becroft . Camille Cameron . Gary Cazalet . Jacqueline Horan . Andrew Palmer . Michelle Taylor-Sands
 
Malaysian Law
Amanda Whiting
 
Managed Investments
Pamela Hanrahan
 
Media & Communications Law
Jason Bosland . Andrew Kenyon . Sophie Walker . Robin Wright
 
Medical Law
Harold Luntz . Paula O'Brien . Loane Skene . David Studdert
 
Medico-Legal
Paula O'Brien . Loane Skene
 
Mergers and Acquisitions
Ian Ramsay
 
Military Law
Alison Duxbury . Rain Liivoja . Tim McCormack . Narrelle Morris . Bruce Oswald
 
Moral and Political Philosophy
Matthew Harding . Sam Kirk . Shaun McVeigh . Lael Weis
 
Multiculturalism and the Law
Farrah Ahmed . Kirsty Gover . Lisa Sarmas
 
Native Title Law
Michael Crommelin . Lee Godden . Kirsty Gover . Maureen Tehan
 
Natural Resources
Lee Godden . Brad Jessup . Lael Weis
 
Non Profit Organisations
Matthew Harding
 
Paid Work Relationships and the Law
Anna Chapman . Joo-Cheong Tham
 
Parliamentary Law
Carolyn Evans . Simon Evans
 
Patent Law
Andrew Christie . Chris Dent . Janice Luck . Sam Ricketson . Fiona Rotstein
 
Planning Law
Lee Godden . Brad Jessup
 
Post-colonial Theory
Lee Godden . Kirsty Gover . Anne Orford . Dianne Otto . Sundhya Pahuja . Cait Storr . Amanda Whiting
 
Prisoners Rights
Colin Fenwick . Ian Malkin
 
Private Law
Katy Barnett . Michael Bryan . Fred Ellinghaus . Matthew Harding . Cally Jordan . Andrew Robertson . Michael Tilbury
 
Product Liability
Harold Luntz
 
Project Finance
Bruce Taylor
 
Property Law
Elise Bant . Katy Barnett . Jason Bosland . Simon Evans . Lee Godden . Andrew Godwin . Matthew Harding . Brad Jessup . Maureen Tehan . Lael Weis . Amanda Whiting
 
Queer and Post-modern Legal Theory
Dianne Otto . Lisa Sarmas . Kristen Walker
 
Refugee Law
Michelle Foster . James Hathaway . Joseph Kikonyogo
 
Religious Legal Studies
Carolyn Evans
 
Remedies
Elise Bant . Katy Barnett . Jeannie Paterson . Andrew Robertson . Michael Tilbury
 
Restitution
Elise Bant . Katy Barnett . Michael Bryan . Simon Evans
 
Revenue Law
Sunita Jogarajan
 
Science & Technology Regulation
Lee Godden . Loane Skene
 
Securities Law
Pamela Hanrahan . Cally Jordan . Ann O'Connell . Ian Ramsay
 
Securitisation
Bruce Taylor
 
Sentencing
Jeremy Gans
 
Sexual identities and the Law
Anna Chapman . Dianne Otto . Peter Rush . Lisa Sarmas . Kristen Walker
 
Sports Law
Peter Brukner OAM . Hayden Opie
 
Structured Finance
Pamela Hanrahan
 
Taiwanese Law
Sean Cooney
 
Taxation Law
Mark Burton . Sunita Jogarajan . Ann O'Connell . Cameron Rider . Miranda Stewart
 
Technology and Intellectual Property
Andrew Christie . Janice Luck . Sam Ricketson
 
Torts Law
Brad Jessup . Harold Luntz . Ian Malkin . Paula O'Brien . David Studdert
 
Trade Marks and Designs
Jason Bosland . Andrew Christie . Janice Luck . Megan Richardson . Sam Ricketson
 
Vietnamese Law
Brad Jessup . Pip Nicholson
 
Welfare Law
Beth Gaze . Miranda Stewart
 
Workplace Relations and Employment Law
Anna Chapman . Sean Cooney . Colin Fenwick . John Howe . Joo-Cheong Tham