Staff Expertise at the Law School
The members of the School of Law have a wide variety of research interests. The interests of individual staff members are listed below. For more information on our staff please see our staff listing.
Staff members may be available to supervise postgraduate research degrees in their areas of expertise. If you are thinking about enrolling in such a degree feel free to contact the Chair of the Research Committee, Heather Forrest for an informal discussion about the suitability of your topic and a possible supervisor.
Professor Dr. Jürgen Bröhmer: Public International Law, European Union Law, International and European Human Rights, International Trade and Business Law, German Public Law (Constitutional and Administrative Law), Comparative Law
Professor Stephen Colbran: Civil Procedure, Information Technology Law, Ethics, Family Law, Applied Social Science research methodologies, On-line teaching pedagogy, Use of Information Technology in Learning and Teaching, Judicial Performance Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Electronic Marking Systems
Michelle de Souza: Medical Law and Medical ethics, in particulr, bioethics and comparative healthcare law.
Heather Forrest: property rights in the context of domain names and global licensing of IP rights
Associate Professor Harry Geddes: Legal Process, Succession, Statutory Interpretation, Torts
Dr Eric Ghosh: Jurisprudence, Administrative Law
Jennifer Greaney: Indigenous Australians and Law
Associate Professor Russell Hogg (Chair of Research Committee): Crime and Justive in rural communities, criminology, punishment and social control, terrorism, political violence and security, politics of law and order
Aileen Kennedy: Family Law, Health Law
Dr Amanda Kennedy: Conflict over ownership of natural resources and the concept of ‘social licence’; Risks and benefits associated with ‘unbundling’ rights (to carbon, water and other evolving interests) in land; Use of non-legal instruments (such as social marketing tools) to manage natural resource use
Karen Lee: Telecommunications Law
Associate Professor Mark Lunney: Torts, History of the Common Law and Legal Profession
Professor Eilis Magner: Evidence, Dispute Resolution, Meetings Law, Civil Procedure, Women and the Law
Cameron Moore: Law of the Sea, International Law, Environmental Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Constitutional Law, Naval and Military Operations Law
Dr Imtiaz Omar: Constitutional Law, Comparative Human Rights
Associate Professor Brian Simpson: Family Law, Children’s Rights, Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Law, Law and Social Welfare, Education Law, Law and Cyberspace, Law and Regional and Urban Planning, Law and Tourism
Dr Tristan Taylor: Roman Law, Society and Comparative Genocide Studies.
Dr Same Varayudej: Corporations Law, Securities Law, International Law
Julia Werren: Health Law, Torts
Kip Werren: Psychology and the Law, Evidence, Taxation and Financial Planning.
Fran Wright: Criminal Law, Modern Legal History, Medical Law