Academics in the News
Breaking Down Boundaries[18 November 2009]
Dr Arlie Loughnan and Dr Shae McCrystal are scheduled speakers for this forthcoming intervarsity social justice conference. More
The Australian Taxation Office and the Myer float[18 November 2009]
Professor Michael Dirkis comments on the Australian Taxation Office's unprecedented action against TPG over the $2.4 billion Myer float. More
Religion and the Law[18 November 2009]
Professor Patrick Parkinson AM comments on whether religious organisations should comply with anti-discrimination law. More
Right of refusal[18 November 2009]
Associate Professor Cameron Stewart discusses the importance of medical patients having an Advanced Care Directive (ACD). More
Immigrants 'cast off' disabled kids to enter Australia[13 November 2009]
Professor Mary Crock told a Federal Parliamentary Inquiry that families are abandoning their disabled children in order to fit into Australia's immigration criteria. More
New South Wales to refuse cap on political donations[11 November 2009]
A report by Associate Professor Anne Twomey suggests a state-based ban on political donations may be "constitutionally invalid". More
Injunctions and the media[9 November 2009]
Dr David Rolph discusses the "super injunction," one of the most effective tools powerful individuals and corporations reach for when they want to silence the media. More
The Role of Lawyers in 'Civilising Globalisation'[6 November 2009]
Professor David Kinley interviewed on Law.com in relation to his book on human rights and the global economy More
The John Barry Memorial Lecture[4 November 2009]
Associate Professor Gail Mason delivered this year's lecture presented by the Criminology discipline at the School of Social and Political Sciences in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. More
Latest legal course has universal reach[2 November 2009]
The new Master of Global Law is profiled in the 2nd November 2009 edition of the Sydney Morning Herald. More
Success in Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects for 2010[27 October 2009]
Sydney Law School would like to congratulate its relevant staff members in acquiring six ARC Discovery Projects to commence in 2010. More
Most arrive by plane, not boat[26 October 2009]
Professor Mary Crock says Politicians' "expedient obsession" with boat people is clouding the truth about Australia's refugee flows. More
