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University of Melbourne

Guide

Guidelines for the ethical use of digital data in human research


The guidelines presented here have been developed to assist researchers who are conducting, and ethics committee members who are assessing, research involving digital data.
Journal article

Judicial humour in the Australian courtroom

Findings from the research clarify aspects of the form, nature and circumstances of appropriate judicial humour and its positive functions. Summary
Journal article

Towards a history of law as an academic discipline

This paper argues for more studies which situate legal scholars within the context of Australian law schools. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to argue for more histories of Australian legal scholars that study their endeavours through the lens of legal education; in other words, studies which situate legal scholars within the context of...
Journal article

The new terrorists: the normalisation and spread of anti-terror laws in Australia

This article explores the dynamic by which once exceptional measures become normalised and then extended to new extremes. Abstract Since September 11, Australia’s federal Parliament has enacted a range of exceptional measures aimed at preventing terrorism. These measures include control orders, which were not designed or intended for use outside of the terrorism context. What...
Working paper

The financial sector regulation bill in South Africa: lessons from Australia


The proposed reforms to financial regulation in South Africa, as embodied in the Financial Sector Regulation Bill, (second draft, 10 December, 2014) (‘FSR Bill’), represent the most important reforms to South Africa’s financial regulatory architecture since the 1987 de Kock Commission. The degree to which these reforms succeed will determine the extent to which South...