TC Beirne School of Law - University of Queensland
RESEARCH
2008 Highlights
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Collaborative international research to
fight organised crime in Australia and
the Asia Pacific Region
UQ Research Excellence Award to
analyse foreign sex worker exploitation
and human trafficking in Australia and
Canada
ARC Linkage International Fellowship
for interdisciplinary research with US
universities on consumer bankruptcy
Australian Research Council Discovery
Project grant to study the effect of
patents on the agricultural industry
Establishment of TC Beirne Working
Paper Series
Strategic Goal:
To increase the quality of all
research outputs within the
School to a level consistent
with the School’s aspiration
to be an internationally
recognised centre of research
excellence.
Page 8 | TC Beirne School of Law Biennial Report 2008-2009
2009 Highlights
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Launch of the Australian Private Law
Network in collaboration with the
University of Melbourne
Launch of Current Legal Issues
Seminar Series in collaboration with
the Queensland Bar Association
2009 Fulbright Symposium on US-
Australia Free Trade Agreement
Launch of a biographical website
about NT judge Justice Martin
Kriewaldt
Collaborative international research
investigating environmental crime and
corruption in Tanzania
Release of research report Mothers
and the Child Protection System
Overview
The TC Beirne School of Law creates
and disseminates leading-edge research
across a wide range of legal fields. The
School’s academic staff are a diverse
and energetic community of scholars
who seek to make significant and lasting
contributions to the understanding
and development of law nationally
and internationally, adding both to the
effectiveness of law as a discipline and to
a better understanding of its relationship
with other disciplines such as science,
philosophy, economics, sociology, politics,
business, and social policy.
Research activities and initiatives during
2008 and 2009 supported the School’s
operational strategies of increasing
opportunities for interaction with outside
bodies and identifying areas of emerging
legal, social, economic and other
intellectual importance.
Website:
www.law.uq.edu.au/law-research
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Happy Birthday Brothels – report on
the 10th anniversary of prostitution
regulation in Queensland
Interdisciplinary research project
investigating the marine, legal
and anthropological aspects of
conservation in Marovo Lagoon,
Solomon Islands
UQ Research Excellence Award to
study baby boomers and the state
of their investments amid the global
financial crisis
National Drug Law Enforcement
Research Fund grant to undertake a
detailed analysis of the drug khat, an
emerging Australian drug concern
Research Strengths and
Centres
While individual research projects span a
very broad intellectual spectrum, within
the School there are a number of current
and emerging areas of strength and
specialisations. Some of these areas of
strength have been rationalised into formal
research centres or informal research
networks, which engage in collaborative,
inter-institutional or interdisciplinary
projects. Many projects are also
undertaken in association with industry
and/or government stakeholders both
within Australia and overseas.
Existing Research Strengths
The following are established areas of
research strength within the School:
– Public Law
– Private Law
– Legal Theory
– Transnational and Comparative Law
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Intellectual Property
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