TC Beirne School of Law - University of Queensland

School of Law 2008-2009 PHD/MPHIL Students
Name Project Title Principal Advisor
Knanh Nguyen The Role of Defence Lawyers in Vietnam John Devereux
Paul O’Shea Industry Based Consumer Dispute Resolution
Schemes in Australia
Richard Pidgeon Property Holding and Pursuit of Charitable Social
Works by New Zealand Religious Denominations
Carolyn Popp An Evaluation of the Current Legal Frameworks
for Vegetation Management in Australia
Nagaraja Balasubramanya Rao Judicial Activism in Some Aspects of
Construction and Interpretation of Non-marine
Insurance Contracts
Jay Sanderson Plant Intellectual Property in Australia and the
International Community
Karen Schultz Intergenerational Equity in Constitutional
Adjudication
Charles Rickett
Charles Rickett
Suri Ratnapala
Charles Rickett
Brad Sherman
Reid Mortensen
Hong-Song Song Copyright Law in China under Press Control Robert Burrell
Bradley Strahorn A Framework for the Award of Property Rights in
Private Law
Freda Talao Human Rights Law in Papua New Guinea:
Factors and Difficulties
Ross Grantham
Jennifer Corrin
Wan Wan Abdullah Historic Title in the Law of Maritime Delimitation Craig Forrest
Chen Zhang On the Construction of Public Interest Litigation
in China
Website:
www.law.uq.edu.au/research-higher-degree-programs
Research Output
Please see the Appendix for a complete
listing of academic staff publications for
2008 and 2009.
Future Plans
Darryn Jensen
RESEARCH
The School will continue to initiate and support leading-edge research across the diverse
areas of staff expertise with a view to consolidating and enhancing its position as a leading
national and international centre of research excellence. The following specific measures
are planned to further these aims:
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additional informational and research careers support for new members of staff
further enhancement of the existing research advisor scheme
exploration of new fields of research of national and international significance
hosting and contributing to conference and research engagement events of local,
national and international significance
a pro-active recruitment and staff-retention strategy to secure the best academic
and research support staff for the School.
Internationally recognised academic experts will also continue to be invited to visit
UQ to participate in and contribute to the intellectual life of the School. Distinguished
Visiting Fellows for 2010 include Professor William Lucy, University of Manchester, Dr
Paul Mitchell, Kings College, London and Professor Leonard Rotman, University of
Windsor, Canada. The highly successful Research Seminar Series and Current Legal
Issues seminars will also continue into 2010 as part of the School’s overall engagement
strategy.
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