Latest Research News

• Sydney Law School conducts Constitutional Reform Workshop in Myanmar[9 May 2013]

  

  A three-day workshop on constitutional reform, under the auspices of the Sydney Law School has just concluded in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), with the participation of representatives of a very wide spectrum of this country's political stakeholders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Chair of the National League for Democracy and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. More

• Open disclosure (OD)[7 May 2013]

  

  Doctors have been slow to embrace the practice of Open Disclosure (OD) after adverse health care events, despite its implementation in state health policy documents and inclusion in the Medical Board of Australia's code of conduct for doctors, writes Professor Cameron Stewart. More

• Ethics and the Law for Health Professionals[2 May 2013]

  

  This new book co-authored by Professor Cameron Stewart examines the rich and complex ethical issues that characterise health care. More

• Commentaries on Selected Model Investment Treaties[2 May 2013]

  

  Professor Chester Brown is the editor of the latest instalment in the Oxford Commentaries on International Law. More

• Contemporary Challenges in Regulating Global Crises[2 May 2013]

  

  Professor Mark Findlay's new book explains that for the sake of sustainability, human diversity can bond in different ways to achieve fate. More

• Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon: The Case of REDD+ [2 May 2013]

  

  This new book, co-edited by Professor Rosemary Lyster, with contributions by Associate Professors Simon Butt and Tim Stephens, sheds light on the complexity of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+). More

• Family law scholars receive international acclaim [16 April 2013]

  

  Professor Patrick Parkinson, AM and Associate Professor Judith Cashmore, AO have been selected to receive the Stanley Cohen Research Award by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). More

• Restorative Justice and Emerging Practice[21 March 2013]

  

  The Sydney Institute of Criminology (IC) launched the new book, Restorative Justice and Emerging Practice at a Beyond Punishment seminar recently. More

• Schemes, Takeovers and Himalayan Peaks[20 March 2013]

  

  Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law is pleased to announce the third edition of Schemes, Takeovers and Himalayan Peaks, the leading Australian book on the use of schemes of arrangement to effect changes of control of listed and widely held Australian companies. More

• A conference on the dimensions of property law[12 March 2013]

  

  Sydney Law School scholars gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the Geneva-Harvard-Renmin-Sydney Law Faculty Conference, a three-day event that explored the history and evolution of property laws around the world. More

• International Research Collaboration on Federalism and Tax Harmonisation[25 February 2013]

  

  The Ross Parson's Centre, represented by Dr Peter Gerangelos, Professor of Constitutional Law at Sydney Law School, was recently involved in a major international research program entitled "Horizontal Tax Coordination within the EU and within States: the Role of the Courts" that was conducted by the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the University of Vienna and supported by the European Science Funds. More

• SCIL Talks: big ideas from our experts in international law[31 January 2013]

  

  Experts in international law from the Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL) have presented four intriguing ideas in a series of short videos. More