Research

Research

Monash Law has a vibrant research culture. Members of the Faculty produce influential research which seeks to engage with the world and impact on people’s lives.

Research centres and groups

Our members produce influential research that is doctrinal, theoretical and influences law reform. Our research attracts grants and funding from a variety of sources.

Graduate Research

Elite thinkers never stand still. Meet our HDR community.

Future courts research platform

Australia’s finest university court facility, dedicated to researching the impact of technology on the legal system and educating the next generation of legal service providers.

Monash Law research outcomes
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Research output

Monash Law produces research of the highest quality that has a positive influence in law reform, the development of policy and expanding legal knowledge.

Monash Law research impact

Human Rights in Australia

With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights last month recommending that the Commonwealth Parliament enact a federal Human Rights Act, there is increasing evidence for introducing specific laws protecting human rights across Australia.

Castan Centre

Human Rights in Australia

Australia is the only Western democracy that doesn’t have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change.

Castan Centre

A new federal Religious Discrimination Act

Most states and territories already have laws banning this kind of religious discrimination, however, there's no federal law apart from a constitutional provision banning religious discrimination in federal government jobs.

Monash Law

A Different Lens | Law Compilation

Hear from academics at the Faculty of Law about the impact their research is having.

Faculty of Law

The Death of Corporate Greed

Greater transparency and public scrutiny has meant that companies chasing short-term profits with no regard for its customers, the environment or the wider community are at greater risk of failure.

Faculty of Law

The age of cryptocurrency

As cryptocurrency continues to make headlines around the world, we're taking a closer look at the legal implications for the future of the technology. Will altcoins revolutionise how society thinks about money, and how can the law catch up?

Digital Law Group

Tackling family violence

"When I discovered that family violence is the leading cause of injury and death to women in Australia, that's when I knew I had to change it." Dr. Becky Batagol is changing the way the justice system deals with family violence.

Feminist Legal Studies Group

Capital Punishment Impact Initiative

In 2018, we joined forces with an Australian NGO, the Capital Punishment Justice Project, with a shared ambition to end the death penalty in Asia.

Eleos Justice
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Academic and research enquiries

Monash Law Research Office
Faculty of Law
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Clayton Campus

Email: Law-ADRES@monash.edu

Higher Degree by Research (HDR) enquiries

Law Graduate Research Services
Faculty of Law
Building 12
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Clayton Campus

Email: law-graduate-research@monash.edu