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The Commercial Law Group

The Commercial Law Group (CLG), Faculty of Law, Monash University has a strong emphasis upon the commercial dimensions of private, transnational, and international law in academic research and teaching.

It has just under 30 Faculty members actively engaged in a broad range of commercial research and teaching areas that include both higher research degree supervisions as well as electives and core units within the LLB, JD, and LLM courses.

The CLG has been active, holding a range of seminars both last year and this year. It features single current and topical events as well as two dynamic seminar series. The two seminar series are the Commercial CPD Seminar Series and the National Commercial Law Seminar Series. These two seminar series are separate and complimentary ventures that focus upon important current issues involving commercial law matters.

The Commercial CPD Seminar Series is a joint initiative between the Monash Law Faculty; the Supreme Court of Victoria; the Victorian Bar; the Law Institute of Victoria and the Judicial College of Victoria. Some of the seminars presented this year have included ‘Remedies – the assessment of damages’ and ‘Process and Procedure - Court Books and preparation for trial’.

The National Commercial Law Seminar Series is a joint initiative with the Monash Law Faculty; the Federal Court of Australia and the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria. Some of the seminars held this year have included ‘Personal Property and Securities Act: Beyond the Transitional Period’ and ‘Things every commercial lawyer should know about judicial review’.

For further information on the Commercial Law Group please visit their website or send the CLG an email at commercial.law.group@monash.edu.

Castan Human Rights Report

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law released its 2014 Castan Human Rights Report on 28 April which highlights the Centre’s research and covers some of the most important human rights law and policy issues currently facing society. Some of the topics covered include asylum seekers, LGBTI rights, Indigenous rights and the issue of ‘freedom’. The report also features other human rights issues which receive less attention such as prison overcrowding, and conditions in detention centres and mental health facilities.

This report is a first for the Centre and is intended to improve the public’s understanding of this Centre’s world-renowned academic research.

 

Public Interest Law Careers Guide

The Public Interest Law Careers Guide (which was created with the assistance of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law) may be of interest to you if you are looking for job opportunities in this field.

Castan Centre Careers guide website

 

Further study

The Faculty of Law offers a number of options for further study of the law to assist you with your legal practise, to improve your understanding of a particular area of law, to further develop your research and writing skills or to assist you in completing the mandatory CPD requirements of legal practice.

The centre of our Faculty’s postgraduate studies is at the Monash University Law Chambers which is conveniently located in the heart of the legal precinct, in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. This can assist you to combine any further study with your work and other commitments.

Further study options include the following:

• Postgraduate Courses – Masters of Law
• Higher Degrees by Research
• Single Unit studies

See a list of all available Masters and single unit subjects.

New Publications from Faculty Staff

Christine Parker and Adrian Evans, 2014, Inside Lawyers’ Ethics, Cambridge University Press, USA.

Justin Malbon, Charles Lawson, Mark Davison, 2014, The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A Commentary, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK.

Norman Witzleb, David Lindsay, Moira Paterson and Sharon Rodrick (editors), 2014, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.

Arie Freiberg, 2014, Fox and Freiberg’s Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria, Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed, Sydney, Australia.

Lisa Spagnolo, 2014, CISG Exclusion and Legal Efficiency, Kluwer Law, The Netherlands.

Brendan Edgeworth, Christopher Rossiter, Margaret Stone, Pamela O’Connor, 2013, Sackville & Neave: Australian Property Law, LexisNexis, 9th ed, Chatswood NSW Australia.