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Public Law, Government and Regulation

Co-ordinator: Professor Marilyn Pittard

Research in the area of public law, government and regulation is far reaching and important in terms of law reform, political debate, organisational management and the rights and protection of our citizens.  Monash Law School has been instrumental in the development of research in this broad sector with interests that range from legal and non-legal forms of regulation, administrative law mechanisms, ombudsman, contract and statutory regimes, and command and control (privatisation) to international governance, constitutional law and theory, and labour law.

 

This cluster incorporates:

 

Administrative Law

  • Administrative Law mechanisms
  • Contract and statutory regimes
  • Judicial administration
  • Legal regulation (including statutory regulation and judicial review)
  • Non-legal (alternative) forms of regulation, including self regulation (such as the AFL Tribunal, the Press Council, Codes of Practice)

 

Constitutional Law

  • Australian Constitutional Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Constitutional Law of Malaysia and Singapore
  • Democracy
  • Sovereignty of Parliament

 

Government and Governance

  • International Governance
  • Informal structure
  • Ombudsman

 

Labour Law

  • Employment contracts and statutory regimes
  • International labour standards
  • Public Sector employment
  • Right to strike and collective bargaining
  • Discrimination and occupational health and safety
  • Unfair dismissal and employment rights

 

Regulation Law

  • Consumer Credit Policy and Practices
  • Contract and statutory regimes
  • Energy and water regulation
  • Gaps and silences in regulation
  • Nanotechnology and new technologies
  • Natural resources regulation
  • Privatisation, Public-Private partnerships (PPPs)
  • Public accountability
  • Regulation of Biotechnology and GMOs

 

Current and recent research projects:

  • Accountability and Responsible Government in Australia and Canada: Similar Heritage, Different Paths
  • Consumer Protection in a Deregulated Retail Energy Market
  • Down the Past: Criminal Record Checks and Access to Employment for Ex-offenders
  • Keeping the Regulators Accountable
  • Labour Law Standards and Temporary Workers
  • Regulation and Governance Review of VicForests
  • The Other Side of Security: Pre-employment
  • Criminal Record Checks and the Exclusion of Persons with Convictions
  • The Quality of Administrative Justice in Australia