Mollie Holman Medals for Law Theses

The Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal, offered for the first time in 1998, is awarded to the Doctoral candidate in each faculty of Monash University judged to have presented the best thesis of the year.  The medal is named in honour of Professor Mollie Holman, who has made a long and distinguished contribution to the University and has been a vigorous champion of postgraduate education.

Each year ten awards are normally available to be awarded to the best doctoral thesis of each faculty.

List of recipients from the Faculty of Law to date:

2008:
David Lindsay
"International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP"

2007
Diana Bowman
"A small matter of regulation: the emerging issue of nanotechnology"

2006
Patrick Emerton
"Moral relativism and political legitimacy: an argument for a global social contract"

2005
Vicki Vann
" Equitable compensation in Australia: principles and problems"

2004
Elizabeth Adeney
"Moral rights: the evolution and transmigration of a doctrine"

2003
John Duns
"Insolvency: Law and Policy”  

2002
Sue McNicol
“The Law of Privilege and Confidential Communications: A Critical Analysis”   

2001
Nicholas Aroney
"The Federal Commonwealth of Australia: a study in the formation of its constitution"

2000
Mirko Bagaric
“Punishment and sentencing: a rational approach”\