Ms Melissa Castan

Research Interests

Aborigines and the Law
Australian Legal System
Constitutional Law
Human Rights
Intellectual Property
International Human Rights Law
International Law
Land Title
Legal History

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

3 LLB Honours theses and 3 LLB research projects

Masters:

1 LLM Graduate research paper

Doctoral:

Human rights obligations and climate change
(co-supervisor: Gerry nagtzaam)

Determining native title

Neo-liberalist doctrine of individual rights
(co-supervisor: Patrick Emerton)

The Koori Court of Victoria: An answer to cultural and language disadvange for indigenous offenders in the criminal justice system?

Editorial Boards

Editorial Committee Member- Alternative Law Journal

Publications

2010

Other publications by Ms Castan are available at:
http://ssrn.com/author=87538

Joseph, S and Castan, M. Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed, 2010).

Castan, M.  ‘DRIP feed: the slow reconstruction of self-determination for Indigenous peoples’ in Sarah Joseph and Adam McBeth (eds), Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2010), 492-511.

Castan, M. and Paterson, J. ‘From supergirl to invisible woman: the divide between student perception and professional reality in corporate legal practice’ (2010) 35(3) Alternative Law Journal 138-141.

Castan, M., Paterson, J., Richardson, P., Watt, H. and Dever, M. ‘Early optimism? First-year law students' work expectations and aspirations’ (2010) 20 (1 and 2) Legal Education Review 1-11.

Castan, M. ‘Remembering the rule of law’ (2010) 35(4) Alternative Law Journal 233-234.

Castan, M. and Debeljak, J. ‘The human rights impact of the Victorian Charter for indigenous peoples' record-keeping and archiving?’, Towards an Understanding of the Archival and Recordkeeping Implications of Australian and International Human Rights for Indigenous Australians, 12 October 2010, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1-14.

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2010