Application for Admission: Law Honours Program 2023

In 2023, students wishing to join the WSU School of Law Honours program are required to pick from a range of pre-determined topics (provided below).  Where an applicant wishes to research a topic that is not on the list below, the applicant will also be required to explain why they should be permitted to undertake research on that topic. Applicants who wish to select their own topic should note that approval of a topic that is not on the topic list below will be subject to the availability of a supervisor that is qualified to supervise the student.

Places for admission into the Law Honours program in 2023 are limited and competitive. Satisfying the entry requirements do no guarantee a place in the Honours program.

To apply to be considered for honours in 2023 please send an email to: lawhonours@westernsydney.edu.au, and copy in A.Dastyari@westernsydney.edu.au by 15 January 2023 with the following:.

  • Use the subject line: Honours 2023 Application
  • Fill in and attach a completed HWAM/AAM Ready Reckoner to your email. A copy of the document can be found here
  • Please provide the following information in the body of your email:

  1. Your name ___________________________
  2. Your Current Admission Average Mark (AAM) according to the HWAM/AAM Ready Reckoner that you have attached:  ___________________________
  3. Your top 3 topics and supervisors from the list provided below in order of prefrerence.
  4. Your Statement of Intent in relation to your first topic choice from the list below OR your Statement of Intent in relation to a topic that you wish to be considered for your Honours project. Students can find instructions and a  template for the Statement of Intent here.
 

Topic

Supervisor

First Choice

  

Second Choice

  

Third Choice

 

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Topic

Supervisor

First Choice

Domestic and family violence in diverse communities (CALD, faith-based, LGBTI+ etc)

Dr Amira Aftab

Second Choice

The regionalisation of international criminal justice in Africa or elsewhere

Dr Souheir Edelbi

Third Choice

The use of hybrid courts and tribunals to prosecute international crimes

Dr Souheir Edelbi

List of topics to choose from:

Potential Supervisor

Potential topic

Potential topic

Potential topic

Professor Michael Head

FOI requests

Domestic military deployments

Protest law

Dr Amira Aftab

Domestic and family violence in diverse communities (CALD, faith-based, LGBTI+ etc)

Transgender rights and the law

Legal responses to image-based abuse

Dr Jason Donnelly

Australian migration law

Australian statutory interpretation

Australian administrative law

Dr Liesel Spencer

Food system governance in times of crisis: Covid-19 food shortages and the regulatory gap

Wartime food rationing in WWII Australia: a legal history project using War Memorial and other archival materials

A comparative law investigation into how school food programs are regulated in Japan and France

Dr Rangika Palliyaarachchi

Any aspect of corporations law

Role of corporations in society

Corporate Compliance and Managerial Conduct

Dr Meda Couzens

Australian human rights legislation and the rights of children

The Voice Referendum: What opportunities for the rights of children?

Dr Sandy Noakes

Unfair dismissals relating to COVID-19 vaccination refusal

Sexual harassment by employees in out of work contexts: tribunal responses.

The employer's duty to provide work: an analysis of the Australian doctrine

Dr Thillagavathy Rajaretnam

Information privacy

Data governance law and regulation,

Corporate governance.

Dr Souheir Edelbi

TWAIL, postcolonial or feminist critiques of the ICC's role in the Global South

The role of postcolonial states or victims in the ICC's legal practices including the Trust Fund for Victims

The regionalisation of international criminal justice in Africa or elsewhere

The use of hybrid courts and tribunals to prosecute international crimes

The Honourable David Collier AM

Family law

Francine Feld

Evidence law

Criminal procedure