Research Strengths

The School of Law’s research area strengths are aligned with the Western Sydney University's Research Themes, its mission and goals. Our cutting-edge research is inter-disciplinary, doctrinal, theoretical and contextual, and covers a wide range of substantive legal areas.

International Corporate Governance

Ocean Governance and Management

International Law and related areas

Environmental Sustainability

Human Rights Law and related areas

Dispute Resolution

Elder Law

Intellectual Property and Internet Laws

Legal Education

Legal Theories and Philosophies

Private Law and related areas

Health Law and related areas

Public Law and related areas

Taxation Law and Practice

Criminal Law and related areas

Migration and Refugee Law

Employment Law and Regulation

Indigenous Peoples and the Law

Legal Ethics and related areas

Family Law and related areas

Law of Contracts

Our researchers, and their areas of research excellence include:

RESEARCHERS	RESEARCH AREA STRENGTHS
Amira AFTAB Lecturer	religion and law, family law, ADR, women's rights, anti-discrimination law
Sonia ALLAN Professor	health law, public health law, health and human rights, bioethics, emerging and existing technologies
Hadeel AL-ALOSI Lecturer	criminal law; child abuse; domestic violence; dispute resolution and criminology
John AZZI Senior Lecturer	taxation law; international tax governance; judicial review of administrative action; double tax treaties
Maria BHATTI Lecturer	international commercial arbitration; corporate governance; islamic law; family law; dispute resolution
Grace BORSELLINO Lecturer	corporate law; corporate governance; Board diversity; corporate culture
Michael BROGAN Senior Lecturer	legal ethics; dispute resolution; criminal law; legal education
Nikki BROMBERGER Lecturer	torts; negligence; public health law; legal education
Anna CODY Professor, Dean	clinical legal education, human rights
Meda COUZENS Lecturer	children's rights, human rights, international law, comparative constitutional law, juvenile justice
Donna CRAIG Professor	international environmental law; biodiversity and protected areas law; Indigenous rights and knowledge; natural resources and climate change law
Azadeh DASTYARI Associate Professor	human rights law
Jason DONNELLY Senior Lecturer	administrative law; criminal law; immigration and refugee law; public international law
Francine FELD Senior Lecturer	evidence law; criminal procedure
Patrick FOONG Lecturer	bioethics law; biotechnology law; medical law; ethics
Steven FREELAND Professor	space law; international criminal law; international human rights law; public international law
Beatriz GARCIA Lecturer	international environmental law; climate change law; biodiversity law; forests and carbon markets
Bradley GOODING Associate Lecturer	legal theory, jurisprudence, political philosophy, feminist legal theory, legal ethics, legal education
Elizabeth HANDSLEY Professor	children's media law, children's rights, media law
Daud HASSAN Associate Professor	ocean governance; law of the sea; international and comparative environmental law; climate change and human rights
Michael HEAD Professor	administrative law; law and society; civil liberties; Marxist legal theory
Sarah HOOK Lecuter	copyright (including moral rights); derivative creativity; media law
John JURIANSZ Senior Lecturer	electoral law; constitutional democracy; law and public policy
Simon KOZLINA Lecturer	World Trade Organization dispute settlement; contracts; law reform and public policy; law and social theory
Cressida LIMON Lecturer	Feminist and critical legal theories; biopolitics; biotechnologies; property
David NEWLYN Lecturer	business and commercial law; law of contracts; legal education
Sandra NOAKES Lecturer	legal education; student literacy; employment law
Thilla, RAJARETNAM Lecturer	privacy and data governance regulation; cyber law; cyber crimes; corporate governance, International Law
Catherine RENSHAW Professor	human rights law, international law, indigenous law
Ludmilla ROBINSON Lecturer	equity and trusts; international energy/natural resources law; international banking law
Kate SAINSBURY Lecturer	legal education; criminal law; criminology; juvenile justice
Carolyn SAPPIDEEN Professor	law and medicine; torts law; employment law; community land trusts
Razeen SAPPIDEEN Professor	banking and finance law; corporate governance law; World Trade Organization law; law and development; International Economic Law
Elen SEYMOUR Senior Lecturer	income tax; regulation of charities; taxation of charities; legal education
Liesel SPENCER Lecturer	public health law; income management law; urban food systems; legal geography
Zhiqiong June WANG Associate Professor	Dispute resolution; international trade and investment law; law and technology; comparative law; law in Asia
Jennifer WHELAN Senior Lecturer	clinical legal education, human rights, children's rights