Faculty of Law research profiles

Faculty of Law Research

Bond Law has a well-established reputation for innovative and internationally focused research into diverse aspects of law and related disciplines. Bond Law’s academics have headed ground-breaking legal challenges and court appeals, both here in Australia and on an international scale.

Our research groups include:

Our legal research teams include:

Canadian Law, Policy, and Practice (CLPP)
Technology and Jurisdiction
Dispute Resolution Research
The Safe Sport (Unsanctioned Violence) Legal Research Team

Our researchers and supervisors

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FACULTY OF LAW RESEARCHERS

Research journals

The Faculty of Law manage the publication of a number of Law journals within a diverse range of research disciplines. They have an international focus and are circulated to law libraries and legal and accounting practitioners throughout the world. All the journals are refereed by experts in the field and professional peers. Bond Law staff also sit on the Editorial Panels of several other law journals in a variety of jurisdictions, including Britain, Malaysia and New Zealand.

We offer three HDR programs in the Faculty of Law:

Research events

Twilight Seminar Series

The purpose of the Faculty of Law Twilight Seminar Series is to celebrate and disseminate the world-class expertise of our researchers, honorary adjunct professors and visiting scholars. It provides the context for staff, students, and the broader community to engage with leading minds and stimulating topics. These events are free of charge and everybody is welcome to attend.
Forthcoming Events

17 November 2022 Twilight Seminar
Nick Abrahams 'Every Organisation Needs a Web3 Strategy'
5.00-7.00pm. Register here

Past events

6 October 2022	Annual Legal and Social Change Lecture Professor Tamara Walsh	'Can we fix it? Law, lawyers and social change'
27 September 2022	Twilight Seminar Dr Mark Seton, Dr Gina Cleo, Dr Rachael Field	'When professional training produces unhealthy habits - interdisciplinary musings between Law, Medicine and the Performing Arts'
25 July 2022	Twilight Seminar Saul Holt QC	'Climate change litigation – science, evidence and strategy '
2 June 2022	Twilight Seminar Narelle Bedford, Jon Crowe, Alice Taylor	Reconciliation Week 'After the election: Where to from here for reconciliation?'
26 May 2022	Twilight Seminar Family Law Pathways Network	National Families Week 2022 'Achieving better outcomes for separated families'
24 January 2022	Twilight Seminar Acting Superintendent Ben Martain (QPS)	'The Policing of Domestic and Family Violence within Queensland'

2021

3 - 11 November 2021	COP26 Expert Series	Daily Live Briefings from Glasgow (7 x 1/2 hour briefings) Click here for a recording of the seven briefings. Password: BondUniCOP26
12 October 2021	Twilight Webinar Dr Nadja Alexander, Assistant Professor Dorcas Quek Anderson & Professor Lisa Toohey	Panel Discussion on Mediation Ethics: From Theory to Practice
8 September 2021	Research Seminar Mark Arnold	‘Ukraine Airways Flight 752 Tragedy: Ontario Superior Court of Justice Rules Intentional Terrorist Attack’ Click here for a recording of the presentation.
22 July 2021	Twilight Webinar Professor Sally Kift	'Assuring Professional Competence: The Regulation of Legal Education in Australia’
10 June 2021	Twilight Seminar Teresa Dyson	'Leadership is for everyone' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
26 May 2021	Annual Public Lecture on Legal and Social Change Kylie Weston-Scheuber Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network	'Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil: The Secretisation of Information by Government in Australia' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
19 May 2021	Twilight Seminar Emeritus Professor Steven Freeland	'The Relevance of Space for all of Us: And how to Regulate it’ Click here for a recording of the presentation.
13 April 2021	Twilight Seminar A/Chief Superintendent, Dr Geoff Sheldon	'Does the full moon need to be factored in when policing the Sunshine State?'
24 February 2021	Twilight Seminar Dr Hugh Breakey	'Defining the Social Licence to Operate, its Characteristic Regime and its Negative/Positive Variants'
10 November 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Sarah Joseph	'COVID-19 and Human Rights: Balancing Interests and Obligations' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
21 October 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Simon Young	'Can Akiba Recover the Promise of Mabo?'
15 September 2020	Twilight Webinar Commissioner Maree Adshead	'Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020'
23 July 2020	Twilight Webinar Judge Judith Gibson	'Defamation Law Reform and the Review of the Model Defamation Provisions' Click here for an audio recording of the presentation.
25 June 2020	Twilight Webinar Chris Chen	'What relevant Australian laws should you be aware of before you provide digital assets acquisition service as a merchant to any Australian client?'
11 March 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Vicki Beyer	'What's Ghosn Gone and Done?'
11 February 2020	Twilight Seminar Emeritus Professor Mary Hiscock	'In Honour of Emeritus Professor Mary Hiscock'
6 February 2020	Twilight Seminar Commissioner Scott McDougall	'Making Rights Real – The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)'
22 October 2019	Twilight Seminar Ulrika Wennersten	'IP and Fashion: is imitation piracy or flattery?
14 October 2019	Research Week Faculty of Law Academic and HDR Presentations	'Legal Research at the Frontiers' Click here for the news article on this event.
10 October 2019	Twilight Seminar Tania Murdock	'The cost of experiencing Vicarious Trauma: Working with clients experiencing high levels of conﬂict and chronic stress'
8 August 2019	Lunchtime Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network Graham Hassall and Kennedy Graham	'Global Constitutionalism in the 21st Century: The UN in a Time of Crisis'
8 August 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Steven Freeleand	'The Wonders of Space Law: Meeting the Challenges of Technology'
9 August 2019	Colloquium Co-hosted by the Technology and Jurisdiction legal research team	'Technology and Jurisdiction in Outer Space and Cyberspace'
9 July 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Gregory Durston	'Admiralty Sessions in Early Modern England: An Old Response to a Present-Day Problem'
11 July 2019	NAIDOC Week Panel Discussion Assistant Professors' Narelle Bedford, Lisa Bonin and Louise Parsons	'Voice, Treaty, Truth'
24 June 2019	Twilight Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network Professor Kristine Bowman	'Free Speech on Campus in the United States and Australia'
6 June 2019	Twilight Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network	'Survivors Speak: How the Criminal Justice System Responds to Sexual Violence'
10 April 2019	Twilight Seminar Judge Eugene M. Hyman	'Non-Fatal Strangulation Cases: Perspectives From the United States'
21 March 2019	Twilight Seminar co-hosted with Somerset Writer's Festival Jerome Doraisamy	'Health, happiness and law: Proactive, individual responsibility for lawyers'
6 March 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Vicki Beyer	'What's going on with Ghosn?'
14-15 February 2019	Colloquium on Sport Hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law, Centre for Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law and Bond Business School	'Wellbeing in Sport: A Multitude of Perspectives'
12 February 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Dean Song Richardson	'Innovation, Creativity and the Brain'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.
12 February 2019	Colloquium on GI's Hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University, and the Delegation of the European Union, Canberra	'Taking provenance seriously: Will Australia benefit from better legal protection from GIs?'
22 March 2019	Seminar Ontario Ombudsman, Mr. Paul Dube Hosted by the Canadian Law, Policy & Practice Team	'Accountability in Administration and Human Rights'
3 December 2018	Twilight Seminar Professor Daniel H. Foote	'Lawyers in Every Corner of Society?: A Progress Report. CLick here for a recording of the presentation.
7 November 2018	Twilight Seminar Professor Lee Bygrave	'Taming Algorithms: The Probable Impact of EU Data Privacy Law on Automated Decision Making'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.
24 September 2018	Twilight Seminar Neil Sahota/ Lawcadia/ Professor Margaret Thornton Hosted by the Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLE)	'Uberising Law: the Transformation of Law and Legal Practice'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.

The purpose of the Faculty of Law Twilight Seminar Series is to celebrate and disseminate the world-class expertise of our researchers, honorary adjunct professors and visiting scholars. It provides the context for staff, students, and the broader community to engage with leading minds and stimulating topics. These events are free of charge and everybody is welcome to attend.

6 October 2022	Annual Legal and Social Change Lecture Professor Tamara Walsh	'Can we fix it? Law, lawyers and social change'
27 September 2022	Twilight Seminar Dr Mark Seton, Dr Gina Cleo, Dr Rachael Field	'When professional training produces unhealthy habits - interdisciplinary musings between Law, Medicine and the Performing Arts'
25 July 2022	Twilight Seminar Saul Holt QC	'Climate change litigation – science, evidence and strategy '
2 June 2022	Twilight Seminar Narelle Bedford, Jon Crowe, Alice Taylor	Reconciliation Week 'After the election: Where to from here for reconciliation?'
26 May 2022	Twilight Seminar Family Law Pathways Network	National Families Week 2022 'Achieving better outcomes for separated families'
24 January 2022	Twilight Seminar Acting Superintendent Ben Martain (QPS)	'The Policing of Domestic and Family Violence within Queensland'

2021

3 - 11 November 2021	COP26 Expert Series	Daily Live Briefings from Glasgow (7 x 1/2 hour briefings) Click here for a recording of the seven briefings. Password: BondUniCOP26
12 October 2021	Twilight Webinar Dr Nadja Alexander, Assistant Professor Dorcas Quek Anderson & Professor Lisa Toohey	Panel Discussion on Mediation Ethics: From Theory to Practice
8 September 2021	Research Seminar Mark Arnold	‘Ukraine Airways Flight 752 Tragedy: Ontario Superior Court of Justice Rules Intentional Terrorist Attack’ Click here for a recording of the presentation.
22 July 2021	Twilight Webinar Professor Sally Kift	'Assuring Professional Competence: The Regulation of Legal Education in Australia’
10 June 2021	Twilight Seminar Teresa Dyson	'Leadership is for everyone' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
26 May 2021	Annual Public Lecture on Legal and Social Change Kylie Weston-Scheuber Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network	'Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil: The Secretisation of Information by Government in Australia' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
19 May 2021	Twilight Seminar Emeritus Professor Steven Freeland	'The Relevance of Space for all of Us: And how to Regulate it’ Click here for a recording of the presentation.
13 April 2021	Twilight Seminar A/Chief Superintendent, Dr Geoff Sheldon	'Does the full moon need to be factored in when policing the Sunshine State?'
24 February 2021	Twilight Seminar Dr Hugh Breakey	'Defining the Social Licence to Operate, its Characteristic Regime and its Negative/Positive Variants'
10 November 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Sarah Joseph	'COVID-19 and Human Rights: Balancing Interests and Obligations' Click here for a recording of the presentation.
21 October 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Simon Young	'Can Akiba Recover the Promise of Mabo?'
15 September 2020	Twilight Webinar Commissioner Maree Adshead	'Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020'
23 July 2020	Twilight Webinar Judge Judith Gibson	'Defamation Law Reform and the Review of the Model Defamation Provisions' Click here for an audio recording of the presentation.
25 June 2020	Twilight Webinar Chris Chen	'What relevant Australian laws should you be aware of before you provide digital assets acquisition service as a merchant to any Australian client?'
11 March 2020	Twilight Seminar Professor Vicki Beyer	'What's Ghosn Gone and Done?'
11 February 2020	Twilight Seminar Emeritus Professor Mary Hiscock	'In Honour of Emeritus Professor Mary Hiscock'
6 February 2020	Twilight Seminar Commissioner Scott McDougall	'Making Rights Real – The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)'
22 October 2019	Twilight Seminar Ulrika Wennersten	'IP and Fashion: is imitation piracy or flattery?
14 October 2019	Research Week Faculty of Law Academic and HDR Presentations	'Legal Research at the Frontiers' Click here for the news article on this event.
10 October 2019	Twilight Seminar Tania Murdock	'The cost of experiencing Vicarious Trauma: Working with clients experiencing high levels of conﬂict and chronic stress'
8 August 2019	Lunchtime Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network Graham Hassall and Kennedy Graham	'Global Constitutionalism in the 21st Century: The UN in a Time of Crisis'
8 August 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Steven Freeleand	'The Wonders of Space Law: Meeting the Challenges of Technology'
9 August 2019	Colloquium Co-hosted by the Technology and Jurisdiction legal research team	'Technology and Jurisdiction in Outer Space and Cyberspace'
9 July 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Gregory Durston	'Admiralty Sessions in Early Modern England: An Old Response to a Present-Day Problem'
11 July 2019	NAIDOC Week Panel Discussion Assistant Professors' Narelle Bedford, Lisa Bonin and Louise Parsons	'Voice, Treaty, Truth'
24 June 2019	Twilight Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network Professor Kristine Bowman	'Free Speech on Campus in the United States and Australia'
6 June 2019	Twilight Seminar Co-hosted by the Global and Comparative Law and Policy Network	'Survivors Speak: How the Criminal Justice System Responds to Sexual Violence'
10 April 2019	Twilight Seminar Judge Eugene M. Hyman	'Non-Fatal Strangulation Cases: Perspectives From the United States'
21 March 2019	Twilight Seminar co-hosted with Somerset Writer's Festival Jerome Doraisamy	'Health, happiness and law: Proactive, individual responsibility for lawyers'
6 March 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Vicki Beyer	'What's going on with Ghosn?'
14-15 February 2019	Colloquium on Sport Hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law, Centre for Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law and Bond Business School	'Wellbeing in Sport: A Multitude of Perspectives'
12 February 2019	Twilight Seminar Professor Dean Song Richardson	'Innovation, Creativity and the Brain'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.
12 February 2019	Colloquium on GI's Hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University, and the Delegation of the European Union, Canberra	'Taking provenance seriously: Will Australia benefit from better legal protection from GIs?'
22 March 2019	Seminar Ontario Ombudsman, Mr. Paul Dube Hosted by the Canadian Law, Policy & Practice Team	'Accountability in Administration and Human Rights'
3 December 2018	Twilight Seminar Professor Daniel H. Foote	'Lawyers in Every Corner of Society?: A Progress Report. CLick here for a recording of the presentation.
7 November 2018	Twilight Seminar Professor Lee Bygrave	'Taming Algorithms: The Probable Impact of EU Data Privacy Law on Automated Decision Making'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.
24 September 2018	Twilight Seminar Neil Sahota/ Lawcadia/ Professor Margaret Thornton Hosted by the Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLE)	'Uberising Law: the Transformation of Law and Legal Practice'. Click here for a recording of the presentation.

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