Research highlights
Research at the School of Law and Justice encompasses projects that engage in critical scholarship from a variety of perspectives and research methodologies. Areas of strength within the School include:
- access to justice
- criminal justice and international criminal law
- entertainment law
- environmental and natural resources law
- human rights law
- intellectual property law
- labour law
- law and society
- litigation, adjudication and dispute resolution
- peace
- social justice
- sport law
- victimology
Other research activities include:
Earth Laws Network
The Earth Laws Network aims to generate interdisciplinary and collaborative research and stimulate practical legal innovations with other academics, legal practitioners, students and collaborators both within and outside Southern Cross University.
Southern Cross University Law Review
The Southern Cross University Law Review (SCULR) is a refereed journal that is produced by the School on an annual basis. The SCULR aims to encourage progressive thinking within the field of legal writing by publishing scholarship that is theoretically based and may draw on a variety of research methodologies. Visit the Southern Cross University Law Review for back issues, editorial policy, and subscription information.
Centre for Peace and Social Justice
The Centre for Peace and Social Justice (CPSJ), co-founded by the School of Law and Justice and the School of Arts and Social Sciences, is an interdisciplinary community of scholars, bringing together researchers from law and justice, cultural studies, politics and policy, Indigenous studies, education, social sciences, and media.
Research Degrees in Law
Pursue your law-related research passion with a higher degree by research. At the School of Law and Justice we have experienced research supervisors who can help you turn your burning interest into a new body of knowledge through research.
Updated: 19 April 2012