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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:

  • human rights law
  • victimology
  • criminal justice and international criminal law
  • intellectual property law
  • law and society
  • litigation, adjudication and dispute resolution
  • environmental and natural resources law
  • labour law
  • access to justice
  • sport law
  • entertainment law

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.

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: 22 December 2011