# Research highlights

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Research highlights

2025-01-28

[Scholar Spotlight – Dr Susan Bartie](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/scholar-spotlight-dr-susan-bartie)

Dr Susan Bartie is a passionate socio-legal historian at the ANU Law School. She is currently working on a 50-year history of Australian environmental lawyers (both academic and practising). This project builds on her prior studies of the discipline of law and is part of her broader academic agenda: to strengthen the empirical dimensions of law and better integrate them into mainstream legal studies and cognate disciplines.

2025-01-13

[New CIPL Report: War Funders and Profiteers](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/new-cipl-report-war-funders-and-profiteers)

This month CIPL is delighted to announce the publication of a major new report that we hope will shape policy thinking in Australia and globally. The report is entitled War Funders and Profiteers: Economic Complicity in International Crimes in Ukraine and Beyond and, as the title suggests, it takes on the crucial but under-explored issue of international criminal responsibility of those who fund international crimes – war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression – or profit from them.

2024-04-02

[ANU law students recognised at international mediation competition](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/anu-law-students-recognised-international-mediation-competition)

A group of ANU College of Law students have been recognised at the 19th International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commercial Mediation Competition, the world’s largest student mediation competition.

2024-03-22

[Impact on a global scale](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/impact-global-scale)

ANU College of Law’s Associate Professor Ryan Goss, a distinguished expert in human rights law, is making his mark with his groundbreaking research, catching the attention of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

2023-12-05

[Acclaimed law of the sea book co-authored by Prof Rothwell released in third edition](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/acclaimed-law-sea-book-co-authored-prof-rothwell-released-third-edition)

A new edition of The International Law of the Sea (Bloomsbury, 2023) co-authored by two of Australia’s foremost experts on the subject – Professor Donald Rothwell FAAL (ANU College of Law) and Professor Tim Stephens FAAL (Sydney Law School) – provides a comprehensive assessment of the foundational principles and contemporary issues in the law of the sea.

2023-10-23

[Understanding China's global IP engagement](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/understanding-chinas-global-ip-engagement)

In an era marked by China's growing influence and its expanding role on the global stage, there is heightened interest in understanding its involvement in various realms of global governance.

2023-09-15

[Under the shadow of populism: ANU Law scholar sheds light on the future of human rights](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/under-shadow-populism-anu-law-scholar-sheds-light-future-human-rights)

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world is grappling with the question: have the ideals enshrined in this landmark document lost their lustre?

2023-08-30

[DECRA success for Dr Ogg in landmark movement litigation study](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/decra-success-dr-ogg-landmark-movement-litigation-study)

Interdisciplinary scholar [Associate Professor Kate Ogg](https://law.anu.edu.au/people/kate-ogg) receives $426,000 for research into movement litigation from an Australian perspective.

Associate Professor Kate Ogg has been awarded Federal Government funding through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme, which aims to advance the career of promising researchers by providing funds over a three-year period.

2023-08-14

[Making sense of sanctions: ANU Law scholar researches impact of Global Magnitsky Act](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/making-sense-sanctions-anu-law-scholar-researches-impact-global-magnitsky-act)

Since the United States’ Global Magnitsky Act came into force in 2016, multiple countries, including Australia, have expanded their sanctions regimes to include individuals accused of corruption. Now, a landmark study led by Dr Anton Moiseienko evaluates the regime’s impact with novel results.

2023-08-01

[Professor Monson wins prestigious 2023 Australian Legal Research Book Award](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/professor-monson-wins-prestigious-2023-australian-legal-research-book-award)

Professor Rebecca Monson has been awarded the 2023 Australian Legal Research Book Award in recognition of her ground-breaking monograph investigating gender inequality in Pacific land tenure.

2023-07-31

[CIPL sponsors research events in Washington DC, New York](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/cipl-sponsors-research-events-washington-dc-new-york)

The Centre for International and Public Law sponsored two exciting research events in the US over the Australian winter. The events were part of larger fieldwork projects undertaken by two Australian research teams, both funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants.

2023-04-20

[Charting a course through maritime operations law](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/charting-course-through-maritime-operations-law)

Honorary Associate Professor David Letts AM CSM and Honorary Professor Robert McLaughlin have co-edited a new collection that dives into the legal depths of maritime law and security.

2023-03-23

[Shaping a sustainable future: Andre Hoffmann Fellow joins the ANU College of Law](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/shaping-sustainable-future-andre-hoffmann-fellow-joins-anu-college-law)

The circular economy is a revolutionary concept that seeks to rethink the way we use and reuse resources.

2023-03-14

[New book by ANU Law scholar investigates gender inequality in Pacific land tenure](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/new-book-anu-law-scholar-investigates-gender-inequality-pacific-land-tenure)

Rights to land and other natural resources are a contested issue across the Pacific region, and often provide a flashpoint for social tensions and political instability.

2023-01-18

[New book pieces together the complex diversity ‘jigsaw’ in corporations](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/new-book-pieces-together-complex-diversity-jigsaw-corporations)

Diversity in the workplace has been a hot topic in recent years, generating wide-ranging discussions about its implications for law, regulations and policies.

2022-10-31

[ANU rises to 18th in the world for Law in 2023 THE World University Rankings](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/anu-rises-18th-world-law-2023-world-university-rankings)

**ANU seals spot as top 20 law school globally in latest Times Higher Education rankings.**

2022-09-13

[New book co-authored by ANU Law scholar examines current issues in land law in New South Wales](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/new-book-co-authored-anu-law-scholar-examines-current-issues-land-law-new)

A new edition of a book co-authored by Associate Professor Heather Roberts from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law closely examines current issues in property law in New South Wales, including the latest judicial and legislative reforms and the impact of the move to electronic conveyancing in the state.

2022-08-22

[Cracking the 'glass ceiling': The evolution of women legal academics](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/cracking-glass-ceiling-evolution-women-legal-academics)

The 21st century has seen an increase in international scholarship focusing on women in the judiciary and legal practice.

However, the diverse history and careers of women legal academics have remained largely overlooked until now.

2022-08-02

[From artificial islands to archipelagos: Exploring the status of islands under international law](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/artificial-islands-archipelagos-exploring-status-islands-under-international)

Professor Donald Rothwell FAAL has published a ground-breaking new book that explores one of the more contentious issues in public international law: islands and their status under international law.

2022-07-25

[ANU Law PhD candidate awarded ABC TOP 5 Arts residency](https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/anu-law-phd-candidate-awarded-abc-top-5-arts-residency)

Lawyer, storyteller and PhD candidate gets boost in research exploring how art practices can be used to advance coronial justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples