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Commercial and Corporate
Corporate governance, competition, taxation, commercial, insolvency and company law, regulation theory
Environment and Natural Resources
Sustainability, natural resources, development and management, property
Intellectual and Cultural Property
Food security, Indigenous knowledge, policy reform, cultural heritage law
International and Comparative
Maritime & International Trade, Legal pluralism, Indigenous law, South Pacific, Asian & Islamic legal systems, international law
Jurisprudence and Ethics
Feminism, anthropology, ethics, history, legal theory and the future of the profession
Law in Context
Social justice, discrimination, international humanitarian law, law & religion, criminal law, organised crime & corruption
Legal Systems
Access to justice, federalism and the separation of powers, electoral law, judicial independence and policing
Private Law and Civil Obligations
Competition, torts, unjust enrichment, trusts, private law theory, contracts and property law
Public Law
Constitutional, administrative, military law, migrant smuggling, trafficking in people & animals
Science and Technology
Scientific & therapeutic practice, forensics, bioethics, the future of war, genomics, surveillance, technology and the legal profession
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Australian Centre for Private Law
Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
Food Security and Intellectual Property
Indigenous People and the Law
Law and the Future of War
Law and Religion in the Asia-Pacific
Law, Science and Technology
Marine and Shipping Law Unit
UQ Solomon Islands Partnership