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Doctor of Philosophy (Law)

• The Conceptual and Operational Compatability of Data Breach Notification and Information Privacy Laws (PhD, 2011, Mark Burdon)
• Toward a Relational Theory of Copyright Law: Reconfiguring Author's Economic Rights to Facilitate Knowledge Growth in Networked Information Societies (PhD, 2011, Xiaoxiang Shi)
• An Integrated Information Management Model for Ecologically Sustainable Development (PhD, 2010, Justine Bell)
• Franchisor Failure: An Assessment of the Adequacy of Regulatory Response (PhD, 2010, Jennifer Buchan)
• The International Regulation of Transnational Mergers (PhD, 2010, Julie Clarke)
• The International Regulation of Sustainable Forest Management: doctrinal concepts, governing institutions and implementation (PhD, 2010, Rowena Maguire)
• Physical Effect in Patent Law (PhD, 2010, Benjamin McEniery)
• A Genealogy of the Problematic of Homelessness and the Homeless in Australia (PhD, 2010, Emily Schindeler)
• Regulating IVF and Pre-Implantation Tissue-Typing for the Creation of 'Saviour Siblings': A Harm Analysis (PhD, 2010, Malcolm Smith)
• Digital Constitutionalism and the Role of the rule of Law in the Governance of Virtual Communities (PhD, 2010, Nicolas Suzor)
• Men's Intimate Partner Abuse and Control: Reconciling Paradoxical Masculinities and Social Contradictions (PhD, 2009, Clare Murphy)
• Labour rights as human rights: Workers' safety at work in Australian-based supply chains (PhD, 2009, Paul Harpur)
• A 'Deleterious' Effect? Australian Legal Education and the Production of the Legal Identity (PhD, 2009, Matthew Ball)
• The Role of Law in Responding to Climate Change: Emerging Regulatory, Liability and Market Approaches (PhD, 2008, Nicola Durrant)
• The use of technology to automate the registration process within the Torrens System and its impact on fraud: An analysis (PhD, 2008, Rouhshi Low)
• Governing Through Risk: Exploring the Maltreated Child as a Potential Delinquent (PhD, 2008, Cassandra Rayment)
• How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Environmental Legal System (PhD, 2008, Christopher McGrath)
• Rational Avoidance of Accountability by Queensland Governments (PhD, 2007, Mark Lauchs)
• An Investigation of the Laws which Apply to People Who Are Homeless in Queensland and Their Influence on Homeless Person’s Citizenship Experience (PhD, 2005, Tamara Walsh)
• Aberrance, Agency and Social Constructions of Women Offenders (PhD, 2003, Carol Quadrelli)
• Ecologically Sustainable Coastal Management: A Legal Blueprint (PhD, 2004, Roslyn M Macdonald)
• Power-Knowledge and Critique in Australian Legal Education 1987-2003 (PhD, 2004, Nickolas J James)
• Implementation of Community Oriented Policing Within the Metropolitan North Police Region (PhD, 2004, Colin S Thorne)
• Australian Laws Ascribing Criminal Responsibility to Children: The Implications of an Internal Critique, Postmodern Insights, and a Deconstructive Exploration (PhD, 2001, Benjamin P Mathews)
• International Law on the Unilateral Use of Force by States and its Relativist Cognition by Foreign Policymakers (PhD, 2000, Rodney Pails)
• The Failure of Indirect Discrimination Legislation to Detect Systemic Racism Against Aboriginal people (PhD, 2000, Loretta R de Plevitz)
• The Experience of Investigation for Detectives (PhD, 2000, Geoffrey J Dean)
• An Evaluation of Judicial Approaches to Psychiatric Injury in Australia and England (PhD, 1996, Desmond A Butler)
• Evaluation of Judicial Approaches in Controlling the Duty of Care in Actions for Purely Economic Loss (PhD, 1996, Norman A Katter)

Doctor of Juridical Science

• The Australian Domain Name Registration System - A More Efficient System for the Promotion of Liberalisation, Consumer Protection & Growth (SJD, 2010, Jenny Ng Swee Gaik)
• Police Corruption and Strategies for its Prevention in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (SJD, 2008, Humaid Al Muhairi)
• Rewarding Inventive Ingenuity through Patent Ownership as part of the Australian Innovation Strategy - Patent Entitlement in the Context of Non-joinder or Mis-joinder of Parties (SJD, 2007, Dimitrios Eliades)
• The Derivative Imperative: How Should Australian Criminal Trial Courts Treat Evidence Deriving From Illegally or Improperly Obtained Evidence? (SJD, 2007, Kerri Mellifont)
• Regulating Access to Essential Facilities in Australia : Review and Reform of Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act (SJD, 2004, Brenda M Marshall)
• Judicial Jurisdiction in the Transnational Cyberspace (SJD, 2004, Bimal K Raut)
• The Sovereignty of Islands : A Contemporary Methodology for the Determination of Rights Over Natural Maritime Resources (SJD, 2003, Dominic H Katter)
• Abuse of Corporate Power (SJD, 2000, Larelle J Chapple)
• Police Burnout and Domestic Violence Attitudes (SJD, 1999, David A Alcorn)
• Environmental benefits and Detriments of Remote Sensing from Outer Space: An Australian Legal Perspective (SJD, 1998, Paul J Cregan)
• Invalidation of Securities in an Insolvency Context (SJD, 1998, Garry J Hamilton)
• Freedom of Speech in Australia : Analysis of Freedom of Speech as a Right (SJD, 1997, Gerard P Sammon)

Master of Laws (Research)

• Electronic workplace surveillance and employee privacy - a comparative analysis of privacy protection in Australia and the United States (LLM, 2009, James Watt)
• Legislating Conscience into Contract: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? (LLM, 2007, Kathrine Galloway)
• Identification of a Suspect Before Being Charged: Legitimate Freedom of Speech of a Threat to a Fair Trial? (LLM, 2006, Craig Burgess)
• Stretching the Metaphor: The Political Rights of the Corporate 'Person': A Critique of the Extension of Political Rights to Business Corporations (LLM, 2001, Aidan Ricketts)
• Patenting Genes and Gene Sequences in Australia (LLM, 2001, Charles Lawson)
• The Theory of Human Rights as an Obstacle to a Participatory Community (LLM, 1999, Angus J Francis)
• The Implementation of International Responsibilities for Atmospheric Pollution: A Comparison Between Indonesia and Australia (LLM, 1998, Laode Muhamad Syarif)
• An Evaluation of Australian Taxation Incentives (LLM, 1996, Jennifer Dickfos)
• The Use of Litigation and Mediation for the Resolution of Custody and Access Disputes: Some Issues for Women (LLM, 1996, Rachael M Field)
• The Doctrine of Precedent in Australia (LLM, 1995, Alastair I MacAdam)
• The Emergence and Implementation of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (LLM, 1994, Susanne P Tongue)
• A Comparative Study of Conciliation and Mediation in the Settlement of Financial Matters within the Family Court of Australia (LLM, 1993, Susan Gardiner)
• A Proposal for Reform of the Queensland Supreme court Rules Concerning Security for Costs (LLM, 1992, Stephen Colbran)

Master of Justice (Research) / Masters of Arts (Justice Studies) by Research

• A Criminological Analysis: Using Real-Time Monitoring to Gather Data on Online Predators (MJustice, 2010, Kasun Prabhatha Jayawardena)
• Serial Murder: An Unconscious Echo of Unresolved Trauma? (MJustice, 2004, Robert Robertson)
• An analysis of the appropriateness of Community-Based Orders for Women Appearing in the Brisbane magistrates Court 1998-1999: A Female Critique (MA(JS), 2002, Skye Gurtner)
• A Study of the Level of Protection Provided by Queensland Educators for children at Risk of Abuse and Neglect (MA (JS), 2000, Laura Scholes)