International environmental law is one of the most dynamic fields of public international law, and has rapidly acquired great breadth and sophistication. Yet the rate of global

environmental decline has also increased and is accelerating. Halting and reversing this process is a challenge of effective governance, requiring institutions that [...]

The Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL), within the University of Sydney Law School, was established in 2003 as a centre of excellence in research and teaching in international

law. Each year, the Centre’s interns prepare an article for the Australian Year Book of International Law about the role of international law in Australian courts, [...]

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone proved to be an exceptional outbreak that blurred the lines between health and humanitarian crises. In so doing,

it highlighted numerous problems with regard to the coordination of humanitarian disasters that have public health implications of international consequence. [...]

The Security Council mandates UN peacekeepers to use “all necessary means” to protect civilians under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. This thesis maintains that the mandate

to protect civilians creates a legally binding obligation that binds the UN, TCCs/PCCs and host States. [...]

This article considers whether the common law can be developed by analogy to statute. Part I examines how attitudes across the common law world have shifted towards recognising

a stronger interrelationship between statute and the common law, paving the way for the recognition of analogical reasoning to statute in Australia. [...]

A new wave of authoritarianism appears to have emerged in recent years, with widespread restrictions on fundamental freedoms hindering the capacity of civil society in many

places. But how should this apparent trend, often referred to as ‘shrinking civic space,’ be conceptualised? How do those affected by it understand the term, [...]

In the year 2020, Australia’s engagement with international law was oriented around several key areas. In relation to the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’), Australia

submitted amicus curiae observations relating to the Court’s jurisdiction over Palestine. [...]

This thesis seeks to improve our understanding of interactions between statute and the common law. It also seeks to improve our understanding of the law of secured transactions

over personal property, by determining whether we can better understand the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (‘PPSA’) through examining its relationship [...]

Over recent years, dozens of legal challenges have been instituted in response to government action during the COVID-19 pandemic. While public health orders have been challenged

on several grounds, few cases have succeeded. Fewer cases still have called into question decisions made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to approve [...]

An independent judicial system improves the quality of justice. The Constitutional Court tests laws against the constitution and has invalidated many laws of the House of Representatives.

The research method employed is the normative juridical approach, formulated and advanced following theoretical principles. [...]