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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Considering international law and nuclear non-proliferation
RUMLAE hosts Prof Jonathan Black-Branch to present on ‘The Effectiveness of International Law to Govern Nuclear Non-Proliferation’ RUMLAE was very pleased to host a recent visit by Professor Jonathan Black-Branch to Adelaide Law school to provide an address on The Effectiveness of International Law to Govern Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Prof Jonathan Black-Branch is the Dean of the […]
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Can anyone own the moon?
A reader of The Conversation recently asked the following question: “I have always wondered, in a distant future when humanity is able to settle permanently on a distant body (such as planet, moon or rocky body), are there any current legal frameworks that could be applied as a precedent for such individuals to “take ownership” of […]
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Adelaide Law School goes to JAG School
RUMLAE member Dr Colette Langos is Visiting Professor at the US Army JAG School in Virginia RUMLAE member, Dr Colette Langos, is a Visiting Professor with the Judge Advocate General’s School (U.S. Army), Charlottesville, Virginia for the next 6 months. She is the first foreign civilian to be offered this post. Colette has received a […]
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Polar Research at Adelaide Law School
The Research Council of Norway boosts Polar Research at Adelaide Law School The Research Council of Norway – Norway’s national funding body and one of largest funding bodies in the world, recently approved a new project under its “Russia and the High North/Arctic (NORRUSS)” Program. Dr Nengye Liu will be participating in this three-year project […]
Adelaide Law School well represented in 2018 National Science Week
On 14 August, Dr Nengye Liu co-convened and spoke at the University of Adelaide’s Research Tuesday Forum “Protecting the Catch”, during this year’s National Science Week. The Forum was well supported by the University of Adelaide’s Marketing and Communications Team, and opened by Prof Robert Hill, Director of Environment Institute. It gathered distinguished multi-disciplinary speakers […]
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Environmental Law and Energy Law – Possible Future Collaboration
On Wednesday 15 August 2018 Dr Nengye Liu, Mr Paul Leadbeter and Dr Alex Wawryk, of the Adelaide Law’s School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Research Unit, met with Prof Dr Hongyan Liu, Director of the Ecological Law Unit, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Dr Yue Xiaohua, Associate Professor and Postdoctoral […]
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RUMLAE Members Participate in First Woomera Manual plenary meeting in Exeter UK
From 6 – 10 August, 2018 RUMLAE members Professor’s Dale Stephens and Melissa de Zwart, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs, Dr Stacey Henderson and Mr Duncan Blake attended the first Woomera Manual plenary discussion in Exeter, UK. Representatives from the founding partner Universities (The University of Adelaide University, The University of Exeter, The University of Nebraska […]
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AURORA INTERNSHIP: Reflections on a reflective time
By: Eloise Dibden, 4th Year Bachelor of Laws and International Development Student Many of you reading this now are probably wondering what The Aurora Project is and why completing an internship may be of interest to you. If you are unsure, (but curious) don’t worry! I was in the exact same position at the beginning […]
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Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space
RUMLAE Directors Address UN Expert Meeting on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space. RUMLAE Directors Professors Dale Stephens and Melissa de Zwart were recently invited to address (via video link) the Group of Government Experts participating in a session of the Proposed Prevention of an Arms Race in Space (PAROS) Treaty working group in Geneva. The […]
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First Woomera Manual plenary meeting in Exeter UK
The Woomera Manual’s Editorial and Management Board members along with core experts and observers attended the first Woomera Manual working group meeting in Exeter, UK on 6 – 10 August, 2018. Representatives from the founding partner Universities (The University of Adelaide University, The University of Exeter, The University of Nebraska and UNSW- Canberra) attended the […]
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