Centre Associates
Professor Jack Anderson
Professor Jack Anderson is affiliated with Melbourne University, he has published widely in the area of sports law including The Legality of Boxing (Routledge, London, 2007), Modern Sports Law (Hart, Oxford 2010), the edited collection Landmark Cases in Sports Law (The Hague, Asser, 2013) and he is a contributor to the latest edition of Thorpe et al on Sports Law in Australia (2022). Jack is a member of a number of sports dispute resolution tribunals.
Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny
Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny is affiliated with Murdoch University, she is published in the area of human rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Her research on improving legal practice, community support and high-level policy advice through the study of migration and refugee law and policy was rated by the ARC as having high socioeconomic impact.
Associate Professor Maria O'Sullivan
Associate Professor Maria O'Sullivan is affiliated with Monash University, and is the Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Maria is the author of a number of international and national publications on the subjects of public law, human rights and refugee law.
Dr Sangeetha Pillai
Dr Sangeetha Pillai is a constitutional lawyer and a Senior Research Associate at the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. She is an expert on Australian citizenship law, and the constitutional differences in the scope of government power that can be exercised over citizens and non-citizens.
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