Faculty news

Professor Bee Chen Goh, Academic

In August 2019, Professor Goh presented at the International Conference on ‘Confucianism and World Disharmony: The Quest for Harmony in Difference’.

The conference was organised by the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies and the Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, in partnership with the World Consortium for Research in Confucian Cultures and the Centre for East-West Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China.

Court of Queensland, as a Judge-in-Residence with her forthcoming visit date to be confirmed.

During Session 1, 2020 Professor Goh was Acting Director of the Winter School Intensive Program.

In February 2020, Professor Goh attended the Book Launch (co-edited book with Farrar and Lo) of ‘Scholarship, Practice and Education in Comparative Law: A Festschrift in Honour of Mary Hiscock ‘ published by Springer in conjunction with Emeritus Professor Mary Hiscock’s Twilight Seminar held at Bond University.

In June 2020, the co-edited book by Professor Goh and Dr Rohan Price, ‘Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific’, was published by Springer.

In late 2019, Professor Goh was a Visiting Professor at Chiang Mai University Faculty of Law where she presented at the First Law CMU International Conference on ‘Law, Legality and Legitimacy in Asia’ organised by CMU Law Faculty, (pictured below right).

In March 2020, Professor Goh facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for academic exchange between the SLJ and Chiang Mai University Law Faculty, Thailand.

As the Director of the Judge-in-Residence Program, Professor Goh invited The Hon Justice Anthe Philippides, Court of Appeal, Supreme

The book seeks to address the intersection of food organics and the emergence of a new contractualism between producers, distributors and consumers, and between nation states. Additionally, it seeks to cater to the needs of a discerning public concerned about how its own country aims to meet their demands for organic food quality and safety, as well as how they will benefit from integration in the standard-setting processes increasingly occurring regionally and internationally.

In August 2020, Professor Goh will act as Coach for the SLJ Team participating in the upcoming ADC-ICC Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition to be held online from 30 Aug –1 Sept 2020.

Dr John Orr, Lecturer

Dr John Orr’s research on higher education law and university governance has culminated in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) awarding him a Doctor of Philosophy.

John’s thesis, University Law: Pursuing Fruits of Knowledge examined the role played by enabling legislation in requiring Australian public universities to undertake their core functions in the public good.

The expert examiners’ reports were remarkably positive stating the ‘outstanding work’ produced ‘an excellent thesis’ which ‘makes an ‘original’, ‘invaluable’ and ‘vital contribution to the study of the Law of Higher Education in Australia’. ‘It is impressive’... ’cutting edge research... that ‘can serve as a model for others to follow’.

The examiners ‘enthusiastically’ nominated John’s thesis, for the QUT, Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. The personal congratulations from the Dean of Research, Law, QUT noted “[it is] a great outcome, with no revisions from either marker required and two nominations for an outstanding thesis award — a wonderful achievement and unheard of in law.”

John’s thesis has also been nominated for the ‘Dr Ann Shorten Doctoral Thesis Award’, a national award presented by the Australian and New Zealand Education Law Association, for the best thesis in education law research.

John is developing his thesis into a book. The book publication has been encouraged by Anderson (QUT), in his words “[the research] will be of great interest to... University Councils... as well as those who advise them and those interested in broader policy in this area, given the broader interest that should exist in the topic and the quality of what John has written, I believe that the work should be of interest to publishers as a monograph.

Associate Professor Sam Garkawe, SLJ Adjunct, retired SLJ Academic

In February/March 2020, Retired SLJ Academic Associate Professor Gawkawe, taught a course entitled: ‘Crime Victims in National and International Justice: Protection, Participation and Reparation’, at the Law School at OP Jindal Global University, near Delhi, India.

Associate Professor Gawkawe returned to Australia in midMarch, (before the lockdown), and finished his teaching remotely.

During his time in India, Sam was also a plenary speaker at a Victimology Conference in Chennai, India, where his topic was the subject of a forthcoming Book Chapter: ‘The International Criminal Court’s Victim Participation Scheme – A Great Victimological Achievement, But What is its Future?’.

In November 2016, Associate Professor Gawkawe retired from SLJ after 14 years with Southern Cross University.