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The Centre for Law as Protection is building a scholarly community to study the idea of protection, shape policy and develop legal tools to protect people, animals and the environment.
Find out moreAustralia and the world experience many threats, from inequality and biased decision-making to war and hunger.
The Centre for Law as Protection undertakes theoretical, doctrinal and socio-legal research to identify what protection from these diverse threats means. We bring together scholars, policymakers, civil society and governments, to develop the legal tools that protection requires.
‘Military violence threatens our lives across the globe. Reducing this threat requires placing protection at the centre of government decision-making and limiting arbitrariness. It is crucial to identify new and creative ways that law can be used to save lives and quash violence’.
Strategising Future Research Directions and Law Reform Efforts to Strengthen Legal Protection for Dairy Cows and Calves Throughout each stage of their life, dairy cows are subject to organised...
Call for Papers: Governing Surveillance in the Counterterrorism Era: Legal Architectures and Global Perspectives 24 November 2025, Melbourne, Australia The ARC DECRA Project on Regulating Predictive technologies for Preventive...
Spotlighting Quantum Sensing: Legal and Policy Approaches to Future Tech and Emerging Threats Lunch Seminar with Dr Susanne Lloyd-Jones When: Wednesday 11 June 2025 1pm – 2pm Where: Deakin Burwood...
