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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Melissa Castan is an Associate Professor, and Associate Dean (Academic resources - Internal) in the Law Faculty. She has also been a Deputy Director in the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, and Associate Dean (education). Her teaching and research interests are Australian Public Law, Constitutional law, Indigenous Legal Issues and Legal Education.
Melissa's most recent ARC Project is Real-time rights-based recordkeeping governance with Professor Moira Paterson, Associate Professor Joanne Evans and Professor Elisabeth Shepherd. It explores how records co-creation can be conceptualised in child protection and information law and overseen dynamically through a new digitally enabled, child-centred and rights-based advocacy and regulatory framework (2020-2023).
Her most recent books are The Global Lawyer (2019) Associate Professor Kate Galloway, and Professor John Flood, andFederal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View (2019) with Professor Sarah Joseph. She is also co-author, with Professor Sarah Joseph, of The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Commentary and Materials (2013), as well as having numerous scholarly articles and chapters.
She is National Convenor of the Alternative Law Journal, and hosts podcasts 'Law Radio' and 'Just Cases'. She tweets as @drmcastan.
Biography
Indigenous Peoples and the Law
Australian Public Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights
International Human Rights Law
legal Identity
Legal History
Legal Education
Monash teaching commitment
Public Law and Statutory Interpretation
Foundations of Law
Constitutional Law
Indigenous Rights and International Law
External positions
Board Member, Victorian Law Foundation
1 Oct 2015 → …National Editorial Convenor, Alternative Law Journal
Research area keywords
- Human Rights
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law
- Constitutional Law
- International Human Rights
- Public law
- Legal history
- Legal Education
- Indigenous Rights
- Legal Identity
Network
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Projects
Real-time rights-based recordkeeping governance
Evans, J., Paterson, M., Castan, M. & Shepherd, E.
12/12/20 → 11/12/23
Project: Research
Contract in relation to research into record keeping by institutions with responsibilities for the care and welfare of children
10/10/14 → 31/05/15
Project: Research
Closing the Gap on Indigenous Birth Registration
Gerber, P., Castan, M., Freemantle, C. & Russell, L.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Plan International Australia, Clayton Utz Lawyers, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Incorporated, Hills Community Support Group Inc., Equal Opportunity Commission Western Australia, Tangentyere Council, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (Queensland)
2/07/12 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Strengthening legal protection for vulnerable groups
Joseph, S., Castan, M. & Debeljak, J.
Attorney-General's Department (Australia)
12/05/11 → 30/06/11
Project: Research
Research Output
The Global Lawyer
Galloway, K., Castan, M. & Flood, J., 2020, 1st ed. Chatswood NSW Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths. 198 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Towards a taxonomy of legal education research
Galloway, K., Castan, M. & Steel, A., 2020, Imperatives for Legal Education Research: Then, Now and Tomorrow. Golder, B., Nehme, M., Steel, A. & Vines, P. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 120-140 21 p. (Emerging Legal Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Constitutional Law
Castan, M. & Beck, L., 2019, Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques. Krever, R. (ed.). 10th ed. Sydney NSW Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths, p. 200-214 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View
Joseph, S. & Castan, M., 2019, 5th ed. Sydney NSW Australia: Thomson Lawbook Co. 644 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Blended Learning in the Law Classroom: Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention in the First Year Curriculum
Castan, M. & Hyams, R., 13 Dec 2017, In : Legal Education Review. 27, 1, p. 1-19 19 p., 13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Activities
Legal Geography Symposium 2020
Melissa Castan (Invited speaker), & Kate Galloway (Invited speaker)
6 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2018, on behalf of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Katie O'Bryan (Contributor), , Melissa Castan (Contributor), & Kate Galloway (Contributor)
2018
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Submission to Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry: Design, Scope, Cost-benefit Analysis, Contracts Awarded and Implementation Associated with the Better Management of the Social Welfare System Centrelink Initiative.
Kate Galloway (Contributor), & Melissa Castan (Contributor)
2017
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Access to Retained Data in Civil Proceedings: Submission to Government Consultation
Melissa Castan (Contributor), & Adam Fletcher (Contributor)
30 Jan 2017
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Submission of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law to Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into the Census 2016
Caroline Henckels (Fellow), & Melissa Castan (Fellow)
2016
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press / Media
High Court rules Indigenous people cannot be deported as aliens, but the fight for legal recognition remains
Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
11/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Just Cases Podcast; EPISODE 14: "Now free speech has been killed as well" 12 July 2019 (with Dr Caroline Henckels, co-hosted by Melissa Castan and James Pattison)
Tania Penovic, Caroline Henckels, Melissa Castan & James Pattison
12/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
Is liking something on Facebook ‘protected political speech’? It depends
14/08/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
How the 2016 Census Breaches the Right to Privacy
Caroline Henckels & Melissa Castan
27/09/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Explainer: what Indigenous constitutional recognition means
18/09/14
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature