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Biography
Vanessa Johnston was appointed to the Law Faculty in 2015. She is a solicitor, who is admitted to practice in Victorian and Commonwealth jursidictions. Prior to her appointment to Monash University, Vanessa worked in private practice at small and mid sized law firms, primarily in the areas of property, commercial, and tax law.
Vanessa completed her PhD with Monash University in the area of climate change law. Her thesis examined how Australia should use tax laws to encourage mitigation of road transport GHG emissions, based on a comparison between Australian and German law.
Vanessa teaches in core property law subjects, and also in electives such as climate change law. Her key research interest relates to regulatory aspects of climate change in Australia, and also carbon pricing, and how these relate to real property, and also transport.
WHile much of her work focuses on Australia, she also has experence with comparate legal research between 2 or more jurisdictions, and also working on interdisciplinary projects involving colleagues from other university faculties, external industry and government partners.
Monash teaching commitment
2019:
LAW 2112 Property A S1 (Lecturer)
LAW5018 Advanced Property Law T2 (Chief Examiner)
LAW4679/LAW5389 The Law of Climate Change (Chief Examiner) (Winter Intensive, Sunway Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Research interests
Property Law
Enviornmental Law
Taxation
Transport
International Environmental Law
Research area keywords
- Climate change
- Environment law
- International and Comparative Law
- Property law
- Tax law
- Transport
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Projects 2019 2019
- 3 Finished
Review of laws affecting the onus of responsibility between drivers and cyclists or pedestrians
Johnston, V. & Antolak-Saper, N.
26/08/19 → 29/11/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2013 2019
An environmental take on Australia's traffic congestion 'crisis': using road pricing to achieve sustainable transport
Johnston, V., 2019, Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport. Villar Ezcurra, M., Milne, J. E., Ashiabor, H. & Skou Andersen, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 139-153 15 p. (Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation; vol. XXI).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Implications of climate change for Western concepts of ownership: Australian case study
Johnston, V. & France-Hudson, B., 2019, In : University of New South Wales Law Journal. 42, 3, p. 869-898 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
How market-based mechanisms affect private property in Australia
Johnston, V., 2018, Innovation Addressing Climate Change Challenges: Market-Based Perspectives. Hymel, M., Kreiser, L., Milne, J. E. & Ashiabor, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 67-80 14 p. (Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation; vol. XX).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Victoria: part performance: when it's the context that counts: Vlahos Pty Ltd v James Vlahos [2017] VSCA 166
Johnston, V. (ed.), 2018, In : Property Law Review. 7, 2, p. 150-154 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
An Australian road transport carbon price: A comparative analysis
Johnston, V. L., 2017, 1st ed. Australian Tax Research Foundation. 298 p. (Research Study; vol. 50)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review