law reform and research

This page considers Australian law reform and research bodies.

     law reform agencies

Australian law reform bodies include -

Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)

ACT Community Law Reform Committee (hhh)

NSW Law Reform Commission (NSWLRC)

WA Law Reform Commission (LRC)

Overseas bodies include -

New Zealand Law Reform Commission (LRC)

     research

Australian research and statistics agencies include -

Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)

Commonwealth Office of Regulatory Review (ORR)

Productivity Commission (http://www.pc.gov.auPC)

Australasian Centre for Policing Research (ACPR), replaced by the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) - initially the Australia New Zealand Police Support Agency (ANZPSA) - in 2007. ANZPAA absorbed the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS) in 2008

NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)

SA Office of Crime Statistics and Research (OCSAR)

Academic bodies of particular interest regarding regulatory reform are the -

Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL)

Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)

Australian and overseas institutes with a particular focus on internet law include

Communications Law Centre, Sydney and Melbourne

Berkman Center for Internet Law & Society, Harvard Law School

Center for Internet & Society (CIS), Stanford Law School

UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law & Policy

Cyberspace Law Institute (CLI) in the US

Center for Law & Computers at Chicago-Kent College of Law

and on crime

University of Melbourne Department of Criminology | here

University of Western Australia Crime Research Centre | here

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