Professor Melissa de Zwart

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2019	Board Member	Space Industry Association of Australia
  2019	Lieutenant	Royal Australian Navy
  2016 - 2019	Member, Advisory Council	Space Industry Association of Australia
  2011	Professor	University of Adelaide
  2009 - 2014	Member	Attorney-General's Department Australia
  2009 - 2011	Associate Professor	University of South Australia
  1996 - 2009	Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer	Monash University
  1994 - 1998	Manager, Corporate Legal Services	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2012 - 2013	University of Adelaide	Australia	Graduate Certificate Higher Education (Online Learning)
  2000 - 2006	Monash University	Australia	PhD
  2000 - 2001	Monash University	Australia	Graduate Certificate Higher Education
  1995 - 1996	University of Melbourne	Australia	LL.M.
  1986 - 1991	University of Melbourne	Australia	B.A. (Hons)
  1986 - 1992	University of Melbourne	Australia	LL.B (Hons)

• Research Interests

  Commercial and Contract Law Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies Communications and Media Policy Intellectual Property Law International Law

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2019	Lisk, J., & de Zwart, M. (2019). Watch This Space: The Development of Commercial Space Law in Australia and New Zealand. Federal Law Review, 47(3), 444-468. DOI
  2019	de Zwart, M. J. (2019). South Australia’s Role in the Space Race: Then and Now. Adelaide Law Review, 40(1), 63-74.
  2019	de Zwart, M. J., & Stephens, D. (2019). The Space (Innovation) Race: The Inevitable Relationship between Military Technology and Innovation. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 20, 1-28.
  2018	de Zwart, M. (2018). Keeping the neighbourhood safe: how does social media moderation control what we see (and think)?. Alternative Law Journal, 43(4), 283-288. DOI Scopus1
  2018	Richards, B., de Zwart, M., Reilly, A., Le Mire, S., & Webster, A. (2018). Enhancing the First Year Curriculum and Experience: Law School 'Boot Camp'. Legal Education Review, 28.
  2018	de Zwart, M. (2018). We have lift off! Why Australia needs the new space agency. Alternative Law Journal, 43(2), 71-72. DOI
  2018	de Zwart, M. J. (2018). Book Review: The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off. Media and Arts Law Review, 22(1), 114-117.
  2017	Stephens, D., & de Zwart, M. (2017). Non-Military Space Testing in the Woomera Prohibited Area: Opportunities for the Australian Space industry. Federal Law Review, 45(1), 39-64.
  2017	Humphreys, S., & de Zwart, M. (2017). Data retention, journalist freedoms and whistleblowers. Media International Australia, 165(1), 103-116. DOI Scopus1
  2017	de Zwart, M., & Lisk, J. W. (2017). Development of the New Zealand and Australian Space Industries: Regulation for a Sustainable Future. Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 60, 523-540.
  2016	De Zwart, M., McInnes, C., Costello, S., Arnold, B., McDonald, K., Cutcher, N., . . . Russell, S. (2016). Downunderallover: Developments around the country. Alternative Law Journal, 41(3), 209-216. DOI
  2016	de Zwart, M. (2016). GOOGLE in Space? How Will Space Governance Accommodate Non-State Actors?. RUMLAE Research Paper, (16).
  2015	de zwart, M. (2015). Can we compete with "free, fast and easy"? Copyright reform to combat online infringement. Journal of the Copyright Society of Australia.
  2015	de Zwart, M. J. (2015). Introduction to the Special Issue. Media & Arts Law Review, 20(2), 1-4.
  2015	de Zwart, M. J. (2015). Introduction to the Special Issue. Media & Arts Law Review, 20(2), 1-4.
  2015	de Zwart, M. (2015). AJ. Brown, David Lewis, Richard Moberly and Wim Vandekerckhove, International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014). Monash University Law Review, 41(1), 271-282.
  2015	de Zwart, M. J. (2015). Owning It: A Creative's Guide to Copyright, Contracts and the Law. Alternative Law Journal, 40(4), 293.
  2014	de Zwart, M., & Humphreys, S. (2014). The lawless frontier of deep space: code as law in EVE Online. Cultural Studies Review, 20(1), 77-99. DOI
  2014	De Zwart, M. (2014). Fairness and balance: lessons from Canada for the proposed Australian law of fair use. Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 24(3), 129-145.
  2014	de Zwart, M., & Richards, B. (2014). WI-FI in the ivory tower: reducing isolation of the law PhD student through social media networks. QUT Law Review, 14(1), 81-93. DOI
  2014	de Zwart, M., Humphreys, S., & Van Dissel, B. (2014). Surveillance, big data and democracy: lessons for Australia from the US and UK. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 37(2), 713-747.
  2014	Henderson, M., & de Zwart, M. (2014). ACCE submission to public consultation to "enhancing online safety for children". Australian Educational Computing, 29(1), 10 pages.
  2013	de Zwart, M. (2013). Emerging Challenges in Intellectual Property. Adelaide Law Review, 33.
  2013	de Zwart, M. (2013). Whistleblowers and the media: Friends or 'frenemies'?. Alternative Law Journal, 38(4), 250-254.
  2013	de Zwart, M. (2013). Copyright and the Challenge of the New by Brad Sherman and Leanne Wiseman (eds). Media and Arts Law Review, 18(1), 70-74.
  2013	de Zwart, M. (2013). 'For fun rather than profit': Playing around with online games. Media and Arts Law Review, 18, 106-124.
  2012	de Zwart, M., & Humphreys, S. (2012). Playing in contested zones: norms, laws and rules in MMOGs. Media and Arts Law Review, 17(1), 1-22.
  2012	Humphreys, S., & de Zwart, M. (2012). Griefing, massacres, discrimination, and art: the limits of overlapping rule sets in online games. UC Irvine Law Reveiw, 2(2), 507-536.
  2012	de Zwart, M. (2012). Don't shoot the messenger: Wikileaks and the future of the internet. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 62(4), 1-12. DOI
  2011	de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., Henderson, M., & Phillips, M. (2011). Randoms vs Weirdos: Teen use of social networking sites and perceptions of legal risk. Alternative Law Journal, 36(3), 153-157. DOI
  2011	de Zwart, M. (2011). The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy and Reputation by Saul Levmore and Martha C Nussbaum (eds.). Media and Arts Law Review, 16(2), 223-228.
  2011	Lindsay, D., de Zwart, M., Henderson, M., & Phillips, M. (2011). Understanding legal risks facing children and young people using social networking sites. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 61(1), 09.1-09.18. Scopus2
  2011	de Zwart, M. (2011). Virtual Justice : the new laws of online worlds by Greg Lastowka, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2010 [book review]. Media and Arts Law Review, 16, 116-121.
  2011	Lindsay, D. F., de Zwart, M., Henderson, M., & Phillips, M. (2011). Understanding Legal Risks Facing Children and Young People Using Social Network Sites. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 61, 1.
  2010	de Zwart, M., & Huang, V. (2010). The Digital Economy Act (UK) – Preview for Down Under?. The Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law, (5).
  2010	de Zwart, M., & Reynolds, R. (2010). The Duty To 'Play': Ethics, EULAs and MMOs. International Journal of Internet Research Ethics, 3(12), 48-68.
  2010	de Zwart, M. (2010). Japanese lessons: what can otaku teach us about copyright and gothic girls?. Alternative Law Journal, 35(1), 27-30.
  2010	de Zwart, M. (2010). Contractual communities: effective governance of virtual worlds. The University of New South Wales Law Journal, 33(2), 605-627.
  2010	de Zwart, M. (2010). Angel(us) is my avatar! an exploration of the avatar identity in the guise of the vampire. Media and Arts Law Review, 15(3), 318-339.
  2009	de Zwart, M. (2009). Piracy vs. control: models of virtual world governance and their impact on player and user experience. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 2(3), 3-16.
  2009	de Zwart, M. (2009). The Regulation of Cyberspace: Control in the Online Environment by Andrew D Murray (Book Review). Media and Arts Law Review, 14(1), 105-108.
  2009	de Zwart, M. (2009). Copyright's Paradox by Neil Weinstock Netanel (book review). Media and Arts Law Review, 14(2), 226-230.
  2009	de Zwart, M. (2009). The Copyright Amendment Act 2006: The New Copyright Exceptions. Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, (2007).
  2009	de Zwart, M. J. (2009). The Role of Copyright in Innovation. Copyright Reporter, 27(2), 40.
  2008	Lindsay, D., Rodrick, S., & de Zwart, M. (2008). Regulating Internet and Convergent Mobile Content: The New Content Services Regime. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 58(2-3), 31.1-31.29.
  2007	de Zwart, M. (2007). The future of Fair Dealing in Australia: protecting freedom of communication. Script-ed, 4(1), 95-116. DOI
  2007	de Zwart, M. (2007). Intellectual Property Stories by Jane Ginsburg and Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss (eds),(Book Review). Media and Arts Law Review, 12(1), 136-140.
  2006	de Zwart, M. (2006). The Internet in 2006: A Global, Corporate or Community Construct? (Book review). Melbourne University Law Review, 0 pages.
  2006	de Zwart, M. (2006). Fair Use? Fair Dealing?. Copyright Reporter, 24(1-2), 20-37.
  2005	de Zwart, M. (2005). A New Fair Use Law for Australia?. The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter, 9(2), 7-10.
  2005	de Zwart, M. (2005). TCN Channel Nine v Network Ten (no 2). Media and Arts Law Review, 10(3), 249-256.

• Books

  Year	Citation
  2016	Richards, B., & de Zwart, M. (2016). Tort Law Principles (2 ed.). Pyrmont, NSW: Thomson Reuters.
  2015	de Zwart, M., Richards, B., & Le Mire, S. (Eds.) (2015). Law and Popular Culture in Australia. LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2013	Richards, B., de Zwart, M., & Ludlow, K. (2013). Tort Law Principles (6th ed.). Pyrmont, NSW: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia.
  2010	Campbell, E., Fox, R., & de Zwart, M. (2010). Students' guide to legal writing, law exams and self assessment (3 ed.). Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press.

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2019	de Zwart, M. (2019). Outer Space. In W. Boothby (Ed.), New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace (pp. 337-358). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
  2019	de Zwart, M. (2019). New Technologies and the Law of Naval Warfare. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 283-304). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis.
  2019	Stubbs, M., & de Zwart, M. (2019). Developing Effective Space Traffic Management to Promote Sustainable Uses of Outer Space. In M. Spencer (Ed.), Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability (pp. 125-144). Air Power Development Centre.
  2017	de Zwart, M. (2017). 'Someone is angry on the internet': copyright, creativity and control in the context of fan fiction. In M. Richardson, & S. Ricketson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property in Media and Entertainment (pp. 132-149). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  2017	de Zwart, M. (2017). New Laws for New Space? Using Law Reform to Drive Commercial Space Initiatives. In R. Venkata Rao, V. Gopalkrishnan, & K. Abhijeet (Eds.), Recent Developments in Space Law: Opportunities & Challenges (pp. 61-74). Singapore: Springer Nature.
  2016	de Zwart, M. (2016). Privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful. In A. Kenyon (Ed.), Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law (pp. 224-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2015	de Zwart, M., Richards, B., & Le Mire, S. (2015). Introduction. In M. de Zwart, B. Richards, & S. Le Mire (Eds.), Law and Popular Culture in Australia (pp. ix-xiii). Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2015	Le Mire, S., & de Zwart, M. (2015). Business law and popular culture. In M. de Zwart, B. Richards, & S. Le Mire (Eds.), Law and Popular Culture in Australia (pp. 131-142). Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2015	de Zwart, M. (2015). Whistleblowing and the law. In M. de Zwart, B. Richards, & S. Le Mire (Eds.), Law and Popular Culture in Australia (pp. 31-44). Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2015	de Zwart, M. (2015). Surveillance societies. In M. de Zwart, B. Richards, & S. Le Mire (Eds.), Law and Popular Culture in Australia (pp. 114-130). Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
  2013	de Zwart, M. (2013). Cosplay, creativity and immaterial labours of love. In D. Hunter, R. Lobato, M. Richardson, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Amateur Media: Social, cultural and legal perspectives (1 ed., pp. 170-177). United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI
  2013	Henderson, M., de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., & Phillips, M. (2013). Legal Risks and Social Networking: Removing the Blinkers on Cyber Safety. In R. Hanewald (Ed.), From Cyber Bullying to Cyber Safety: Issues and Approaches in Educational Contexts (1 ed., pp. 133-148). United States: Nova Science Publishers. Scopus1
  2012	de Zwart, M., & Lindsay, D. (2012). My self, my avatar, my rights?: avatar identitiy in social virtual worlds. In D. Riha (Ed.), Frontiers of Cyberspace (1 ed., pp. 81-100). Netherlands: Rodopi.
  2012	de Zwart, M. (2012). Geographical indications: Europe's strange chimera or developing countries' champion?. In A. Kenyon, N. Loon, & M. Richardson (Eds.), The Law of Reputation and Brands in the Asia Pacific (1 ed., pp. 233-252). United States: Cambridge University Press.
  2011	de Zwart, M. (2011). Anyone for a Vampwich? True Blood, Online Identity and Copyright. In G. Schott, & K. Moffat (Eds.), Fanpires: Audience Consumption of the Modern Vampire (1 ed., pp. 205-222). United States: New Academia Publishing.
  2010	Lindsay, D., de Zwart, M., & Collins, F. (2010). My Self, My Avatar, My Rights? Rights of Avatar Identity and Integrity in Virtual Worlds. In D. Riha (Ed.), Humanity in Cybernetic Environments (pp. 147-157). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
  2007	de Zwart, M. (2007). Australia's Fair Dealing Exceptions: Do They Facilitate or 166 Inhibit Creativity in the Production of Television Comedy?. In A. Kenyon (Ed.), TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia (pp. 166-196). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2017	Stephens, D., & De Zwart, M. (2017). The Manual of International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space. In Proceedings of the 68th International Astronautical Congress Vol. 19 (pp. 37108-1-37108-7). Adelaide, South Australia.
  2017	De Zwart, M., & Lisk, J. (2017). Development of the New Zealand and Australian space industries: Regulation for a sustainable future. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC Vol. 19 (pp. 12972-12980).
  2015	Ricci, M., Nursey-Bray, M., de Zwart, M., & Wilkinson, K. (2015). MOOCs: the AdelaideX experience. In Proceedings of the Higher Education Research Group Adelaide. Adelaide.
  2010	de Zwart, M., Henderson, M., Phillips, M., & Lindsay, D. (2010). I like, stalk them on Facebook: Teachers, privacy, and the risks of social networking sites. In K. Michael (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society : social implications and emerging technologies (pp. 319-326). Online: IEEExplore. DOI WoS1
  2010	Henderson, M., de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., & Phillips, M. (2010). Students' use of social networking tools : legal risks and other implications. In Australian Computers in Education Conference (pp. 6 pages). Adelaide, SA: Computers in Education Group of South Australia.
  2007	de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., & Rodrick, S. (2007). Mobile phones: Copyright in content. In Mobile Media 2007 : proceedings of an international conference on social and cultural aspects of mobile phones, convergent media and wireless technologies : 2-4 July 2007, the University of Sydney, Australia (pp. 276-287). Sydney: Dept. of Media and Communications.
  2006	Buxton, K., Jackson, K., de Zwart, M., Webster, L., & Lindsay, D. (2006). Recorded Lectures: Looking to the Future. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who's Learning? Whose Technology? (pp. 101-104). Sydney: Sydney University Press.

• Report for External Bodies

  Year	Citation
  2011	de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., Henderson, M., & Phillips, M. (2011). Teenagers, legal risks and social networking sites. Australia: Monash University Faculty of Education.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2018	Zito, P. C. (2018). Geographical Indications: What is Their Worth? A Comparison of Geographical Indication Registrations Between Australia and Italy. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide).

Surveillance and Big Data

Intellectual Property

Media Law

Law and Popular Culture

Tort Law

Cyberlaw

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2019	Principal Supervisor	Best Practices in Leveraging the AI Commercial Sector for US / Australia Defence	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	APrf Andrew Scott Bowne
  2019	Principal Supervisor	Legislating for Emerging Areas of Commercial Activity in Outer Space	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Joel Willis Lisk
  2019	Co-Supervisor	Reforming American Military Justice: A Sensible Approach to Civilianize it	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Prof John Loran Kiel
  2017	Co-Supervisor	Reconciling conflicts in the application of disparate and fragmented International legal regimes to military uses outer space	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Duncan Blake

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2013 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	To What Extent Can Libyan Intellectual Property Laws Protect Traditional Cultural Expressions From Unauthorised Use?	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Abdolhamed Masoud M Agal
  2013 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Geographical Indications: What is their Worth? A Comparison of Geographical Indication Registrations between Australia and Italy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Paula Caroline Zito

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• Editorial Boards

  Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
  2014 - ongoing	Board Member	Alternative Law Journal	—	Australia
  2013 - ongoing	Editor	Media & Arts Law Review	—	Australia

• Position: Dean of Law
• Phone: 83135172
• Email: melissa.dezwart@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Ligertwood Building, floor 5
• Room: 5 11
• Org Unit: Adelaide Law School