The Australian Centre for Health Law Research was established in 2012. Our research critically evaluates the legal, ethical, policy and regulatory frameworks, both conceptual and practical, which support and regulate the delivery of health services in diverse contexts. It distils the links between historical and current law, and its informing ethical and social realities and principles. We employ a range of research methods, including doctrinal, ethical, and empirical approaches. Our research explains for academic, professional and community audiences why the law takes its current form, how it can be critiqued, and how it might be reformed. This research serves the interests of the individuals, communities, and institutions that deliver and benefit from health services and other interventions that aim to improve health locally and globally.