Is technology doomed to always be regulated by out-of-date rules? Or, worse, will the world become lawless as technology leaves dusty law codes behind? The recent QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar with Professor Joshua Fairfield discussed these challenges and is now available to watch online. The…
QUT Law has opened their annual scholarship round for HDR scholarships. These scholarships are available to support new PhD/MPhil students interested in pursuing research in law. The Law School is uniquely placed in having legal experts available to supervise topics that involve innovative research that can make an…
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been ranked by Criminology Open as the second most cited “diamond journal” in criminology internationally. Criminology Open compiles all the open access publications in this space and has started a ranking for different open access models using citation…
Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) became legal in the Australian state of Victoria on 19 June 2019 and will be legal in Western Australia from 2021. Other Australian states are progressing similar law reform processes. In Australia and internationally, doctors are central to the operation of all legal VAD…
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) has launched a new online seminar series called Coffee with a Colleague. In this series, ACHLR researchers will discuss their research and projects with key collaborators and colleagues. In the first episode (introduced by Associate Professor Tina Cockburn), Dr Eliana…
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been ranked by Scopus as a Q1 (Quartile 1) for journal quality in the subject category, ‘LAW’ in the latest Scimago* rankings. The Journal is the only Law journal in Australia with a Q1 status – and the…
Dr Sam Boyle and Professor Tamara Walsh from UQ conducted a study into the decision-making of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal. They conducted group interviews with 36 lawyers and advocates for people with matters before the tribunal. The first paper arising from this study has just been…
A new issue of the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been released. This second issue for 2020 features diverse articles from scholars in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago and Australia. This international, open access journal publishes…
Why are some governments and agencies willing to recommend mask use when others aren’t, and why are recommendations changing? Fiona McDonald, Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, together with Professor Claire Horwell from Durham University, has co-written an article for The Conversation UK on face…
Why making voluntary assisted dying legal best respects both sides of this debate After almost three decades of refusing to agree to it, it looks as though Australian parliaments are slowly beginning to warm to the idea of voluntary assisted dying (VAD). Legislation has already been passed in…
