The third seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology series for 2021 is co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR). In this seminar, Professor Margaret Isabel Hall (Adjunct Professor, ACHLR) will look critically at the problematic construction and application of “autonomy” and “vulnerability”…
The second of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology seminar series for 2021 featured a panel discussion led by Professor Kieran Tranter on research conducted by Associate Professor Felicity Deane and PhD student Lachlan Robb on ‘The Blockchain Conundrum: Humans, Community, Regulation and Chains’. Abstract This discussion…
The Queensland Law Reform Commission’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill is the first in Australia to address objections by institutions, and has been welcomed by Professors Ben White and Lindy Willmott from QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research. Ben and Lindy (pictured above) authored the original VAD Bill…
The Law, Technology and Humans journal (supported by the QUT School of Law) has just attained the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Seal. The DOAJ Seal is a mark of certification for open access journals, awarded by DOAJ to journals that achieve a high level of openness…
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) and HEAL (Health, Ethics and Law) are hosting a free keynote presentation and panel discussion on Monday 17 May, 2021. Abstract Australian mental health legislation is increasingly influenced by human rights considerations and international obligations. This is particularly so for…
In the first of our seminar series for 2021, Professor Colin Gavaghan discussed two contentious matters that have recently arisen in New Zealand, concerning assisted reproductive technology and the use of gametes. Abstract In 2017, the New Zealand High Court authorised the retrieval of sperm from a dead…
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Law, Technology and Humans is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original, innovative research concerned with the human and humanity of law and technology. Supported by the School of Law, the Journal was launched in late…
The real-world development and implementation of standards can be inconsistent and even impractical, but how do communities challenge and reset standards created by others that do not meet their needs? A new book called The Social Life of Standards provides an ethnographic examination of standards. Edited by QUT…
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS), led by Professor Ben Mathews in collaboration with a team of international researchers, is undertaking a nationwide survey to identify the prevalence of child abuse and its health impacts. The $2.8 million study, funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council,…
The rapidly accelerating integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives will soon affect court rooms and other legal environments in Australia, and critical threshold issues for a smooth integration of AI into court environments remain unexamined. We do not yet know whether Australian judges understand and/or trust…
