Professor Ben Mathews (pictured) from QUT School of Law is guest Co-Editor (with Dr Dominique Moritz from the University of the Sunshine Coast) of an upcoming special edition of Laws, on children’s decision-making. Message from the Co-Editors The law relating to children and adolescents is complex, spans many…
In the second seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, Dr Neville Rochow QC reflected on what it means to be human in a digital world. Abstract: Questions arise constantly regarding how we, as modern humanity, should respond to what is referred to as…
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. From UNSW, Australia Lyria Bennett Moses, Jan Breckenridge, Joshua Gibson and Georgia Lyons provide an analyses of technology-facilitated domestic and family violence (TFDFV) through a privacy lens—drawing on privacy and DFV literature. Charles Lawson addresses the concerns…
In the first seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Associate Professor Bernadette Richards explored the challenges of trustworthy data governance. Abstract: Technology is empowering advances in healthcare, extending beyond the clinical interface to the…
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) hosted their 9th Annual Public Oration on March 29, 2022. This year’s oration, New Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation, was delivered by Andrew Denton and Justice Peter Applegarth (Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and chairperson of the Queensland Law Reform Commission).…
Papers for consideration in Volume 4 Issue 2 are now invited. Volume 4(2) will be published in November 2022. Preference will be given to research and scholarship that: Challenges and critically examines the promises and perils of emergent technologies; Engages with the futures (and pasts) of law, technology…
The Law, Technology and Humans journal has been accepted for indexation by Scopus after only two years of publication. Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation indexing database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. For inclusion, publications must adhere to specific publishing requirements that…
Symposium Jurisprudence of the Future 2022 Science fiction is the bubbling crucible from which technological society imagines its future. For legal scholars concerns with nomos, with how narrative, story and myth, forms normative universes, science fiction is particularly important. This symposium, edited by Associate Professor Mitch Travis (University…
Much has been written about whether end-of-life law should change and what that law should be. However, the barriers and facilitators of such changes – law reform perspectives – have been virtually ignored. Why do so many attempts to change the law fail but others are successful? International…
The TRIPS Waiver: Intellectual Property, Access to Essential Medicines, and the Coronavirus COVID-19 Research Symposium, hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) and co-ordinated by Professor Matthew Rimmer, was held on the 10 December 2021. The symposium was part of ACHLR’s research activity in respect…
