This week (23-29 October) is Open Access Week – an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme is ‘Community over Commercialisation’. This theme encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship…
A new book called Mental Capacity, Dignity and the Power of International Human Rights has been written by Dr Julia Duffy (pictured, above), Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) in the QUT Faculty of Business and Law. About the book Personhood, in liberal…
Please join members of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research for a public lecture with Professor Kumaralingam Amirthalingam presenting: Standard of Care: Diagnosis Treatment, Advice, Consent and Surgery The starting point for the standard of care in medical negligence is the “peer professional” test set out in…
Deus Ex Machina – Law – Technology – Humanities Proposals for papers to be presented at Deus Ex Machina will close 2 September 2023. This conference is a multidisciplinary collective endeavour focused on building, dreaming and working towards better futures through bringing the creativity, wisdom and critique of…
In 2017, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) conducted an inquiry into elder abuse which explored national laws available to protect older persons. Elder Financial Abuse (EFA) was a key focus of this inquiry, and the ALRC made various recommendations about enduring documents (enduring powers of attorney (‘EPAs’)…
The Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia is pleased to announce it is offering bursaries for graduate research students to attend the Graduate Research workshop on 11 December and the 2023 Conference: Deus Ex Machina – Law – Technology – Humanities Bursaries will be awarded after a…
Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an innovative open access, double blind reviewed journal dedicated to research and scholarship on the human and humanity of law and technology. Sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Law, Technology and Humans is advised by a leading International Editorial…
In the fourth episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Professor Anne-Maree Kelly will discuss the deficiencies in health care provision in Australian prisons, and explore how technology could address some of these…
Many menstruation-tracking apps are now available, allowing women to log data about their period. The data collected may include cycle dates, moods, symptoms, physical effects, aspects of intimacy, and more. As noted in a recent ABC news article, the level of privacy protections in these apps varies, and…
Specially trained voluntary assisted dying care navigators have greatly improved access to assisted dying in Victoria, a patient experience study recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found. The study team, pictured above from left, Ruthie Jeanneret, Professor Ben White, Professor Lindy Willmott and Dr Eliana Close…
