A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 5(1) includes articles from the symposium Condition Critical. This symposium explores the heuristic and political potential of system breakdowns from empirical, theoretical and policy perspectives. This range of perspectives is also informed by the locations of…
Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Regulatory Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation
In the third episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, Jenna Imad Harb and Professor Kathryn Henne presented Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Regulatory Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation. Abstract: In 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights…
Human Technology Law Centre to host 2023 meeting of the Law, Literature And Humanities Association Of Australasia
Save the Dates Deus Ex Machina – Law-Technology-Humanities | 11-14 December 2023 The Human Technology Law Centre will host the 2023 meeting of the Law, Literature And Humanities Association Of Australasia. This meeting is a multidisciplinary coming together to build, dream and work towards better law and technology futures…
Australian Public Health Law – Contemporary Issues and Challenges
A new book, Australian Public Health Law – Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Federation Press 2023), considers the scope and future evolution of Australian public health law. Edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton AO KC, this collection brings together leading Australian scholars to analyse the role of law…
MAiD in Canada: Cautionary Tale or Model?
In the second episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Professor Jocelyn Downie described the legal status of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada and explained what is happening in practice.…
Tobacco and other smoking products amendment bill 2023 (Qld)
The Tobacco and other smoking products amendment bill 2023) is before Queensland Parliament’s health and environment committee. The policy objective of the Bill is to strengthen, modernise and future-proof the requirements, restrictions and safeguards in the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998. These reforms aim to continue…
Disturbing prevalence of child maltreatment: landmark Australian research
The findings of landmark research from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) have been publicly launched on the 4th April 2023. The launch coincided with the release of a special supplement about the Australian Child Maltreatment Study in the Medical Journal of Australia, and was attended by senior…
The Influence of Technological Advancements on Legal Theory
In the first of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, Professor Joseph David discussed the influence of technological advancements on legal theory. Abstract: As society continues to advance technologically, our legal frameworks are faced with an array of multifaceted challenges spanning various dimensions…
COVID-19, Law & Regulation: Rights, Freedoms, and Obligations in a Pandemic
A new book called COVID-19, Law & Regulation: Rights, Freedoms, and Obligations in a Pandemic analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of…
A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities – a new book by Dr Alex Deagon
A new book by Dr Alex Deagon (pictured above), A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities, was published recently. About the book Building on From Violence to Peace: Theology, Law and Community (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2017), A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities engages…