In our fifth QUT Global Law, Science and Technology seminar series for 2021, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Professor Bridget Crawford investigated the purposes of traditional will-making requirements and their continued vitality in the context of remotely witnessed wills. Abstract The COVID-19 global…
In our fourth QUT Global Law, Science and Technology seminar series for 2021, Professor Ross Buckley reflected upon his research on FinTech, RegTech, data, and related matters. Abstract This presentation explains how I come to be doing what I do (trust me, it certainly wasn’t planned) and the…
In the third seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology series for 2021, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Professor Margaret Isabel Hall (Adjunct Professor, ACHLR) looked critically at the problematic construction and application of “autonomy” and “vulnerability” and considered the difference…
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…
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…
In the fifth instalment of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Thaddeus Mason Pope discussed how COVID-19 has spurred a renewed focus on protecting patient rights and tackling bigger perennial issues at the intersection of technology…
How is international humanitarianism taking on new imperatives, protagonists, investments, techniques and objects of inquiry in connection with the expanding reach of the digital? In the fourth edition of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, Professor Fleur Johns (UNSW Faculty of Law) discussed how international…
As technological advancements and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is more frequently being used to fight climate change and global pollution, an interesting question arises: Should we attempt to avoid hyping AI as the earth’s saviour? Drones are using night vision to track elephant and rhino poachers…
The Rocky Hill Mine case was a landmark legal action for Australia. The Rocky Hill Mine was the first coal mine to be rejected by an Australian Court on the basis of climate change. In the second edition of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series,…
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…
