ethics

The Tort Law Review update: March 2014

By journals team on April 14, 2014

The latest Part of the Tort Law Review includes two articles from Natalie Morrison and John Devereux exploring the ethical and legal dimensions of the law which governs the use of tissue or organs donated by one child (“the saviour sibling”) to another, an article by Chris Bailey which analyses what conduct gives rise to liability for inducing or procuring a breach of contract, and an article by Michael D Green and William C Powers Jr explaining the need for and formation of the American Law Institute and traces the development of the torts restatements from 1934 when the first one was completed through to today, explaining the intricate process developed by the ALI for its restatement projects.

Posted in Tort Law Review, The (Tort L Rev), Update Summaries | Tagged "saviour sibling", breach of contract, causation, Chris Bailey, duty, ethics, John Devereux, liability, Michael D Green, Natalie Morrison, Tort L Rev, torts restatement, William C Powers Jr | Leave a response

Journal of Law and Medicine update: March 2014

By journals team on April 1, 2014

The March Part of the Journal of Law and Medicine contains a range of articles and sections covering such broad topics as coronial law and practice, voluntary euthanasia, restriction of liberties of people with impaired capacity, Australian mental health legislation, medical practitioner regulation, manufacturers’ liability for pharmaceutical drugs, ethical, legal and social issues surrounding surrogacy law, sexual misconduct by health practitioners, sexual violence in armed conflict, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner regulation, health system privatisation directives, and much more!

Posted in Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM), Update Summaries | Tagged Aboriginal, Ainslie Kirkegaard, Andrew Caple, apportionment, armed conflict, Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme, Belinda Carpenter, Bioethical issues, book review, Caroline Colton, cerebral palsy, Complementary Health Issues, consent, coroner, coronial inquests, coronial law, Disability Act 2006 (Vic), Dr Ian Freckelton SC, ethics, euthanasia, human rights, impaired capacity, Jennifer Moore, Jennifer Smith-Merry, JLM, Joanna Manning, John Chesterman, Katie Elkin, Legal issues, liability, Mabel Tsui, Malcolm Parker, Medical law reporter, medical practitioner, mental health, Merryn Elizabeth Ekberg, Michael Barnes, Michael Douglas, Michael Williams, Mike O'Connor, New Zealand, pharmaceutical drugs, privatisation, R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice, regulation, responsibility, restrictions on liberty, Richard Laufer, sexual misconduct, sexual violence, Simon McGregor, sudden death, surrogacy law, Thomas Faunce, Timothy Bowen, Torres Strait Islander, unnatural death, war crimes | Leave a response

Journal of Law and Medicine update: September 2013

By journals team on September 12, 2013

The first Part of Volume 21 of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes several interesting articles and sections on various aspects of medical law. The topics covered include the risk of recidivism in de-registered health practitioners, negligent pre-birth genetic testing, refusal of medical treatment, misleading vaccination and immunisation information, the ethics of dementia research, disclosure of genetic information to genetic relatives, plus much more!

Posted in Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM), Update Summaries | Tagged Andrea Verzeletti, Bioethical issues, book review, Cameron Stewart, Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (NZ), Colleen Doyle, coronial jurisdiction, Danny Sullivan, Danuta Mendelson, David Ranson, de-registered health practitioners, dementia research, Diogenes syndrome, disclosure of genetic information, disclosure of material risk, DSM-V, ethics, George Mendelson, homebirth, Ian Freckelton SC, Jayne Hewitt, Jindalae Kim Skerman, JLM, Joan Ozanne-Smith, Jon Wardle, Joseph Elias Ibrahim, Laurie Warfe, Legal issues, Leslie Dowson, letter to the editor, Lydia Wadsworth, Malcolm Parker, mandatory reporting law, Margaret Otlowski, Marie-Claire Davis, Maternity Services Review, medical issues, Medical law reporter, medical malpractice, medical research, misleading information, negligence, Nicholas Lennings, Paula O’Brien, pre-birth genetic testing, recidivism, refusal of medical treatment, research, right to health care, sports physician, stillbirth, therapeutic jurisprudence, Thomas Cleary, Thomas Faunce, vaccination, Victoria Rayner, Virginia Routley, work-related injury | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: September 2013

By journals team on September 10, 2013

The September 2013 issue of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Causation and statutory determinism: The Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 5D” – Justice M J Beazley AO; “The injured plaintiff: Contemporary Canterbury tales” – David Ashley; “Private international law problems in succession” – Jane Needham SC and Pamela Suttor; and “Ethics of expert evidence” – Stephan Millett.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, book review, causation, Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), Conveyancing and property, Current issues, David Ashley, ethics, expert evidence, injured plaintiff, international law, Jane Needham, Justice M J Beazley AO, letter to the editor, negligence claims, Pamela Suttor, problem in succession, Recent cases, statutory determinism, Stephan Millett | Leave a response

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