Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM)

From whistle-blowing to immunisation, genetic testing and professional legal responsibility, Issue 1 of Volume 21 will cover a broad range of topics at the interface of law and medicine. Articles include:

  • “Is whistle-blowing now mandatory? The impact of mandatory reporting laws on trust relationships in health care” by Jayne Hewitt
  • “Jabs and barbs: Ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies” by Jon Wardle, Cameron Stewart and Malcolm Parker
  • “Determining the risk of recidivism in previously de-registered health practitioners” by Laurie Warfe
  • “A curious exception: (No) legal remedies for negligent pre-birth genetic testing” by Thomas Cleary
  • “Work-related musculoskeletal injury and suicide: Opportunities for intervention and therapeutic jurisprudence” by Marie-Claire Davis, Joseph Elias Ibrahim, David Ranson, Joan Ozanne-Smith and Virginia Routley
  •  “Children and refusal of medical treatment: In urgent need of reform ” by Nicholas Lennings
  •  “Rights and research: An examination of research under the Code” by Lydia Wadsworth
  •  “The international right to health: State obligations and private actors in the health care system” by Paula O’Brien
  •  “Australian reforms enabling disclosure of genetic information to genetic relatives by health practitioners working in the private sector ” by Margaret Otlowski
  •  “Scoping the ethics of dementia research within an Australian human research context ” by Leslie Dowson, Colleen Doyle and Victoria Rayner
  •  “Professional legal responsibility of the sports physician” by Andrea Verzeletti
  •  “A minority report: Homebirth in Australia before and after the 2009 Maternity Services Review” by Jindalae Kim Skerman

Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)

Issue 4 of Volume 30 is a special issue containing papers from the National Environmental Law Association’s 2013 National Conference – “Discovering a Low Carbon Future”. The articles to be included in this issue explore the conference’s theme in a variety of ways and focus on both Australian and international environmental law. A number of options are discussed for lowering global carbon emissions, such as emissions trading, a carbon tax, further regulation and even litigation. Articles include:

  • “The role of litigation in multi-level climate change governance: Possibilities for a lower carbon future?” by Hari M Osofsky and Jacqueline Peel
  • “Regulating for sustainable electricity market outcomes in Britain: Asking the law question” by Aileen McHarg
  • “Environmental dispute resolution – lessons from the States” by Judge Michael Rackemann
  • “Design elements of emissions trading regulation in China’s pilot programs: Regulatory challenges and prospects” by Hao Zhang
  • “Trading carbon the kiwi way” by Karen Price and Jessie Duffin