Research Seminar Series

Virtual Hearings and Due Process

4 December 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presented by Lucy Martinez, via Zoom.

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

20 November 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presented by Dr Eve Massingham, via Zoom.

Solitary Confinement in Queensland

30 October 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Tamara Walsh | Via Zoom

Tortious Misfeasance in Public Office – Raw Statistics from the Front Line

9 October 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Professor Kit Barker and Katelyn Lamont | Via Zoom

Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict: Compatibility with International Humanitarian Law

11 September 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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This seminar will briefly outline the defining technical characteristics of autonomous weapon systems and the aspects of machine autonomy which underlie legal concerns.
Presented by Dr Tim McFarland (Research Fellow, UQ Law School, Law and the Future of War Research Group).

The Cognition of Contract Interpretation

21 August 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Hypothetical and real case examples to explain what judges and lawyers are doing when construing a contract.
Presented by Dr Ryan Catterwell, he will demonstrate that an interpretive dispute is resolved by ascertaining what was objectively intended by the choice of words in the contract.

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the European Union: Legal and Ethical Aspects

17 April 2020 9:00am–3 May 2020 11:45pm

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Recorded seminar presented by Dr Jan De Bruyne, Ghent University

Right Wing Populism and the Constitution

Cancelled

20 March 2020 3:00pm–4:15pm

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Presented by Prof Keith Ewing, King's College, London, UK

Enforcement Mechanisms for Norms Governing the Use of Public Powers

14 February 2020 3:00pm–4:15pm

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Presented by Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University, Canada

The living legacies of Spanish colonial property rights: natural resources and the law of the prior sovereign in the United States

11 October 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Michael Brescia, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona

Competition law models fit for transplantation? The US, EU, and China

16 August 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Mark Furse (University of Glasgow) and Doctor Wendy Ng (University of Melbourne)

Free Speech on Campus in the United States and Australia

10 May 2019 1:00pm–2:30pm

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Presented by Professor Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University.

Naturalizing Dangerousness: Risk technologies and the realities they create

29 April 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm

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Presented by Dr Robert Werth, Rice University.

European Union Measures Concerning Drug Trafficking, Addiction and International Cooperation

22 March 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Dr Monika Stempkowski, University of Vienna.

Intellectual Property Laws: Are We Ready For Dancing Robots?

1 March 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Dr Mathilde Pavis, the University of Exeter.

Public Inquiries, Policy Learning and the Threat of Future Failure

26 October 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presenter: Dr Alastair Stark, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland

The National Football League and the Regulation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Repeat Player in a Multi-Level Game

7 September 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Dr Kate Henne

Constitutional Unamendability and Comparative Method

10 August 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Adrienne Stone

Victims who kill: Improving section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (E and W)

20 July 2018 11:30am–1:00pm

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Presented by Associate Professor Nicola Wake

The Gestalt of Autonomous Systems

18 May 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Thomas Burri

Geographical Indications, Food Heritage and Latin American Rural Development: The Political Dynamism of Doubled Commodities

4 May 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Rosemary Coombes

Experiences of the Referendum Council and Constitutional Reform

20 April 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm

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Presented by Professor Megan Davis

It’s all about the money: a transsystemic mapping of free trade law

2 March 2018 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presented by Professor Csongor István Nagy

Perspectives on Legal Research: The Case of 'Preventive Justice'

3 November 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Professor Andrew Ashworth

Aligning Transnational Public Policy with State Sovereignty

20 October 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Professor Leon Trakman

Reflections on the Miller Case

1 September 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Associate Professor Nick Barber, Fellow of Trinity College at Oxford University

The role of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in holding institutions liable to victims of abuse

28 July 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Professor Paula Giliker

Can Norms Die? Violation and International Law

19 May 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Associate Professor Sarah Percy

Corporate vehicles and organised crime: concealing and managing illicit assets

7 April 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Presenter: Professor Liz Campbell

The Litigating Dead: Zombie Jurisprudence in The Walking Dead, World War Z and The Rising

17 March 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm

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Some critics have argued that the recent popular proliferation of zombie narratives suggests a collective failure of imagination: that what the trope of the zombie signifies is the very impossibility of thinking outside of the prevailing logics of consumption—or Capital.