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  • UQ law academic calls for greater public engagement in politics

    Published on: 9 November 2016
    Modern democracies need to break through wooden political sloganeering and judicial paternalism to reach a more rational, cooperative and democratic process, according to UQ law Professor Graeme Orr.
  • Dr Melanie O’Brien

    Peacekeeping operations require strong leadership

    Published on: 2 November 2016
    Dr Melanie O’Brien recently spoke to Al Jazeera news about the issues raised in the UN Special Investigation report into the failure of the UN Mission in South Sudan to protect civilians amidst an outbreak of violence in July this year.
  • Law books on a shelf

    The Law of Misstatements receives glowing review

    Published on: 1 November 2016
    The Law of Misstatements: 50 Years on from Hedley Byrne v Heller, edited by UQ Professors Kit Barker, Ross Grantham and Warren Swain received a glowing review from Nicholas Hoggard, Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn and Doctoral Scholar at Durham Law School.
  • Paul Harpur walking up stairs with his assistance dog.

    Disability assistance animals – have your say

    Published on: 27 October 2016
    Comments are invited on the Disability Assistance Animals or Not? Problems in Policy and Practice Workshop: Summary and Scoping Discussion Paper published last week by UQ’s Professor Paul Harpur, Dr Martie-Louise Verreynne, Professor Nancy Pachana, Associate Professor Peter Billings and Professor Brent Ritchie.

  • Abortion reform: Why has Parliament dragged the chain?

    Published on: 19 October 2016
    Professor Graeme Orr published an article in the Brisbane Times, Abortion reform: Why has Parliament dragged the chain? asking why parliament has left the task of modernising abortion laws to the courts. Professor Orr argues that if we are to have laws that reflect the nuances of modern society, our politicians must take a more proactive role in considering law reform.  

  • Recent developments in abortion law

    Published on: 12 October 2016
    Professor Heather Douglas (UQ) and Caroline de Costa (JCU) have a new publication in the Medical Journal of Australia on recent developments regarding abortion law in NSW and Queensland.

  • Putting the Cartel Before the House?

    Published on: 12 October 2016
    Professor Graeme Orr recently published a book chapter 'Putting the Cartel Before the House? Public Funding of Parties in Queensland' in Professor Marian Sawer and Dr Anika Gauja (ed), Party Rules? Dilemmas of Political Party Regulation in Australia (ANU Press, Australia 2016) 123-145.

  • Long lives aren’t necessarily happy ones in Africa

    Published on: 12 October 2016
    Dr Paul Harpur published an article in The Conversation with Simon Ngalomba of the University of Dar es Salaam, contrasting rising health improvements in Africa with the lack of enforcement of laws protecting the elderly, particularly women.
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    The South African law of delict in three cases.
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    UQ Law Lecture presented by Professor Helen Scott

    10 November 2016 12:30pm–2:30pm
     
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    The South African law of delict in three cases.
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