Research Publications

This is an image of a prisoner in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.

A call for an end to solitary confinement

Published on: 18 May 2020

New research has called for an end to solitary confinement in Queensland prisons because of the impact on the mental and physical health of prisoners.

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Research partnerships drive positive change

Published on: 14 October 2019

Inspiring tales of collaboration between researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) and their non-profit and community partners are the focus of the 2019 BEL Research Profile.

Law researcher backs digital equality over copyright

Published on: 12 June 2017

Dr Paul Harpur explores the hurdles faced by people with print disabilities such as blindness, dyslexia and quadriplegia in his new book, Discrimination, Copyright and Equality – Opening the e-Book for the Print-Disabled.

Courts in Federal Countries: Centralisers or Decentralisers?

Published on: 6 June 2017

UQ Constitutional Law Professor Nicholas Aroney, together with Professor John Kincaid (Lafayette College, USA), has edited the just-released Courts in Federal Countries: Federalists or Unitarists?

Human rights, constitutional law and the rule of law across the Asia-Pacific

Published on: 16 May 2017

LAWASIA is an international association representing the legal profession across the Asia-Pacific region with members drawn from 50 countries.

Regulating preventive justice: how far should law go to prevent wrongs?

Published on: 7 April 2017

The measures that can be taken to prevent terrorism and other crimes remains a perennially relevant topic. While the subject first received substantial attention in the aftermath of September 11, the last few months have seen dramatically stronger surveillance laws in the UK, and a continuing debate around immigration policy.

UQ Law Journal offers another take on marriage plebiscite

Published on: 22 February 2017

A same-sex marriage plebiscite could undermine representative democracy and the central role it gives to Parliament to create laws, according to an article published in the latest edition of the University of Queensland Law Journal.

Professor Sarah Derrington and Zoe Brereton

Zoe Brereton travels to India to investigate the myth of false rape claims

Published on: 2 February 2017

Zoe Brereton, an undergraduate at UQ Law and New Colombo Plan Fellow, was recently published in the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, ‘Perpetuating myths of women as false complainants in rape cases in India: culture versus the law’.

UQ expert calls for a consistent legal framework around radical protest action

Published on: 22 December 2016

Police and activists needed a clear and consistent legal framework to minimise clashes and potentially life-threatening damage to energy infrastructure during protests according to UQ’s Director of the Centre for International Minerals and Energy Law, Professor Jonathan Fulcher.

How should private law redress society's rampant power imbalances?

Published on: 6 December 2016

Power imbalances are rife through modern society. The State has wide-ranging discretions as to whether it should grant a business licence, take custody of a child, or rezone a property – all of which have the potential to harm or help individuals.