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Is a vaccine passport legal?

Published on: 9 July 2021

UQ constitutional law expert Professor Nicholas Aroney argues the idea of ‘passports’ to enable citizens to travel within Australia is not a good precedent to set.
Digital safe havens: sheltering civilians from military cyber operations

Published on: 7 July 2021

ANALYSIS | Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations by separating military and civilian networks
Dr Mark Deng: From tree leaves to UQ Law

Published on: 22 June 2021

Dr Mark Deng has travelled a long road – from his childhood home in war-torn South Sudan, through refugee camps, and finally, to Australia – to arrive at his current position at the TC Beirne School of Law.
Youth injustice: Does our justice system cause young people to offend?

Published on: 11 June 2021

Professor Tamara Walsh finds that for some children, the basic comforts available in youth detention facilities make their incarceration far more appealing than life in the sometimes disadvantaged homes they were fleeing.
South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

Published on: 12 May 2021

South Sudan’s Chief Justice, Chan Reec Madut, has been implicated in serious corruption allegations since independence. As a consequence, the constitutional lines of power have become blurred as his overreach interferes with the separation of powers.
UQ Law School professor on the front line of family law reform

Published on: 5 May 2021

A parliamentary inquiry has endorsed Professor Patrick Parkinson’s proposal for a multidisciplinary tribunal to manage parenting disputes for those unable to afford legal representation.
Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

Published on: 30 April 2021

Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws, according to University of Queensland academics.
Tipping point for press freedom

Published on: 29 April 2021

FEATURE | As World Press Freedom Day approaches, discover more about the legislative threats to press freedom in Australia and the reforms required now.
Journalists and security agencies don't need to be friends

Published on: 17 March 2021

Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other? Peter Greste writes for The Conversation.
Untested espionage laws blast chill winds through news publishing

Published on: 1 March 2021

FEATURE | Journalists must be protected from prosecution in a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s Espionage Act 2018, according to a group of academics pushing for reform.

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To be (Contracted) or not to be (Contracted)?

29 September 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

The Doctrine of Election in the Context of Terminating a Contract for Breach.
Presented by Rosemary Gibson

Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Role of Law

7 October 2021 5:15pm–6:45pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Carolyn Evans, Vice-Chancellor and President, Griffith University, with Professor Patrick Parkinson, UQ Law, commenting and the Hon Justice Sarah Derrington, Federal Court of Australia, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission chairing.

vector art of a hand signing a contract being presented by another party.

The Role of Democracy in Contract Law

3 November 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

Dr Arie Rosen discusses his evaluation of the division of labour between democratic and professional procedures for generating contract law.