Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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The regulatory pyramid meets the food pyramid: Can regulatory theory improve controls on television food advertising to Australian children?
Published 2011This article examines whether responsive regulation has potential to improve the regulatory framework which controls free-to-air television advertising to children, so that the regulatory scheme can be used more effectively ...Open AccessArticle -
Propensity evidence reform after the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
Published 2018The Royal Commission considers the exclusion of propensity evidence, including prior convictions and the evidence of other alleged victims, to be one of the most significant obstacles to child sex offence (CSO) prosecutions. ...Open AccessArticle -
The use of human tissue samples in medical research: Legal issues for human research ethics committees
Published 2000This article provides a framework for considering some of the legal issues that arise from the use of human tissue samples in medical research, particularly when human research ethics committees (HRECs) scrutinise research ...Open AccessArticle -
Property in recyclable artificial implants
Published 2013This article discusses property rights in recyclable artificial implants such as pacemakers. These implants can remain useful and valuable after the death of the first user, but it is not clear who owns the devices when ...Open AccessArticle -
Appeals against conviction on indictment: Process, outcome and NSW reform after Kalbasi v Western Australia
Published 2019The High Court's recent decision in Kalbasi v Western Australia (Kalbasi) should present no obstacle to the adoption of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission's proposed reform to the "common form" conviction appeal ...Open AccessArticle