An Algorithmic Conception
Ella Relf, PhD, writes an exploration of the suspicion and self-judgement that can accompany personalised online content
Published 02 Feb 2021
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Call for Papers for Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts and Wealth Management 2021 Conference
The fourth conference in the “Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts and Wealth Management” series will take place virtually via Zoom on 22-23 July 2021. The daily conference proceedings will take place between: 8 am and 1 pm (UK time); 5 pm and 10 pm (Melbourne/Sydney time); 3 pm and 8 pm (Singapore time). The 2021 conference will be co-organised by the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia Singapore Management University, the University of York, and the Asian Law Centre Melbourne Law School.
Published 01 Feb 2021
Alumni recognised in Australia Day Honours list 2021
Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of our alumni who were recently recognised in the 2021 Australia Day Honours list. The awards are a testament to the contributions and outstanding commitment made by MLS alumni to the Australian community.
Published 30 Jan 2021
Protecting choice online for consumers
With funding from the Consumer Policy Research Centre researchers from The University of Melbourne led by Dr Suelette Dreyfus and Professor Shanton Chang from the Faculty of Engineering and IT with CAIDE's Co-Director Jeannie Paterson, and DQUBE Solutions, have published these reports on their research into consumer choice online.
Published 28 Jan 2021
Trump, Nipples and the Hypocrisy of Social Media Giants
It took a mob to attack the US Capitol before then President Trump’s incitement was banned by the social media companies, but these same companies routinely censor the marginalised by Gabby Bush, Mariam Nadeem, Marc Cheong, Kobi Leins and Simon Coghlan.
Published 28 Jan 2021
How itchy underpants created our consumer laws
If a consumer is injured by a faulty product, they can sue the manufacturer. In Australia, The law of Negligence or Torts forms a fundamental building block of our legal system.
Published 27 Jan 2021
Hotel Quarantine Inquiry final report has far-reaching implications
The final report of the Victorian COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, published on Monday, is important for different reasons than the interim report of November 6 that supplied the roadmap for resetting the state’s hotel quarantine system.
Published 27 Jan 2021
State border closures tipped to continue for many months
With Australians expected to endure state border closures for many months to come, frustrated Aussies have called for the government to take a more hands on approach to coordinating COVID-19 border restrictions.
Published 27 Jan 2021
Carnegie Council: AI & Equality Initiative: Algorithmic Bias & the Ethical Implications
CAIDE researchers Kobi Leins, Leah Ruppanear and Piers Gooding speak with Anja Kaspersen about the ethical implications of Algorithmic Bias for the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
Published 18 Jan 2021
PART 2: THINGS WE KNOW AT THE END OF 2020
From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before?
Published 12 Jan 2021
MLS media round up 2020
From Black Lives Matter to mentoring during COVID-19, these are your most-read articles from MLS in 2020
Published 14 Dec 2020
CALD Statement on Australian Law’s Systemic Discrimination and Structural Bias Against First Nations Peoples
Published 09 Dec 2020
Data Science and the need for collective law and ethics
Dr Jake Goldenfein (MLS) and Dr Sebastian Benthall (NYU) present their research on ‘Data science and the need for collective law and ethics’ in this event, co-hosted by The Centre for AI and Digital Ethics and the HMI project from the Australian National University.
Published 09 Dec 2020
Video Recording - Virtual Roundtables on Asian Law #9: Criminal Law Reform in Asia
The Virtual Roundtable on Asian Law #9: Criminal Law Reform in Asia was held on 16 October 2020.The panel discussed various aspects of criminal law reform including the evolution of the penal code in various Asian jurisdictions such as Singapore, Myanmar, Bhutan and India, the death penalty in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Singapore, and the consideration of personality disorders in sentencing.
Published 03 Dec 2020
Entry barriers for women are amplified by AI in recruitment algorithms, study finds
Published 02 Dec 2020
Articulating inequity in the law
Activist, academic and Melbourne Law School alum Jacqui Katona shares her views on the importance of bringing Indigenous perspectives to legal scholarship.
Published 30 Nov 2020
Paying it forward
As a law student, Katherine Brazenor (LLB(Hons)’08) often wished she had a mentor to give her an insight into the realities of legal practice. Now in her ninth year as part of the MLS mentoring program and having been a mentor to 11 students and counting, Katherine reflects on her experiences and the importance of ‘paying it forward’.
Published 26 Nov 2020
Regulatory mechanisms for protecting reasonable expectations of privacy: the roles of consent and fairness in Australian and Indian Data Protection Law
This project is a collaboration between Melbourne Law School and Jindal Global University, India. The project seeks to build pathways for legal innovation in India to support and inform law reform in Australia and other comparable jurisdictions, and also for reciprocal interactions.
Published 24 Nov 2020
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