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The Sydney Neurolaw Project
The Sydney Neurolaw Project based at Sydney Law School, has finished work on a detailed “neurolaw” reader and case law resource. The resource maps the terrain of the emerging field of neurolaw, providing a guide to current practical questions in law that are directly affected by developments in neuroscience research. We are also developing a…
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Neuroscience in Australian Courtrooms: Responsibility, Liability and the Capacity to Punish
On the 25 June, we hosted the first Sydney Neurolaw Workshop: Neuroscience in Australian Courtrooms: Responsibility, Liability and the Capacity to Punish at Sydney Law School. The event focused on how new understandings of the brain and mind from the developing neurosciences, impact legal concepts such as responsibility and capacity, discrimination law, and even the…
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Upcoming Conferences: Emerging Health Policy Research Conference 2015
The Menzies Centre for Health Policy is hosting its 10th annual Emerging Health Policy Research Conference on Tuesday, 21 July 2015, at the University of Sydney. The Conference showcases the work of current masters, doctoral and early career research workers, as well as those new to the field of health policy research. This year’s keynote…
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Australia gets a D- in chronic disease prevention
Writing in The Age earlier this month, Professor Rob Moodie gave the Australian Federal Government a failing grade for its efforts in non-communicable disease prevention. According to Professor Moodie, Australia’s preventive health agenda ‘is in serious trouble’ and ‘there’s a grave risk of it disappearing altogether.’ Professor Moodie’s assessment draws upon a recent report from…
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How can pacific island countries reduce the crippling burden of non-communicable diseases?
Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) are some of the most geographically isolated in the world. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular disease, cancers, tobacco-related diseases and diabetes are rampant in PICTs. These diseases are partly driven by loss of traditional diets, global trade in harmful products, and by a cluster of inter-related risk factors including tobacco use,…
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Welcome to Sydney Health Law
Welcome to Sydney Health Law, the blog of the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics (CHGLE) at Sydney Law School, the University of Sydney. We provide information on the latest developments and events in health law, ethics and governance, focusing both nationally and globally. The blog’s main contributors are academic staff affiliated with the Centre, who…
“Clear the Air: Stronger Vaping Laws for a Healthier NSW” New South Wales (NSW) must take urgent action to align…