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View article: It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word ‘Person’ Is: Using a Human Rights-Based Approach to Training Aged-Care Workers in Person-Centred Care
It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word ‘Person’ Is: Using a Human Rights-Based Approach to Training Aged-Care Workers in Person-Centred Care Open
Aged-care services are in crisis through a combination of rising demand and increasing costs. Quality of care is often reported to be insufficient. Medical science has increased lifespans but the overmedicalisation of aged care may affect …
View article: The death of Veronica Nelson: Reconsidering the criminalisation of opiate use
The death of Veronica Nelson: Reconsidering the criminalisation of opiate use Open
This article considers the preventable death of Veronica Nelson, an Aboriginal woman who had been denied bail and then suffered a terrible death in custody, which was the subject of recent bail reforms and a Coroner's Report that has recom…
View article: Using Nominal Group Technique to Guide Research and Control Bias in Socio-Legal History Projects
Using Nominal Group Technique to Guide Research and Control Bias in Socio-Legal History Projects Open
Bias can result in partiality in historical accounts and confirmation bias results in statements and characterisations being accepted as factual without reliance on critical tests. This paper provides an example of how a qualitative resear…
View article: The ethics of recruiting, retaining and tracing research participants online: research summary
The ethics of recruiting, retaining and tracing research participants online: research summary Open
This report presents a summary of findings from the project, ‘The ethics of recruiting, retaining and tracing research participants online’. This project was funded and conducted by La Trobe University between 2016 to 2018. The research ai…
View article: Human Rights Issues in Constitutional Courts: Why Amici Curiae are Important in the U.S., and What Australia Can Learn from the U.S. Experience
Human Rights Issues in Constitutional Courts: Why Amici Curiae are Important in the U.S., and What Australia Can Learn from the U.S. Experience Open
Unlike thirty years ago, human rights issues are now routinely raised in Australian constitutional cases. In this article, the authors examine the role of the amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court and consider how far and to wha…
View article: Electronic Australian Elections: Verifiability of Accuracy is a Design Goal, which Must be Mandated by Law and Deliberately Designed into Electronic Electoral Processes
Electronic Australian Elections: Verifiability of Accuracy is a Design Goal, which Must be Mandated by Law and Deliberately Designed into Electronic Electoral Processes Open
Electronic voting and counting are increasingly common and have been adopted in a number of Australian jurisdictions. Unfortunately, there is evidence that e-voting systems lack transparency. At present there are reasonable solutions for p…
View article: Summary Legal and Technical Report on Spent Convictions
Summary Legal and Technical Report on Spent Convictions Open
This legal and technical report on Spent Convictions modelling summarises the findings and results already presented in Deliverables DC3.1 - DC3.6 and provides concluding perspectives. This report includes a brief overview of the prelimina…
View article: Case Law on Spent Convictions: Analysis
Case Law on Spent Convictions: Analysis Open
Under federal legislation, if a person's conviction for a Commonwealth (or Territory) offence is more than ten years old, the person is not required to disclose to any person, the fact that the person has been charged with, or convicted of…
View article: The marriage of psychology and law: testamentary capacity
The marriage of psychology and law: testamentary capacity Open
Banks v. Goodfellow [1870. LR 5 QB 549 (Eng.)] is almost 150 years old, yet still stands as authority for the principle that unsoundness of the mind will not rebut testamentary capacity where it does not affect the will itself. Readers of …
View article: Ethical issues in using the internet to engage participants in family and child research: A scoping review
Ethical issues in using the internet to engage participants in family and child research: A scoping review Open
Background: The internet is an increasingly popular tool in family and child research that is argued to pose new ethical challenges, yet few studies have systematically assessed the ethical issues of engaging parents and children in resear…
View article: Emergency preparedness in fitness facilities: bridging the gap between policy and practice
Emergency preparedness in fitness facilities: bridging the gap between policy and practice Open
Fitness facilities are an important contributor to economies through preventative health policies of governments. Therefore, it is crucial that they are capable of ensuring the health and safety of their users during emergency situations u…