School of Law - Research
Faculty of Business and Law
GeneralBioethics resources on the web
From the National Institutes of Health – contains sections on Bioethics within the NIH, federal bioethics resources, general resources and specific topics.
Australian Health Law Pathfinder
From the University of Sydney Law School Library. Includes sections on: legislation, interpreting legislation, cases, current texts and reports, medical dictionaries and directories etc
Devaluation of a Constitutional Guarantee: The History of Section 51(xxiiiA) of the Commonwealth Constitution
Article by Dr Danuta Mendelson: (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 308. Section 51(xxiiiA) gives the Commonwealth government powers in relation to "the provision of maternity allowances, widows' pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services (not not so as to authorize any form of civil conscription), benefits to students and family allowances"
Health Law
From the Parliamentary Library - Links to key bodies, key publications, foot law, links to other Australian sites and overseas Health Law links
Health Law
Part of WebLaw. It links to Courts and Tribunals and their decisions, key legislation, organisations, journals, publications, international resources and other pathfinder sites.
Legal Liability of Health Service Providers
Victorian Law Reform Committee - Issues Paper No 1 (January 1996).
Pathfinder: Australian Health Law
From the University of Sydney: This is a guide including the following sections: introduction, legislation, interpreting legislation: extrinsic materials, cases, using the catelogue, list of health law journals held in the law library, journal indexes, online services, medical dictionaries and directories, dictionaries and abbreviations and more.
The Birth Torts: Damages for Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life
Article by Dean Stretton in (2005) 20 Deakin Law Review 319 (PDF)
The Doctor's Reference Site
Lists medical web-sites in Australia, practice information, medical books and other publications and lots more - not a legal site though.
Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71
Cancer Act 1958 (Vic)
Dental Technicians Act 1972 (Vic)
Dentists Act 1972 (Vic)
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth)
Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989 (Cth)
Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 (Cth)
Tobacco Charges Assessment Act 1955 (Cth)
Healthcare Law
Links to other websites, laws & government documents, Government agencies, legal journals, newsletters & articles, legal discussion groups, subject ourlines and more from LexisONE - US orientation.
Voluntary Euthanasia Society
Includes information about the VES, news, factsheets a library (containing 'articles, speeches, responses and other items related to the subject of end-of-life issues') and contact information.
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
This site contains a welcome page and sections on: research conferences, news, membership, publications, connections and contact information.
Bioethics Law in New York State
At the UB Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care. This contains information about US legal cases, reports, legislation and other relevant resources.
Genetics and the Law
Part of the National Human Genome Research Institute
The Health Law Resource
'This page is for those interested in health care law. Primarily, this page is intended as a resource for health care practitioners, professionals or anyone interested in learning more about the dynamic field of health care law, and more specifically, the regulatory and transactional aspects of health care law practice.' It includes information in the following subject areas: telemedicine/informatics, bioethics/patients, privacy, medicare/medicaid, fraud and abuse, mergers and acquisitions and issues in the news. It also includes related government links, health and technology links and fun links.
National Human Genome Research Institute
Includes sections on news, policy and ethics, research, educational information and more.
Hieros Gamos – Guide to Health Law
Contains links to relevant supranational organisations, national regimes, other resources, discussion groups, publications, related practices and US sources.
Journals
American Journal of Law and Medicine
From the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics - search for articles which can be purchased online.
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
From the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics - search for articles which can be purchased online.
