Launch of New Book Exploring Life at its Borders
RUSSLR, the Ethics Centre of South Australia (ECSA) and ATF Press are pleased to announce the launch of Issues at the Borders of Life, edited by Bernadette Richards and Vic Pfitzner. The book will be...
View ArticleSeminar: When Are You Dead? Brain Death and Organ Donation
When are you dead? You might think that everyone knows the answer to this question but it’s not quite as simple as it seems. Brain death is a concept that most people find difficult to grasp and yet it...
View ArticleCafé Scientifique: Xenotransplantation – the solution to our organ shortage?
On Wednesday 10 October 2012, Adelaide Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Bernadette Richards spoke at ‘The Science Exchange’ at RiAus on the topic of Xenotransplantation, along with panelists Dr Toby...
View ArticleAdelaide Law School Inaugural Ethics, Law and Society Lecture
There is now more health research and sources of health information than ever, and survey research tells us that the public has a strong interest in both health science and information about healthy...
View ArticleJustice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics...
7-9 June 2013 Registrations are now open for “Justice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics, a conference being co-organised by The University of Adelaide Research Unit for...
View ArticleEthical Advice for Judges: American and Australian Perspectives
On 18 February 2015 Professor Melissa Hart from the University of Colorado Law School visted the Adelaide Law School as part of the Faculty of the Professions’ “Aim for the Stars” program. Professor...
View ArticleCEOs and Same Sex Marriage: Echoes of a Longstanding Debate
A recent open letter to the Prime Minister signed by a number of Australian corporate leaders advocating the legalisation of same sex marriage sparked both approbation, on the basis that they were...
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