This is a significant case, but it isn’t the first time UK courts have found someone could be liable for manslaughter as a result of causing someone else’s suicide. Myself and Professor Marilyn McMahon in 2019 discussed cases to date in the Alternative Law Journal here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

We published one of the earliest scholarly articles on #RoboDebt back in 2017 ‘Big Data: A case study of disruption and government power’ by Kate Galloway, @katgallow #AusLaw #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Get your Australian legal writing into us at the Alternative Law Journal and be part of a lovely community of scholarly authors! We are accepting work for the start of 2024 now #auslaw #LawReform #HumanRights

In this new issue of the Alternative Law Journal Prof Paula Gerber and I imagine a human rights-based approach to the delivery of sexual and reproductive health care for trans and gender diverse people, and it's available open access: journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

Get your Australian legal writing to us at the Alternative Law Journal and be part of a lovely community of scholarly authors! Shorter articles, less footnotes. We are accepting work for the start of 2024 now #auslaw #LawReform #HumanRights journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

All our Voice and referendum articles are open access. Get your eyes on some genuinely good legal analysis of the issues. And share them! journals.sagepub.com/toc/alj/46/3

How can we build empirical research into law education? Drawing on a case study of initiatives Melbourne Law School I consider how we can adopt a holistic approach to promoting and supporting empirical literacy. Now published - open access - in Alternative Law Journal #auslaw doi.org/10.1177/103796…

CALLOUT for articles engaging w challenges & opportunities for access to justice afforded by emergent technologies including AI & big data. We seek works for 2024 analysing current application of such tech & assessing the future implications of developments in this area. 1/2

Submit your work to Australia’s best law reform journal; shorter pieces, lighter footnotes & publish promptly. We’re looking for a series on AI & access to justice & broadly on impact on the Rule of Law & the legal profession. Author guidelines here journals.sagepub.com/home/alj 2/2

We are accepting articles & reviews for 2024! CALL OUT for articles engaging w the challenges & opportunities for access to justice via emergent technologies incl AI & big data. Check author guidelines; join our terrific community of authors & readers journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

Lots of summer reading on our Online First list of recent articles. journals.sagepub.com/home/alj check out the newest in Australian legal analysis with the @altlj #lawreform #legaleducation #legalprofession #Auslaw

Just noticed my article with Alex Grey is now open access. We introduce the area of language and law for Australian lawyers and legal scholars. Thanks again to Alternative Law Journal for publishing it and hooray for accessible research! Language on the Move UNE School of Law UTS Faculty of Law journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

#NewArticle. A piece within the fabulous Alternative Law Journal about government reporting and disaster recovery in Australia. It’s #OpenAccess, thank you UNSW, here’s the link: doi.org/10.1177/103796…

CALL OUT for your submissions on all topics and challenges & opportunities for access to justice and a new Federal Human Rights Act. We now are accepting a variety of works for our 2025 issues! #HumanRights #AccessToJustice #auslaw

Have you seen what we have been up to? Check out all new new (and often open access) legal work we have online now. Looking for a friendly journal to publish your legal research and law reform piece? Let us know. journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

NEW articles up online now, on access to justice, enthusiastic consent, wrongful convictions, harassment in the legal profession and much more. Lots of open access, so please share! Submissions open for 2025 journals.sagepub.com/home/ #auslaw

As we sink slowly into mid December, a reminder that we welcome your submissions on Australian legal issues. See our guidelines- shorter pieces and less footnotes are preferred. Got some summer writing planned? Give us a look 👇🏽👇🏻 #Auslaw