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The practice of law is increasingly becoming global in nature. Knowing how public and private international law impacts decision-making and achieves outcomes globally, as well as across specific multiple jurisdictions, is essential for ensuring that public and private actions are conducted confidently and effectively.
RUMLAE Director Prof Stephens presents at the Australian Youth Aerospace Association Conference in Canberra
Professor Dale Stephens participated in a panel at the recent Australian Youth Aerospace Association Conference held in Canberra on July 18. The Conference attracted young Aerospace Professionals (including Engineers, Scientists, Economists, Lawyers, Archeologists and Ethicists) from around Australia and brought together representatives from Academia, Government and Private Industry to discuss issues related to aerospace. The Conference is co-sponsored […]
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International Implications of Military Space Operations
Professor Dale Stephens has recently been published in the US Naval War College Journal of International Law Studies. The article; ‘The International Legal Implications of Military Space Operations: Examining the Interplay between International Humanitarian Law and the Outer Space Legal Regime’ considers the interplay between the Outer Space Treaty and International Humanitarian Law. It invokes normal mechanisms […]
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Adelaide Researcher, Stacey Henderson asks: Is Sovereignty Always Supreme?
Adelaide Law School lecturer Stacey Henderson will present at the 2018 Australian & New Society of International Law conference in Wellington, NZ, on Thursday 5th July and will consider whether it is appropriate, in certain circumstances, for one State to intervene where another is known to be committing atrocities? Permission to Intercede or Sovereignty Supreme? […]
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Adelaide Law School Academics Present Papers at Legal Services Commission Conference on Technology and the Law
Adelaide Law School Academics Present Papers at Legal Services Commission Conference on Technology and the Law On 29 June, Professor Dale Stephens and Dr Colette Langos presented papers at the biennial SA Legal Services Commission Conference. The theme of the 2018 conference was ‘Brave New World’ and grappled specifically with the rise and application of technology in legal practice as […]
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‘Space Force’ and the Law
Prof Melissa de Zwart, Dean of Law, argues that there are more important issues that may be lost in the controversy over President Trump’s Space Force and cautions that ‘it’s not yet clear where this move sits in light of prohibitions laid out in the Outer Space Treaty, the document that has guided the the exploration […]
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Congratulations to Professors Melissa de Zwart, Dale Stephens and Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs elected to the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
Adelaide Law School warmly congratulates Professors Melissa de Zwart, Dale Stephens and Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs who have been elected to the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) Founded in 1960, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is an independent non-governmental organisation dedicated to fostering the development of space law. The membership of […]
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Conflict in outer space will happen: legal experts
Space and military law experts from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined forces to take the lead on understanding how our Earth-bound laws will be applied in times of armed conflict in outer space.Some of the best legal and policy minds at the University of Adelaide, UNSW Canberra, University of Exeter, […]
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Legal Autonomous Weapons and the Plight of the Noncombatant
On Friday 10 November, the Adelaide Law School hosted Professor Ronald Arkin from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA for a presentation titled ‘Legal Autonomous Weapons and the Plight of the Noncombatant’. Professor Arkin is a world-renowned roboticist and robo-ethicist working across multiple projects including robot-human interaction, robot ethics, and learning in autonomous systems. Co-sponsored […]
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Adelaide Law School Participation in MILAMOS III – US Air Force Academy
From 9 – 13 October 2017, representatives from Adelaide Law school participated in the MILAMOS III workshop held at the US Air Force Academy located in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA. The team comprised Professors Melissa de Zwart and Dale Stephens, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs and PhD candidate Ms Stacey Henderson. In addition, undergraduate law students […]
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