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Lecturer, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland

I am a Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, where I teach Equity and Trusts. I received my PhD from the ANU in 2020. My doctoral research focused on possessory rights and interests in the deceased human body and the implications of these interests for property law theory. More broadly, my research interests lie in the law of the dead and bodily disposal, and the interactions of death with the private law.

I also hold an LLM in US Law from Washington University in St Louis as well as an LLB with Honours and an undergraduate degree in archaeology from the University of Queensland.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Lecturer, The University of Queensland
  • 2020–2021
    Associate lecturer, The University of Queensland

Education

  • 2020 
    Australian National University, PhD
  • 2016 
    Washington University in St Louis, LLM
  • 2015 
    University of Queensland, BA
  • 2015 
    University of Queensland, LLB

Publications

  • 2021
    The Right to Possession of the Body of the Deceased: A History, law&history
  • 2020
    Reconceptualising the Law of the Dead by Expanding the Interests of the Living, Monash University Law Review
  • 2019
    Dismantling Doodward: Guided Discretion as the Superior Basis for Property Rights in Human Biological Material, University of New South Wales Law Journal
  • 2019
    An Illogical Distinction Continued: Re Cresswell and Property Rights in Human Biological Material, University of New South Wales Law Journal Forum

Professional Memberships

  • Secretary, Australian Death Studies Society