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PROF LOANE SKENE



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Loane%20Skene
Work: +61 3 834 44858
Fax: +61 3 9347 2392
Room: 0926
Level: 09
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Korea, Republic of Hanyang University Research
United States The Catholic University of America Research
United States Case Western Reserve University Research
Canada University of Toronto Research
United Kingdom University of Oxford Research
Japan Tokyo University Research
United Kingdom Cardiff University Research
United Kingdom Cardiff University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1969
Master of Laws Monash University 31-Dec-1985

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics (ANZIHLE) 01-Jan-1999
Member International Society for Stem Cell Research 01-Aug-2006
Member Spinal Cord Society of Australia 23-Aug-2006
Member Health 2020 01-Dec-2006
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of Victoria 10-Aug-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Commonwealth of Australia Centenary Medal for ?Service to Australian society through the Exploration of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care? 01-Jan-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Communicating genetic information in families: practical, legal, social and ethical issues Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
FACILITATION AND REGULATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING HUMAN GENETIC DATABANKS Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 12/01/2005
HUMAN OOCYTES FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH: DONATION AND REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 23/04/2008
LEGAL AND ETHICAL REGULATION OF THE USE AND COMMERCIALISATION OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Law and medical practice: Rights, duties, claims and defences
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • The sorting society: The ethics of genetic screening and therapy
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Genetic Screening and Therapy
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Legal regulation of genetic testing: Balancing privacy and family interests
    Year: 2008
    Book: Legal Perspectives in Bioethics
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • The sorting society: a legal perspective
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Gentic Screening and Therapy
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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    URL - open access http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521689847

Journal Articles

  • Health first, genetics second: exploring families' experiences of communicating genetic information
    Year: 2008
    Journal: European Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 2008
    Page numbers: 1 - 7
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  • Human cloning and stem cell research: Engaging in the political process
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medicine and Law: an international journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 119-130
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  • The Lockhart Committee: Developing policy through commitment to moral values, community and democratic processess
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Law and Medicine
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 132-138
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Major Reference Works

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Genetic privacy, discrimination and insurance
    Year: 2006
    Book: Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Life-Prolonging Treatment and Patients' Legal Rights
    Year: 2006
    Book: First Do No Harm: Law, Ethics and Healthcare
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Conjunctions and Disjunctions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Macquarie Law Symposium
    Volume: 2006
    Page numbers: 51-57
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  • Religion, the state and the law
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Monash Bioethics Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 36-40
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  • Should the Law Limit Genetic Tests on Embryos and Foetuses?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 250-253
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Theft of DNA: Do we need a new criminal offence?
    Year: 2005
    Book: Ethics, law and society
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Competence to give informed consent in acute psychosis is associated with symptoms rather than diagnosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 211-214
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Effects of tort law reform on medical liability
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Law Journal
    Volume: 79
    Page numbers: 345-363
    Publisher: Lawbook Co(Rozelle)
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  • Proliferating ethics committees and privacy legislation: New fetters on scientific research
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australasian Epidemiologist
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 16-18
    Page numbers: 1
    Publisher: The Australasian Epidemiological Association(Canberra)
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  • The Schiavo and Korp cases: Conceptualising end-of-life decision-making
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Law and Medicine
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 223-229
    Publisher: Lawbook Co(Rozelle)
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  • Withholding and withdrawing treatment in South Australia when patients, parents or guardians insist treatment must be continued
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Adelaide Law Review
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 161-185
    Publisher: Adelaide Law Review Association(Adelaide)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Ethical issues in monitoring research in the competitive framework of modern universities
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Contemporary issues in governance
    Conference Publication: GOVNET: Annual conference of the governance research network
    Page numbers: 10
    Publisher: GOVNET(Nathan)
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Reports

  • Legislation Review: Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the research involving Human Embryos Act 2002
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Government
    Report No:: December 2005
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Law and medical practice: Rights, duties, claims and defences
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths and contributors(Parkville)
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Book Chapters

  • Health law
    Year: 2004
    Book: The law handbook 2004
    Publisher: Fitzroy Legal Service(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Courts as communicators: Can doctors learn from judges' decisions? The doctor's question: 'Will I be alright if I...?'
    Year: 2004
    Journal: