Staff profile

Dr Kerry Petersen

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

La Trobe Law School

Martin Building - Room 280, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

LLB (Melbourne), LLM (Melbourne), PhD (Monash), Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Membership of professional Associations

Medico-Legal Society, Fertility Society of Australia (FSA), Women's Health Victoria

Area of study

Law

Teaching Units

 

  • Health Regulation: Law and Policy  
  • Law and Medicine
  • Law and Public Health

Recent Publications

Select books

  • Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law I. Freckelton & K. Petersen (eds) The Federation Press, Australia (2006).
  • Controversies in Health Law I. Freckelton & K. Petersen (eds) The Federation Press, Australia (1999).
  • Intersections: Women on Law. Medicine and Technology (editor) Ashgate, Aldershot (1997).
  • Abortion Regimes Dartmouth Press, Aldershot (1993).

Select book chapters

  • ‘Instruments for ART Regulation: what are the most appropriate mechanisms for achieving smart regulation? (2009) Instruments for ART regulation: what are the most appropriate mechanisms for achieving smart regulation of ART? In Jackson E, Day Sclater S, Ebtehaj F and Richards M (eds) Individual Freedom, Autonomy and the State. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK and Portland, USA (co-author M Johnson) 169 -195.
  • 'Classifying Abortion as a Health Matter: The Case for Decriminalisation in Australia’ in S.A.M. McLean (ed) First Do No Harm Ashgate, Aldershot (2006) 351-366.
  • 'Genetic Technologies and ART: Ethical Values, Legal Regulation and Informal Regulation' in I. Freckelton & K. Petersen (eds) Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law The Federation Press, Australia (2006) 217-236.
  • ‘The Rights of Donor-Conceived Children to Know the Identity of their Donor: The Problem of the Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns’ in B. Bennett & G. Tomossy (eds) Globalisation and Health: Challenges for Health Law and Bioethics Springer, Dordrecht (2006) 151-167.
  • ‘The Sexual Zone Between Childhood and the Age of Majority: Claims to Sexual Freedoms versus Protectionist Policies’ in B.M. Brooks-Gordon, L.R. Gelsthorpe, M.H. Johnson & A. Bainham (eds) Sexuality Repositioned: Diversity and the Law Hart Publishing, Oxford (2004) 351-372.
  • ‘Abortion Laws: Comparative and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, England and the United States’ in B. Bennett Abortion Ashgate, Aldershot (2004) 313-314 [Reprint].
  • 'Patient Status: The Foetus and the Pregnant Woman’ in M. Jones L.A. Basser-Marks (eds) Children on the Agenda: The Rights of Australia's Children Prospect Media Pty Ltd, Australia (2001) (co-author S.A.M. McLean) 223 -238.
  • 'Private Decisions and Public Scrutiny: Sterilisation and Minors in Australia and England' in McLean, S.A.M. (ed) Contemporary Issues in Law, Medicine and Ethics Dartmouth, Aldershot (1996) 57 – 77.

Select articles

  • 'Nineteenth Century Abortion Laws v  Twenty-first Century Medicine' (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine (In Press).
  • 'New Assisted Reproductive Technology Laws in the Australian State of Victoria: a Genuine Overhaul or Just a Cut and Paste? (2011) 18 Journal of Law and Medicine (In Press).
  • 'Early Medical Abortion: Legal and Medical Developments in Australia' (2010) 193 Medical Journal of Australia 26-29.
  • 'Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: A Criminal Model versus a Professional Model' (2009) 17 Journal of Law and Medicine 452- 461. 
  • Public Interest or Public Meddling? Towards an objective framework for the regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies’ (2008)  23 (3)   Human Reproduction 716-728 (Co-author M Johnson).
  • Petersen K, Johnson MH (2007) 'SmARTest regulation? Comparing the regulatory structures for ARTs in the UK and Australia' (2007) 15 (2) Reproductive BioMedicine 236-244. http://www.rbmonline.com/Article/2873.
  • ‘Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Professional and Legal Restrictions in Australian Clinics' (2005) 12 (3) Journal of Law and Medicine 373 – 385 (Co-authors H.W.G. Baker, M. Pitts & R. Thorpe).
  • ‘Abortion in Australia: a Legal Misconception’ (2005) 29 (2) Australian Health Review 142 – 145.
  • ‘Confidentiality after PD v Harvey: Privacy Issues’ (2004) June Law Institute Journal 28-31.
  • 'Regulating Reproductive Technologies' Special Issue 9 (4) (2002) Journal of Law and Medicine (co-editor M. Coady).
  • 'The Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Comparative Study of Permissive and Prescriptive Law and Policies' 9 (4) (2002) Journal of Law and Medicine 483 – 497.
  • 'Wrongful Conception and Birth: The Loss of Reproductive Freedom and Medical Irresponsibility' (1996) 18 Sydney Law Review 503 – 522.