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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Prof Paula Gerber explains Giggle v Tickle (2026) and how judges interpret the actual law #humanrights #law podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

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#16 - Tickle v Giggle: The App With An Identity Crisis.

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Registrations for The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference are open!Join us to discuss Children’s rights, Vic Treaty, the Charter and Judicial independence, 23 July, in Melbourne Details @ our conference website www.monash.edu/law/research...

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The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference

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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Get your tickets now! The 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference will focus on 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world'. Now more than ever, we need to pause, reflect and forge new paths forward - together conference.unsw.edu.au/en/2025-kald...

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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference | UNSW Sydney

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Really excited to see this one out in print: "Pseudolaw and the illusion of legal meaning" in the wonderful Alternative Law Journal @altlj.bsky.social An accessible overview of the phenomenon of pseudolaw, with an exploration of some of the overlap with GenAI journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Pseudolaw and the illusion of legal meaning - Joe McIntyre, 2025

This article is an overview of the contemporary phenomenon of pseudolaw and argues that, at its heart, it involves a mistaking of the form of legal argumentatio...

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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law @castancentre.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Registrations for The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference open this Wednesday 23 April. join us at one of Australia’s leading human rights events, 25 July, in Melbourne Details @ our conference website: bit.ly/HumanRights25.

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Do corporations have beliefs? A look back at the Hobby Lobby case with Dr Steve Kourabas at Monash Law. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c... #Law #CorporationsLaw

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Do corporations have beliefs?

Podcast Episode · Case In Point · 01/04/2025 · 31m

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Is it a crime to attempt to murder a corpse? Today’s episode of Case in Point discusses a bizarre murder case in recent Australian legal history, mirroring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. Dr Natalia Antolak-Saper, criminal law scholar unpacks the story of R v Darrington [2016] link 👇🏽

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Is it a crime to attempt to murder a corpse?

Podcast Episode · Case In Point · 18/03/2025 · 30m

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Maybe you just need a distraction from the Cyclone, the (nearly) Election, the geo-political crises or the climate catastrophe? Try Case In Point, a lively, chatty podcast about legal curiosities and culture. Wherever you listen to your pods.

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Season 2 of Case in Point is coming your way! Follow here (or wherever you get your pods) Tomorrow’s episode will test your sports knowledge podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

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Case In Point

History Podcast · 2 Seasons · Updated Fortnightly

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hurrah! The annual Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) Conference is on Wed 2 July to Friday 4 July 2025 at UQ Brisbane! Welcome legal academics, practitioners & policymakers to discussions on the evolving landscape of legal education & research Submit abstracts here; bit.ly/ALAA2025

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ever wondered what’s up in the Chagos Archipelago? We were curious, so we asked @djag2.bsky.social to explain it all - on Case in Point podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

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Exile & Empire in Paradise: The UK's Chagos scandal

Podcast Episode · Case In Point · 18/02/2025 · 49m

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Alternative Law Journal @altlj.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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 #AccessToJustice #Law journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

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Alternative Law Journal: Sage Journals

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design” @patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy. [hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Australian Legal Academic Starter Pack: ICYMI #AusLaw #Law #LegalEd go.bsky.app/A9tXyKu

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In our latest Case in Point @lynetterussell.bsky.social takes us to 1839 Melbourne, a fledgling frontier town, rife with conflict. The arrival of two Palawa men, Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheener, sparks a chain of events leading to a brutal execution. #AusLaw podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

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Frontier Justice: An execution in Melbourne CBD

Podcast Episode · Case In Point · 10/12/2024 · 36m

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Delighted to see the @altlj.bsky.social here! No offence to the other August law journals, but this is my personal favourite. If you don’t know it, it’s worth a look - and a follow.

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

"2. You will then be urged to personalize your instruction, even though the AI-in-education course you are taking involves nothing remotely resembling personalization Relish the irony."

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

More AI Roast-Bots please: “Like a constitutional law textbook that just chugged a double espresso—bright, bold, and ready to make some noise.” blueskyroast.com/roast/drmcas... ping @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social

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Legal Eagle with a Side of Sass

Melissa Castan soars on Bluesky, dissecting law with a flair for the dramatic and a touch of humor.

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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law @castancentre.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The Castan Centre appeared this morning at the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the Criminal Code (Hate Crimes) Amendment Bill 2024. See our submission here: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... @drmcastan.bsky.social @ronlisifris.bsky.social #Auslaw #HumanRights

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National Justice Project @njpjustice.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Day 1 of 10 Days to Donate in December ahead of #HumanRightsDay The National Justice Project has been holding the Australian Government to account for the harsh treatment refugee families and asylum seekers endured in offshore detention. Help us #FinishTheFight at bit.ly/4fRDHan

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Professor Emerita Anne Twomey explains the Social Media Minimum Age law. She discusses privacy issues re verification of the identity of social media users & if the law breaches the implied freedom of political communication. #AusLaw Notably 7k views & 500+ comments! youtu.be/moiV8aDWC_o?...

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The Australian social media limits for under-16s

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Another episode of denial and erasure, this repeal diminishes Queensland and Australia’s standing in the world; another betrayal in the relationship with First Peoples of this land. What a disgrace. #AusLaw

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Ali Struthers @dralistruthers.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I saw a thread by in Archaeology that pulled together all Starter Packs into one handy thread for new people joining. Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across. Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.

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Julian Webb @julianinoz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Probably time to share this again - hit reply if you'd like to be added (or removed)! #academiclaw #lawyers #legalethics #regulation go.bsky.app/JUjeAQX

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Qld govt reneges on its obligations to Children in international law, esp Convention on the Rights of the Child, OPCAT, and its own Human Rights Act. Everything is fine.

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Woop woop. New toolkit from TEQSA just dropped on GenAI strategies for Australian higher education: www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Either way, and apart from the substance of the amendment, this process is bad governance.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The new Qld govt appears to be using omnibus legislation to repeal the truthtelling and treaty body, without committee oversight. I think it was Fitzgerald who recommended against omnibus bills to make substantive change. And he found committee system imperative in the unicameral parli.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Yes indeed. Here is the repeal mechanism of the Path to Treaty Act.

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference! The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University. The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. Please re-post!

Dear ANZSIL members and friends,

ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025: Save the Date and Conference Theme

It is with great pleasure that the ANZSIL Annual Conference Organising Committee announces the dates, location and theme of the ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025!

The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.

The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’.

The Postgraduate Research Student Workshop will be held on Tuesday 1 July 2025.

Save the dates now! The Call for Papers will be issued shortly.

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra in July 2025.

Best wishes,

Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle (Co-Chairs of the ANZSIL Conference Organising Committee 2025)

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Can you own a dead body? Associate Professor Marc Trabsky tells a strange story from 1868 that holds the key to the law of ownership of the human body and body parts. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c... #podcast #AusLaw

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Grave-robbers, mummies, cyborgs!

Podcast Episode · Case In Point · 26/11/2024 · 41m

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The committee reviewing the Social Media Minimum Age Bill recommends the bill be passed, that there be consultation with young people and that there be appropriate consultation on all rule making associated with the bill. See details 👇🏽👇🏽 #AusLaw #Privacy #SocialMediaLaw

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