Associate Lecturer
Overview
Dr Kate Falconer is an Associate Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law. Her research interests lie in the law of the dead and bodily disposal, and the ways in which the private law interacts with death, the dead, and dead bodies.
Kate has presented papers at conferences both in Australia and internationally, and has held visiting research positions at Queens University Belfast and the Hastings Center in New York. Her PhD, which focused on possessory rights and interests in the deceased human body and the implications of these interests for property theory, was awarded by the Australian National University in 2020. Kate also holds 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. She currently teaches Trusts and Equity.
Research Interests
- Private, Commercial and Corporate Law
- Property Law Theory
- Law, Death, and the Dead
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
- Master in US Law, Washington University in StLouis
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours), The University of Queensland
Publications
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Journal Article: Reconceptualising the law of the dead by expanding the interests of the living
Falconer, Kate (2020). Reconceptualising the law of the dead by expanding the interests of the living. Monash University Law Review, 45 (3), 757-784.
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Journal Article: Dismantling Doodeward: guided discretion as the superior basis for property rights in human biological material
Falconer, Kate (2019). Dismantling Doodeward: guided discretion as the superior basis for property rights in human biological material. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 42 (3), 899-927.
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Journal Article: An illogical distinction continued: Re Cresswell and property rights in human biological material
Falconer, Kate (2019). An illogical distinction continued: Re Cresswell and property rights in human biological material. University of New South Wales Law Journal Forum
Publications
Journal Article
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Reconceptualising the law of the dead by expanding the interests of the living
Falconer, Kate (2020). Reconceptualising the law of the dead by expanding the interests of the living. Monash University Law Review, 45 (3), 757-784.
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Falconer, Kate (2019). Dismantling Doodeward: guided discretion as the superior basis for property rights in human biological material. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 42 (3), 899-927.
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An illogical distinction continued: Re Cresswell and property rights in human biological material
Falconer, Kate (2019). An illogical distinction continued: Re Cresswell and property rights in human biological material. University of New South Wales Law Journal Forum
