Dr Penny Weller

Publications

2009

Weller P J, 'Human rights and social justice: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the quiet revolution in international law' (2009) 4 Public Space: the Journal of Law and Social Justice 74-91

McSherry B M, Weller P J and Kaempf A, 'Submission to the Community Consultation Panel on the Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic)', in Submission to the Community Consultation Panel on the Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) (No.90), (2009), Department of Health, State Government of Victoria, 1-23

2008

Weller P J, 'Supported Decision-Making and the Achievement of Non-Discrimination: The Promise and Paradox of the Disabilities Convention' in McSherry, B (ed) International Trends in Mental Health Laws. Law in Context Special Issue, The Federation Press (2008) 85-110

Weller P J, 'Reclaiming a Sociological Voice in Mental Health Law' Re-Imagining Sociology Conference Publication Proceedings, The University of Melbourne, December 2008, 1-15

2007

‘Engaging with the international human rights law: the ethical and legal impact in health law of the Victoria Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities’, refereed conference Paper,  ABA/ANZIH Law and Ethics Conference, Melbourne. November 2007

2006

‘Human Rights, Health Rights, and the Jurisprudence of Public Health Law’ in Freckelton, I & Petersen, K (eds) Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law. Federation Press. (2006)

‘Singing to the Sirens: Advancing Human rights with Living Wills' (with Topp, V.), Law Institute of Victoria, Administrative Law and Human Rights Section Newsletter, September 2006.

"Self-Determination as Motif" refereed paper selected and published in 2006 for Social Science Research Centre Berlin, published online  at http://www.irmgard-coninx-tiftung.de/en/roundtables/workshop_2007/papers_workshop_2_2007.htm

Emergency Powers and Cross-Jurisdictional Issues Regarding Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases, (2006), Centre for Public Health Law Consultancy Report prepared for the National Public Health Partnership, April 2006 by Reynolds C, Howse G, and Weller P at http://www.nphp.gov.au/

2005

‘Rights as a construct of community and strategy for change’, Published Conference Paper, TASA Conference, Hobart, December 2005.

"Human rights and human dignity: inventing transnational principles of governance", Refereed paper presented at the Berlin Roundtable in Human Rights Workshop, Berlin 2005, published online at http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/en/archive/conference2005/participants.htm

‘The Implementation of the Papua New Guinea HIV/AIDS Management and Prevention Act 2003’ (with Howse, G., Gonapa, B. & Fletcher, K.), Published Conference Proceedings, 2005 International Congress on Medical Law and the First World Conference on Public Health Law and Ethics, Seoul,  August 2005.

Book Review of ‘Death and Medical Power’ by Ten Have & Welie, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Policy 2005, Vol 29, no5, p494.

2004

Youth health research ethics: time for a mature minor clause? (with Sanci, L., Sawyer, S., Bond, L. & Patton, G.), Medical Journal of Australia April 2004,Vol 180, No 7.

Consultation Report on the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs Policy Consultation Paper-Towards a prevention agenda for the National Drug Strategy 2004 and Beyond, (with Haddock, C.) May 2003 (Consultancy Report prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Health & Aging on behalf of the Centre for Adolescent Health, the Centre for Community Child Health and the Australian Drug Foundation)