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Professor Belinda Bennett

Profile

Qualifications

BEc LLB (Hons) Macquarie LLM SJD Wisconsin FAICD

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

  • Bioethics and the Law
  • Medical Law

Postgraduate

  • Health Law and Globalisation
  • Information Rights in Health Care
  • Reproduction and the Law


Areas of Interest

  • health and medical law
  • legal regulation of new technologies in healthcare
  • legal issues relating to reproduction
  • genetics
  • globalisation and health law
  • public health law
  • legal regulation of nanotechnologies


Brief Biographical Detail

Belinda Bennett is Professor of Health and Medical Law and teaches health law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Belinda has been an elected Fellow of the University of Sydney Senate (2009-11). She was a member of the University’s Academic Board from 2006-11, and has been Chair of the Academic Board’s Academic Staffing Committee (2008-09), and Chair of the Academic Board’s Academic Standards and Policy Committee (2010-11). Within the Faculty of Law Belinda has been Director of the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics (2005-09); Pro-Dean (Teaching Programs) (2005-06); Associate Dean (International) (2008); Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) (2000-01); and the Faculty’s first Director of Teaching Development (1995). Belinda was a founding Board Member of the Australian Institute for Health Law and Ethics (AIHLE). She is the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and a member of the International Editorial Board of the International Journal of Law in Context.


Major Research Grants

Australian Research Council

  • B Bennett and T Carney, “Legal and Ethical Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza” ARC Discovery Grant (DP0987239) (2009-11).
  • B Bennett, W Rogers and I Karpin, “Gender Inequities in Health Research: Towards a New Regulatory Framework” ARC Discovery Grant (DP0666279) (2006-08).
  • D Rothwell and B Bennett, “Globalisation and Biomedicine: The Harmonisation of Local and Global Regulatory Demands.” ARC Discovery Project (DP0452853) (2004-05).

University

  • I Karpin and B Bennett, “The Regulation of PGD in Australia and New Zealand: Assessing the Attitudes of Key Stakeholders.” University of Sydney Bridging Support Grant (2008).
  • I Karpin and B Bennett, “Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: A Case Study for Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology.” University of Sydney Bridging Support Grant (2007).
  • I Karpin and B Bennett, “Comparative Legal and Ethical Considerations in Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis.” University of Sydney Bridging Support Grant (2006).

Publications

Books and edited works | Book chapters | Journal articles | Conference papers and presentations

Books and edited works

  • B. Bennett (Guest editor), "Health and Human Rights", special issue of the International Journal of Law in Context (2011) 7(3) pp 271-400.
  • B. Bennett, L. Gostin, R. Magnusson, and R. Martin (Guest editors), Public Health (2009) 123(3) pp 205-92 on “Health Governance: Law, Regulation and Policy”.
  • A. Ballantyne, B. Bennett, I. Karpin and W. Rogers (Guest editors), special issue of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2008) 1(2) on the theme of “Research Ethics: Women, Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research”.
  • B. Bennett, T. Carney, & I. Karpin (eds), The Brave New World of Health, Federation Press, Sydney (2008).
  • B. Bennett Health Law’s Kaleidoscope: Health Law Rights in a Global Age, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK, (2008).
  • B. Bennett (ed) “Regulating the Scientific Frontier,” Special issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine (2007) 15, pp 1-162.
  • B. Bennett (ed) Health, Rights and Globalisation, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, 2006.
  • B. Bennett and GF. Tomossy (eds), Globalization and Health: Challenges for Health Law and Bioethics, Springer, Dordrecht, 2006
  • B. Bennett (ed), Abortion, Ashgate: Aldershot (2004). (International Library of Medicine, Ethics and Law series)
  • B. Bennett & R. Lyster (eds), Reimagining the Global Space: Feminism, Globalisation and Law, LexisNexis Butterworths: Sydney (2002) (special issue of the Australian Feminist Law Journal).
  • B. Bennett & R. Magnusson (eds), Sydney Law Review, Special Issue - Reshaping the Legal Landscape: Medicine, Technology and the Law, Lawbook Co: Sydney (2001).
  • B. Bennett, Guest editor, "The Body and the Law" Special Issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine (2000) 7(4) pp333-444.
  • B. Bennett, Law and Medicine, LBC Information Services: Sydney (1997).
  • H. Astor, B. Bennett and P. Pether (eds) "Symposium: Engendering New Law Stories: Feminist Legal Theories and Praxis" Special Issue of the Sydney Law Review (1996) 18(4) pp 421-597.

Book chapters

  • B. Bennett & T. Carney, "Governance, Rights and Pandemics: Science, Public Health or Individual Rights?" in C. Enemark & M.J. Selgelid (eds) Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Ashgate: UK (2012) pp.201-217.
  • B. Bennett, "Surrogacy" in B. White, F. McDonald & L. Willmott (eds) Health Law in Australia, Thomson Reuters: Australia (2010) pp. 391-411.
  • B. Bennett, "Abortion" in B. White, F. McDonald & L. Willmott (eds) Health Law in Australia, Thomson Reuters: Australia (2010) pp. 371-389.
  • B. Bennett, "Assisted Reproductive Technology" in B. White, F. McDonald & L. Willmott (eds) Health Law in Australia, Thomson Reuters: Australia (2010) pp. 343-369.
  • B. Bennett, I. Karpin, A. Ballantyne and W. Rogers, “Gender Inequities in Health Research: An Australian Perspective” in Michael Freeman (ed) Law and Bioethics Oxford University Press (2008), pp 409-31.
  • B. Bennett, “Globalising Rights? Constructing Health Rights in a Shrinking World” in B. Bennett, T. Carney & I. Karpin (eds) The Brave New World of Health, Federation Press: Sydney (2008), pp 8-20.
  • B. Bennett, T. Carney and I. Karpin, “Introduction” in B. Bennett, T. Carney & I. Karpin (eds) The Brave New World of Health, Federation Press: Sydney (2008), pp 1-7.
  • B. Bennett, “Reproductive Technology” in The Laws of Australia, Lawbook Company (2007) Chapter 20.12, pp 475-518.
  • B. Bennett and I. Freckelton, "Life After the Ipp Reforms: Australian Medical Negligence Law" in Ian Freckelton and Kerry Petersen (eds) Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law , Federation Press: Sydney (2006), pp 381-405.
  • B. Bennett, "Travel in a Small World: SARS, Globalization and Public Health Laws" in B. Bennett, and GF. Tomossy (eds), Globalization and Health: Challenges for Health Law and Bioethics, Springer: Dordrecht (2006), pp 1-12.
  • B. Bennett, "Introduction" in B. Bennett, (ed) Health, Rights and Globalisation, Ashgate Publishing: Aldershot (2006), pp xi-xvii.
  • B. Bennett, "Introduction" in B. Bennett, (ed) Abortion, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot (2004), pp xi-xvii.
  • B. Bennett, "Choosing a Child's Future? Reproductive decision-making and preimplantation genetic diagnosis" in J. Gunning & H. Szoke (eds), The Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Ashgate: Aldershot (2003), pp 167-176.
  • B. Bennett, "Women's Health in the Global Village" in B. Bennett & R. Lyster (eds), Reimagining the Global Space: Feminism, Globalisation and Law, LexisNexis Butterworths (2002), pp 48-62.
  • B. Bennett, "Written in Code: Diversity and the new genetics" in M. Freeman & A. Lewis (eds), Law & Medicine - Current Legal Issues, OUP: Oxford (2000), pp 189-203.
  • B. Bennett, "Gamete Donation, Reproductive Technology and the Law" in K. Petersen (ed), Intersections: Women on law, medicine and technology, Ashgate: Aldershot (1997), pp 127-144.

Journal articles

  • B. Bennett, "Expanding Horizons: Scientific Frontiers, Legal Regulation, and Globalization" (2012) 19(2) Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 507-531
  • B. Bennett & T. Carney, "Pandemic Preparedness in Asia: A Role for Law and Ethics" (2011) 23(3) Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 419-430
  • B. Bennett, "Guest Editorial: Time for a National Approach to Donor Conception in Australia" (2011) 19(1) Journal of Law and Medicine 7-12.
  • B. Bennett, T. Carney & C. Saint, "Swine Flu, Doctors and Pandemics: Is There a Duty to Treat During a Pandemic?" (2010) 17(5) Journal of Law and Medicine 736-747.
  • B. Bennett & T. Carney, "Trade, Travel and Disease: The Role of Law in Pandemic Preparedness" (2010) 5(2) Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 301-329.
  • B. Bennett & T. Carney, “Law, Ethics and Pandemic Preparedness: The Importance of Cross-Jurisdictional and Cross-Cultural Perspectives” (2010) 34(2) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 106-112.
  • B. Bennett, “Genetics and the Transformation of the Personal” (2009) 35(2) Monash University Law Review 296.
  • B. Bennett and C. Deakin, "Registration of Clinical Trials: Challenges for Global Regulation" (2009) 17(1) Journal of Law and Medicine 82-94.
  • B. Bennett, "Guest Editorial: A New National Women's Health Policy: Legal, Ethical and Policy Initiatives to Support Women's Health" (2009) 17(1) Journal of Law and Medicine 9-15.
  • B. Bennett, “Legal Rights During Pandemics: Federalism, Rights and Public Health Laws – a View from Australia” (2009) 123 Public Health 232-36.
  • B. Bennett, L. Gostin, R. Magnusson, and R. Martin, “Guest Editorial: Health Governance: Law, Regulation and Policy” (2009) 123 Public Health 207-212.
  • I. Karpin and B. Bennett, “Freedom to Choose? Embryo Selection, Reproductive Decision-making and the Role of the State” (2008) 88(Sep/Oct) Precedent 4-8.
  • B. Bennett and I. Karpin, “Regulatory Options for Gender Equity in Health Research” (2008) 1(2) International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 80-99.
  • B. Bennett, “Editorial: Law and Ethics for the Bioeconomy and Beyond” (2007) 15 Journal of Law and Medicine 7-12.
  • B. Bennett, “Regulating Small Things: Genes, Gametes and Nanotechnology” (2007) 15(1) Journal of Law and Medicine 153-60.
  • B. Bennett, “Globalising the Body: Globalisation and Reproductive Rights" (2006) UNSW Law Journal 266-71.
  • I. Karpin and B. Bennett, “Genetic Technologies and the Regulation of Reproductive Decision-making in Australia" (2006) Journal of Law and Medicine 127-34.
  • B. Bennett, “Medical Science and the Law” (2006) Macquarie Law Symposium - Law, Religion and Medical Science 41-43.
  • B. Bennett, “Rewriting the Future? Biomedical Advances and Legal Dilemmas” (2006) 13(3) Journal of Law and Medicine 295-303.
  • B. Bennett, “Symbiotic Relationships: Saviour Siblings, Family Rights and Biomedicine” (2005) 19(3) Australian Journal of Family Law 195-212.
  • B. Bennett & D. Bell, “Genetic secrets and the family” (2001) 9 Medical Law Review 130-161.
  • B. Bennett, “New challenges for old laws? The development of e-health in Australia” (2001) 23(3) Sydney Law Review 405-422.
  • B. Bennett, “Prenatal diagnosis, genetics and reproductive decision-making” (2001) 9 Journal of Law and Medicine 28-40.
  • B. Bennett, “Reproductive technology, public policy and single motherhood” (2000) 22 Sydney Law Review 625-635.
  • B. Bennett, “Guest editorial: the body and the law” (2000) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 337-338.
  • B. Bennett, “Legal regulation of reproductive technology in Australia” (2000) 1(2) Journal of Women's Health & Law 147-165.
  • B. Bennett, “The human embryo as property? Cryopreservation and the challenges for law”, (2000) 7 Journal of Law & Medicine 434-441.
  • B. Bennett, “Posthumous reproduction and the meanings of autonomy” (1999) 23(2) Melbourne University Law Review 286-307.
  • B. Bennett, “Setting the standard? Clinical practice guidelines and medical negligence litigation” (1997) 20 UNSW Law Journal 707-723.
  • B. Bennett, “Gamete Donation, Reproductive Technology and the Law” (1993) 11(2) Law in Context 41-57.
  • B. Bennett, “Resource Allocation and the Beginning of Life” (1993) 9 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy 77-90.
  • B. Bennett, “Pregnant Women and the Duty to Rescue: A Feminist Response to the Fetal Rights Debate” (1991) 9(1) Law in Context 70-91.
  • B. Bennett, “The Economics of Wifing Services: Law and Economics on the Family” (1991) 18(2) Journal of Law and Society 206-18.

Conference papers and presentations

  • B. Bennett, "Do We Need New Laws for Synthetic Biology?" presented at Forum on Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Opportunities for Australia, forum organised by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, Sydney 13 March 2012.
  • B. Bennett, "Decision-making in the age of genetics: Legal and ethical perspectives" presented at Human Genome Meeting 2012: Genetics and Genomics in Personalised Medicine, Sydney 12 March 2012.
  • B. Bennett, "National Regulation of Health Practitioners: A New Era in Medical Regulation", presentation to Medico-Legal Society of NSW, Sydney, 15 September 2010.
  • B. Bennett and T. Carney, "Legal and Ethical Issues of Influenza Pandemics", presentation to the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore, Singapore, 30 July 2010.
  • B. Bennett and T. Carney,“Global Preparedness For and Responses to International Public Health Emergencies: The Role of Law and Ethics” presented by B. Bennett at 10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore, 28-31 July 2010.
  • B. Bennett, “Strategies for Women’s Health: Engagement with Law, Ethics and Public Policy”, at Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Congress, Singapore, 26-28 July 2010.
  • B. Bennett and T. Carney, “Trade, Travel and Disease: The Role of Law in Pandemic Preparedness” presented by B. Bennett at the conference on International Health and Trade, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 22 July 2010.
  • B. Bennett and T. Carney, “Compassion, Pandemics and the Law: Feminist Ethics for Pandemic Influenza” presented by B. Bennett at Australian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, University of Adelaide, 1-4 July 2010.
  • B. Bennett, “Laying Down the Law; Ethical Challenges with New Technologies” presented at Workshop: The Ethical Challenges of New Technologies – Risk and Responsibility in Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology, University of Sydney, 17 June 2010.
  • B. Bennett & C. Saint, "Swine, Flu, Doctors and Pandemics: Is There a Duty to Treat in a Pandemic?" at Workshop on Infectious Diseases, Security and Ethics, University of Sydney, 4-5 February 2010
  • B. Bennett & C. Saint, "Swine, Flu, Doctors and Pandemics: Is There a Duty to Treat in a Pandemic?" at 3rd Annual Biosecurity Symposium, Canberra, 1-2 February 2010
  • B. Bennett, "Cross-Cultural and Cross-Jurisdictional Issues in Pandemic Planning" at Health and Borders in China, India and the Indian Ocean Region, Sydney, 28-29 October 2009.
  • B. Bennett, "Who Owns Stem Cells? Legal and Ethical Considerations in Regulating iPS" at 12th Stem Cell Workshop - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, University of Sydney, 4 August 2009.
  • B. Bennett, "Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Pandemic Planning and Public Health Laws" presented at joint University of Sydney-National University of Singapore joint Law Research Symposium, University of Sydney, 30-31 July 2009.
  • B. Bennett, "Beyond the Body: Law and the Regulation of Enhancement Technologies" presented at International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress, New York, 28 June-3 July 2009.
  • B. Bennett, “The Intersections of Ethics and the Law” 18th Annual Medico-Legal Congress 2009, Sydney, 26-27 February 2009.
  • B. Bennett and T. Carney, “Keynote address: Law, Ethics and Pandemic Preparedness: The Importance of Cross-Jurisdictional and Cross-Cultural Perspectives”, 2nd Annual Biosecurity Symposium, University of Sydney, 9-10 February 2009.
  • B. Bennett, “Legal Issues in Pandemic Influenza” presented at joint Sydney University/Chinese University of Hong Kong research symposium on Threats to Health: Public Health and the Law, Hong Kong, 20 October 2008.
  • I. Karpin, B. Bennett & J. Sutton, “Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and the Challenge of Regulatory Harmonisation” presented at the 9th World Congress of Bioethics - The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Bioethics in the 21st Century, Croatia, 3-8 September 2008.
  • B. Bennett, “Regulatory Options for Including Women in Health Research” presented at the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Congress - Voice, Power and Responsibility in Health Care, Croatia, 3-5 September 2008.
  • B. Bennett, “Legal Rights During Pandemics” at Crossing Borders: Legal, Security and Health Perspectives on Pandemic Influenza, University of Sydney, 23 November 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Technology, Law and Public Policy”, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 17 November 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Regulatory Frameworks for Health Research: Are They Relevant for Gender Equality?”, presented at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Research Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 17-18 October 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Crafting Laws for the Frontiers of Science”, University of Sydney/University College London Frontiers of Knowledge Symposium, London, 11 July 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Crafting Laws for the Frontiers of Science”, University of Sydney Frontiers of Knowledge Symposium, Berlin, 9 July 2007.
  • B. Bennett, A. Ballantyne, I. Karpin, and W. Rogers, “Gender Equity in Health Research,” 12th International Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Law and Bioethics, University College London, 2-3 July 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Women and Health Research: A Role for Law?”, 30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy, 25-30 June 2007.
  • B. Bennett, “Regulating Small Things: Genes, Gametes and Nanotechnology”, Regulating the Scientific Frontier - 2nd Annual Conference, Centre for Health Governance, Law & Ethics, University of Sydney, 24 November 2006.
  • B. Bennett, “The Next Pandemic? Globalisation and Public Health Laws”, Kirby Seminar series, School of Law, University of New England, Armidale, 1 May 2006.
  • B. Bennett, “Regulating Rights in a Posthuman World: Law, Ethics and Medical Science” Willis Cunningham Memorial Lecture, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Canada, 9 January 2006.
  • B. Bennett, “The Next Pandemic? Globalisation and Public Health Laws”, presented at Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada, 19 January 2006.
  • B. Bennett, “Globalising Rights? Constructing Health Rights in a Shrinking World” presented at the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics conference on Constructions of Health, 4 November 2005, Sydney.
  • B. Bennett, “Federalism, Globalisation and Biomedicine” presented at workshop on Globalisation and Biomedicine, 3 November 2005, Sydney Law School.
  • B. Bennett, “Globalising the Body? Globalisation and Reproductive Rights” presented at the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence conference on Sex, Gender & Rights conference, 5 August 2005, Sydney.
  • B. Bennett, “Health Rights and Health Tourism: New Challenges for Law and Ethics” presented during March 2005 at:
    - Faculty of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland;
    - Globalisation Research Group, University College Cork, Ireland;
    - School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland; Faculty of Law,
    - University College London
  • B. Bennett, “Between the Local and the Global: Reimagining Public Health Law”, presented at 15th World Congress on Medical Law, Sydney, 1-5 August 2004.
  • B. Bennett, “Between the Local and the Global: Reimagining Public Health Law”, presented at 7th World Congress on Bioethics, Sydney, November 2004.
  • B. Bennett, “'Saviour Siblings' and the Assessment of Best Interests”, presented at the combined conference of the Australian Bioethics Association and the Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics, Sydney, 12-14 November 2004.
  • B, Bennett, “Beyond Universalism and Relativism: Health, Rights and Gender”, presented at Workshop on Intersections of Medical Ethics and International Human Rights, Canberra, 18-19 November 2004.
  • B, Bennett, “Regulating Biomedicine in the Global Age”, response to Pelicier Address by Justice Michael Kirby, presented at Medicine and Industry: Changing paradigms in law, ethics and the health professions, Sydney, 28-29 September 2003.
  • B. Bennett, “Travel in a Small World: SARS, globalisation and public health laws” presented at the 28th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Sydney, 30 September-3 October 2003.
  • B. Bennett, “Delivering Health Care Remotely: Legal issues in telemedicine” presented at the 2nd Annual Sydney Health Law Conference, 20 September 2002.
  • B. Bennett, “Law and the family in the age of new technologies” presented at the 17th World Congress of International Federation of Fertility Societies , Melbourne, 2001.
  • B. Bennett, “Choosing a child's future: Legal issues in preimplantation genetic diagnosis” presented at The State of ART Legislation, Melbourne, 2001.
  • B. Bennett, “Living in the Grey Zone: Health law in an age of scientific change”presented at the Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 2001.
  • B. Bennett, “Private health and the public policy: Privatisation, globalisation and health care” presented at the Feminist Legal Academics' Workshop, Brisbane, 2001.