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Dr

Kate Falconer

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Overview

Background

Dr Kate Falconer is a 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. She is particularly interested in the impacts and implications of new death technologies both for private law and society more broadly. Kate is the Secretary of the Australian Death Studies Society.

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.

Availability

Dr Kate Falconer is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Law, Washington University in St Louis
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Research interests

  • Law, Death, and the Dead

  • Private, Commercial and Corporate Law

  • Property Law Theory

Works

Search Professor Kate Falconer’s works on UQ eSpace

7 works between 2019 and 2023

1 - 7 of 7 works

2023

Journal Article

Cryopreservation and the death of legal personhood

Falconer, Kate (2023). Cryopreservation and the death of legal personhood. Mortality. doi: 10.1080/13576275.2023.2230906

Cryopreservation and the death of legal personhood

2022

Journal Article

Australian Burial Law 25 Years on from Smith v Tamworth City Council

Falconer, Kate (2022). Australian Burial Law 25 Years on from Smith v Tamworth City Council. Australian Law Journal, 96 (8), 581-594.

Australian Burial Law 25 Years on from Smith v Tamworth City Council

2021

Journal Article

The right to possession of the body of the deceased: a history

Falconer, Kate (2021). The right to possession of the body of the deceased: a history. Law and History, 8 (1), 1-25.

The right to possession of the body of the deceased: a history

2021

Journal Article

Trusts over cremated ashes

Falconer, Kate (2021). Trusts over cremated ashes. Journal of Equity, 15, 283-305.

Trusts over cremated ashes

2020

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.

Reconceptualising the law of the dead by expanding the interests of the living

2019

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.

Dismantling Doodeward: guided discretion as the superior basis for property rights in human biological material

2019

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.

An illogical distinction continued: Re Cresswell and property rights in human biological material

Supervision

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Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Kate Falconer directly for media enquiries about:

  • Burial disputes
  • Law and the dead
  • Law of bodily disposal
  • Property in the human body
  • Property rights

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