Ms Lynda Crowley-Cyr
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LLB (QUT); LLM (JCU); GCertEd (JCU); Barrister (NSW) Senior Lecturer – Law Townsville |
Contact Details
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Telephone: |
(07) 4781 4570 (Australia) |
+ 61 7 4781 4570 (International) |
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Facsimile: |
(07) 4781 4080 (Australia) |
+ 61 7 4781 4080 (International) |
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Biography
Lynda is the Director of Research and Policy Development for the School of Law. Born in Montreal, Canada Lynda speaks fluent French and is studying Italian. She is currently enrolled in a PhD at the University of Sydney. Her research topic is Homelessness, people disabled with serious mental illness and exclusion. She served as Chairperson of the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 2002-2005.
Teaching Interests
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Ethics and Professional Conduct
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Medical Jurisprudence
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Torts
Main Areas of Research
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Mental Health Law and Social Policies
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Health Issues (abortion, euthanasia, IVF, confidentiality)
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Food Contamination and Product Liability
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Ethics
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Human Rights Law
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Indefinite Detention of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Publications
Book
L. Crowley-Smith and C. Linfoot (eds), Tertiary Teaching: Models and Innovative Practice Centre for Social and Welfare Research, James Cook University. 1997, Centre for Social and Welfare Research, James Cook University.
Book Chapters
L. Crowley-Smith and C. Linfoot, "Contemporary Issues in Universities as defined by The Australian HES", 1997, Centre for Social and Welfare Research, James Cook University.
Halsbury’s Laws of Australia – in the Medicine and Law title:
Nurses Registration 1997, 2000
Confidentiality 1997, 2000
‘Allied health care professionals' chapter, 1999
Rewrite of ‘Mental Health’ chapter, 2004.
Articles
L Crowley-Cyr, ‘Contractualism, Exclusion and ‘Madness’ in Australia’s ‘Outsourced Wastelands’ (in press).
L Crowley-Cyr and John Cockley, ‘Media, Madness and Ethical Journalism’ (2005) 27 (2) Australian Journalism Review 53-67.
L Crowley-Cyr, ’Mental Illness and Indefinite Detention at the Minister’s Pleasure’ (2005) 9 University of Western Sydney Law Review 53-85.
L. Crowley-Cyr, ‘A Burger with the Works Please, Hold the Prions? Could Statutory Importation Authorities be Liable in Torts if vCJD Occurred in Australia?’ (2002) 11(2) Griffiths Law Review 377-407.
L. Crowley-Cyr and C Caple, ‘Sex with Clients and the Ethical Lawyer’ (2001) Vol 8 JCU Law Rev 67-77.
L. Crowley-Cyr, ’A Century of Remodelling: The Law of Abortion in Review’ (2000) 7(3) Journal of Law and Medicine, 252-266.
L. Crowley-Cyr, ‘Queensland’s Fear of People with Mental Illness Living in the Community – A Balancing Act?’ (1999) Vol 6 JCU Law Rev, 138-151.
L. Crowley-Smith, "The Duty to Rescue Unveiled: A need to Indemnify Good Samaritan Health Care Professionals in Australia?" (1997) Vol 4 No 4 Journal of Law and Medicine, 352-360.
L. Crowley-Smith, Casenote: Woods v Lowns (1997) Vol 3 JCU Law Review, 137.
L. Crowley-Smith, Casenote: Mitchell v Spring (1996) Vol 1 Journal of Building and Construction Law, 28.
L. Crowley-Smith, "Therapeutic Abortions and the Emergence of Wrongful Birth Actions in Australia: A Serious Danger to Mental Health?" (1996) Vol 3 No 4 Journal of Law and Medicine, 359-370.
L. Crowley-Smith, "Warnings About Assumptions in the Australian Evidence Act 1995 (Cth): Should Data Be Presumed Accurate?" (1996) Vol 22 No 1 Monash University Law Review, 166-173.
L. Crowley-Smith, "Intellectual Disability and Mental Illness: A Call for Unambiguous and Uniform Statutory Definitions", (1995) Vol 3 No 2 Journal of Law and Medicine, 192-201.
L. Crowley-Smith, "Veivers v Connolly: Revisited", (1995) Vol. 25 No. 4 QLSJ, 391.
L. Crowley-Smith, "The Use of Hyphenated Names for Children of Broken Marriages: Mahony v McKenzie (1994) 18:1 University of Queensland Law Journal, 131.
L. Crowley-Smith, "S3.35 of Health Services Act" (Qld) 1991 (1992) Vol. 22 No. 6 QLSJ, 553.
Conferences
L. Crowley-Cyr, ‘Understanding Homelessness, Mental Illness and Social Exclusion as Crimes of the State’ British Society of Criminology Conference Leeds 12-14 July , 2005
L. Crowley-Cyr, ‘Homeless people with mental illness and the community mental health care project in Australia: ’Anxiety’, ‘Harm’ and ‘Control’ in context’ International Congress of Law and Mental Health, Paris July 4-8, 2005.
L Crowley-Cyr, ‘Homelessness, Deviance, Denial and Social Exclusion in Australia’s Urban Centres’ 18th ANZ Society of Criminology Conference, Wellington NZ, February 9-11, 2005.
L Crowley-Cyr, ‘Mental Illness, Fear and the Printed Media’, Australian Journalism Association Conference, Suva December 4-9, 2004.
L. Crowley-Cyr ‘The Incarceration Archipelago of Lunacy Reform Enterprises: An Epochal Overview’ Law and Literature Conference, Brisbane July 9-11, 2004.
L. Crowley-Cyr ‘Recent Developments in vCJD Liability Discourse’ Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Brisbane July 8-11, 2003.
L. Crowley-Cyr ’Potential Public Authority Liability for the Importation of contaminated meat into Australia’ Post-Graduate Students Conference November 8-10, 2001.
L. Crowley-Cyr, ’25 Years of Neglect in Qld Boarding Houses: How to Regulate to Accommodate People Disabled with Mental Illness Living In the Community?’, 26th International Conference on Law and Mental Health, Montreal July 1-6, 2001.
L. Crowley-Cyr, ‘Queensland Housing Initiatives for People with Chronic/Severe Mental Illness’, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Canberra July 3-5, 2000.
L. Crowley-Smith, ‘Deinstitutionalisation In Australia: Recent Government Initiatives’, 25tth International Congress on Mental Health and Public Policy in Toronto, Canada, June 1999?
L. Crowley-Smith, ‘The law of Abortion in Review’, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, July 1999 .
L. Crowley-Smith, ‘Domestic Violence - Does it exist in Country Queensland’, 1997 ALTA Conference in Sydney.
L. Crowley-Smith, ‘Protection of Good Samaritan Rescuers: A Matter for State Intervention?’ 1996 ALTA Conference in Adelaide.
L. Smith, Abortion Law in Australia: A Time for Change? 1995 ALTA Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
L. Smith, ‘Committees of the Estate or Person of the Intellectually Disabled in Queensland: Who can make decisions on Lifestyles of Adult Intellectually Disabled Persons?’ 1994 ALTA Conference held in Hobart, Tasmania.
L. Smith, ‘The Effects of Domestic Violence in Rural Communities’, 1993 ALTA Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
L. Smith, ‘Vicarious Liability and S.3.35 of the Health Services Act (Qld) 1991’; 1992 ALTA Conference, QUT Brisbane.
L. Smith, ‘Vicarious Liability - An Australian Perspective’, 1992 ALTA Conference, QUT Brisbane.
