Ms Aileen Kennedy
Assoc.Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Law
Qualifications
BA LLB (Hons) Macq, Legal Practitioner (NSW)
Contact
| Email: | akenned5@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W037 14 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5210 (or +61 2 6773 5210 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3602 |
Aileen Kennedy spent ten years in legal practice and seven years in legal academia prior to commencing at UNE in 2003. In 2006 she completed her LLM at the University of Sydney. Her research is in the area of health law, currently focussing on the law relating to cosmetic surgery, female genital mutilation, voluntary amputation and other non-therapeutic body modifications. A focus of her research is on legal and ethical issues relating to biotechnological innovation such as assisted reproductive technology, genetics and neuroscience. She is interested in feminist theory, particularly theories of embodiment. She currently teaches Contract Law.
Publications
Link to UNE's e-Publications for Aileen Kennedy's publications list.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kennedy, A. ‘Mutilation and Beautification’ Australian Feminist Studies, June 2009 Vol 24 No 60.
Kennedy, A. ‘Accounting for the Vagaries of Nature – the Importance of Biology in Identifying Parents’ in Craig Lind, Jo Bridgeman and Heather Keatin, Taking Responsibility: Law and the Changing Family Ashgate Publications UK (forthcoming).
Kennedy, A. ‘The limits of consent – cosmetic surgery and voluntary amputation’ presented at (Re)Figuring Sex: Somatechnical (Re)Visions Conference, Sydney 20 & 21 November 2009.
Kennedy, A. ‘Biology and Intent in Family Court Decisions’ presented at Gender, Family Responsibility and Legal Change Conference, Sussex Law School, UK, 2008.
Kennedy, A. ‘Australia’s Legal Response to Sex Trafficking – lessons from R v Wei Tang’ presented at Terrorism, Transnational Crime, Crime Across Borders and International Criminal Justice Section of the World Congress of Criminology, Barcelona, Spain, 2008.