Mar 21 "The cold penetrating gaze of the camera lens is, in effect, like a double rape." Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Legislative and Judicial Responses to this "Pernicious New Habit"

Volume VI - 2020

Lily Wildman discusses the topic of perpetrators’ using their digital devices to record rape and sexual assaults. In this essay it is argued that there is a lacuna in criminal legislation, which requires the creation of a separate offence for recording sexual violence. This is because of the additional harm it causes to the victim and the difficulties associated with prosecuting sexual abuse cases in the first place.

Nov 20

Nov 20 The Propertization of Personal Data

Guest Author

Volume V - 2019

In this dissertation, Tanvi Pahwa discusses whether the propertization of personal data represents a viable solution to the topical issue of data protection.

Oct 30

Oct 30 The Commodification of Personal Data

Guest Author

Volume IV - 2018

This is a dissertation by Rachel Gabrielle Miller regarding ‘The Commodification of Personal Data - An Examination of Law and Practice in the United States of America’.