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PhD (University of Queensland)
Dr Sam Boyle is a lecturer in the School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He teaches and researches in the areas of medical law and mental health law. Sam is particularly interested the following research area:- how the law determines legal capacity,
- involuntary treatment for mental illness, and
- consent for medical treatment.
Additional information
- Boyle, S., Walsh, T. & Nelson, L. (2021). A Study into the Operation of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal. Medical Law Review, 29(1), 106–127. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209667
- Boyle, S. & Stepanov, N. (2021). Providing emergency medical care without consent: How the ‘emergency principle’ in Australian law protects against claims of trespass. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(3), 575–579. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209668
- Boyle, S., (2020). Is the wisdom of a person's decision relevant to their capacity to make that decision? Monash University Law Review, 46(1), 39–57. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205622
- Boyle, S. & Walsh, T. (2021). Procedural fairness in mental health review tribunals: The views of patient advocates. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 28(2), 163–184. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200983
- Boyle, S., (2019). How should the law determine capacity to refuse treatment for anorexia? International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 64, 250–259. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129517
- Boyle, S., (2018). Determining capacity: How beneficence can operate in an autonomy-focused legal regime. The Elder Law Journal, 26(1), 35–63. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120514
- Boyle, S., (2018). Medical evidence of capacity in a legal setting: To what extent do courts and tribunals make their own decisions? Journal of Law and Medicine, 25(2), 572–592. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120577
- Boyle, S., (2015). Fraud against the registrar: Why the 'De Jager line' of authority is incorrect, and how unfairness in the Torrens system caused it to arise. Australian Property Law Journal, 24(2), 305–326. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120578
- Boyle, S., (2014). The case for regulation of agricultural water pollution. Environmental Law Review, 16(1), 4–20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120580