Alexandra George BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM (Hons), MJur (Hons) (Sydney), GradDipLegPrac (College of Law, Sydney), PGCAP (London)

Alexandra George has practised as an intellectual property lawyer and media law litigator in Sydney. She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, and she holds a NSW solicitor's Practicing Certificate. Alexandra worked as the Associate to Justice M F Moore in the Federal Court of Australia and Industrial Relations Court of Australia. She studied and taught law at the University of Sydney, and has been a Visiting Fellow in Law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and a Lecturer in Law teaching Intellectual Property at the University of Exeter.

Research Interests

Alexandra's primary research interest is the philosophy of intellectual property, and "Human Dominion: Intellectual Property in Body, Persona and Art", is pending publication by Dartmouth.

Publications Since 2001

Is 'Property' Necessary? On Owning the Human Body and its Parts [2004] 10(1), Res Publica 15-42, ISSN: 1356-4765 [URL]

E-shopping for Fakes: The Internet Business in Trademark Counterfeits [2003] 4(12) World Internet Law Report 7-11, ISSN: 1468-4438 [URL]

The Problem of Property in Human Body Parts [2003] 88 Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 168-176, ISSN: 0001-2343 [URL]

Law and Public Management: Starting to Talk (Part I) / Network Management (Part II) (Co-editor with P. Machado and J. Ziller), European University Institute Working Paper, Law Nos. 2001/12 [URL] and 2001/13 [URL]

Property in the Human Body and its Parts: Reflections on Self-Determination in Liberal Society, European University Institute Working Paper, Law No. 2001/8 [URL]

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