Publications
Article
Forensic Radiology and the Testimony of Shadows
Marc Trabsky and Averyl Gaylor
Marc Trabsky and Averyl Gaylor, 'Forensic Radiology and the Testimony of Shadows', (2024) Social & Legal Studies (OnlineFirst) 1-19.
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Post-mortem Computed Tomography and Bereaved People’s Experiences of the Coronial Investigation
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, 'Post-mortem Computed Tomography and Bereaved People’s Experiences of the Coronial Investigation', Voicing Loss, 18 June 2024.
Book
The Routledge Handbook of Law and Death
Edited by Marc Trabsky and Imogen Jones
Marc Trabsky and Imogen Jones (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Law and Death (Routledge, 2025)
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Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide
Michaela Okninski, Marc Trabsky and Neera Bhatia
Michaela Okninski, Marc Trabsky and Neera Bhatia, ‘Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth’, The Conversation, 22 February 2024.
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Prescription Medicine, Adverse Effects and Economies of Death
Marc Trabsky and Jacinthe Flore
Marc Trabsky and Jacinthe Flore, ‘Prescription Medicine, Adverse Effects and Economies of Death’ in Penny Crofts (ed), Evil Corporations: Law, Culpability and Regulation (Routledge, 2025) pp 78-90.
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Forensic imaging technology helps virtual autopsies outnumber invasive post-mortem procedures
Matilda Marozzi
Matilda Marozzi, ‘Forensic imaging technology helps virtual autopsies outnumber invasive post-mortem procedures’, ABC Radio Melbourne, 3 February 2023.
Chapter
Material Entanglements of the Corpse
Marc Trabsky and Jacinthe Flore
Marc Trabsky and Jacinthe Flore, ‘Material Entanglements of the Corpse’ in Jesse D Peterson, Natashe Lemos Dekker and Philip R Olson (eds), Death’s Social and Material Meaning beyond the Human (Bristol University Press, 2024) pp 156-167.
Book
Death: New Trajectories in Law
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, Death: New Trajectories in Law (Routledge, 2024).
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Counting the Dead During a Pandemic
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘Counting the Dead During a Pandemic’ in Carl F Stychin (ed), Law, Humanities and the COVID Crisis (University of London Press, 2023) pp 57-73.
Article
"It is not about punishment, it’s about protection’’
Emma K Russell, Tarryn Phillips, Averyl Gaylor and Marc Trabsky
Emma K Russell, Tarryn Phillips, Averyl Gaylor and Marc Trabsky, ‘‘‘It is not about punishment, it’s about protection’: Policing ‘vulnerabilities’ and the securitisation of public health in the COVID-19 pandemic’ (2024) 24(1) Criminology & Criminal Justice 39-58.
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The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’. But what does that really mean?’, The Conversation, 30 September 2022.
Chapter
Pour un musée des accidents juridiques
Jake Goldenfein, Laura Petersen and Marc Trabsky
Jake Goldenfein, Laura Petersen and Marc Trabsky, ‘Pour un musée des accidents juridiques’ in Accidens (Editions de l’Atelier de recherche temporelle, 2022) pp 34-47.
Article
Normalising Death in the Time of a Pandemic
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘Normalising Death in the Time of a Pandemic’ (2022) 12(3) Oñati Socio-Legal Series 540-555.
Chapter
The Neoliberal Rationality of Voluntary Assisted Dying
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘The Neoliberal Rationality of Voluntary Assisted Dying’ in Daniel J Fleming and David J Carter (eds), Voluntary Assisted Dying: Law? Health? Justice? (ANU Press, 2022) pp 95-111.
Media
'Undisciplinary' podcast
Marc Trabsky, Courtney Hempton and Chris Mayes
Marc Trabsky discusses his research for 'Undisciplinary' podcast.
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‘Died from’ or ‘died with’ COVID-19? We need a transparent approach to counting coronavirus deaths
Marc Trabsky and Courtney Hempton
Marc Trabsky and Courtney Hempton, ‘‘Died from’ or ‘died with’ COVID-19? We need a transparent approach to counting coronavirus deaths’, The Conversation, 9 September 2020.
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Without more detail, it’s premature to say voluntary assisted dying laws in Victoria are ‘working well’
Courtney Hempton and Marc Trabsky
Courtney Hempton and Marc Trabsky, ‘Without more detail, it’s premature to say voluntary assisted dying laws in Victoria are ‘working well’’, The Conversation, 21 February 2020.
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'Connected' webinar series
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky discusses his research for La Trobe University's 'Connected' webinar series.
Book
Law and the Dead: Technology, Relations and Institutions
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, Law and the Dead: Technology, Relations and Institutions (Routledge, 2019).
Chapter
Walking with the Dead: Coronial Law and Spatial Justice in the Necropolis
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘Walking with the Dead: Coronial Law and Spatial Justice in the Necropolis’ in Chris Butler and Ed Mussawir (eds), Spaces of Justice: Peripheries, Passages, Appropriations (Routledge, 2017) pp 94-109.
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The Coronial Manual and the Bureaucratic Logic of the Coroner’s Office
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘The Coronial Manual and the Bureaucratic Logic of the Coroner’s Office’ (2016) 12(2) International Journal of Law in Context 195-209.
Article
Negotiating Grief and Trauma in the Coronial Jurisdiction
Marc Trabsky and Paula Baron
Marc Trabsky and Paula Baron, ‘Negotiating Grief and Trauma in the Coronial Jurisdiction’ (2016) 23(3) Journal of Law and Medicine 582-594.
Article
The Custodian of Memories
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘The Custodian of Memories: Coronial Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne’ (2015) 24(2) Griffith Law Review 199-220.
Article
Institutionalising the Public Abattoir
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘Institutionalising the Public Abattoir in Nineteenth Century Colonial Melbourne’ (2014) 40(2) Australian Feminist Law Journal 169-184.
Chapter
Law in the Marketplace
Marc Trabsky
Marc Trabsky, ‘Law in the Marketplace’ in Yoriko Otomo and Edward Mussawir (ed), Law and the Question of the Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence (Routledge, 2013) pp 133-148.