Journal Alerts

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Reflections Upon Constitutional Interpretation And The “Aliens Power”: Love V Commonwealth” – Peter Gerangelos; “The Fluctuating Incidence Of The Burden Of Proof Under The Hague-Visby Rules: The Implications Of Volcafe Ltd V Compania Sud Americana De Vapores Sa [2019] Ac 358 For The Position In Australia” – Angus Stewart; and “Overruling Constitutional Precedent” – Joshua Thomson SC and Madeleine Durand. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues: “Afghanistan – Office of Special Investigator”; “Royal Commission into Police Informants”; “Press Freedom; National Security and the Law”; “The AG’s Gambit: National Defamation Reform Enters Its Middlegame”; and “The Curated Page”; Conveyancing and Property: “The Mortgagee’s Duty to Account – Rowe and Nom de Plume”; Around the Nation: Victoria: “COVID-19 and Emergency Regulations”; Admiralty and Maritime: “World in a Box: Impact of Containerisation on Shipping Transactions”; and Book Review: “The Washington Diaries of Owen Dixon, 1942–1944”, by Philip Ayres.

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 48 Pt 6
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Doing Wrong for the Right Reasons: ASIC and Foreign Language Business Names” – Timothy Magarry; “Off-duty Misconduct and the Employment Relationship: A Review of the Case Law” – Giuseppe Carabetta; and “”Criminalising Wage Theft” – Some Observations on Deterrence, Enforcement and Compliance” – Mark Lewis. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial – Michael Terceiro; Company and Law Securities: “”Carrying on Business in Australia”: A Study of Court Judgments” – Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya; and Commercial Litigation: “A More Assertive Approach by ASIC to Using Information-Gathering Powers and Challenging Privilege Claims?” – Michael Legg and Daniel Faber.

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 31 Pt 3
The latest Part of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal includes the following articles: “Creative Machines: AI and IP Rights in Digital Authorship and Patentable Inventions” – Francina Cantatore; “Protecting the Golden Egg: Can Australian Copyright Law Respond to the Growing Problem of Live Sports Broadcast Piracy?” – Lachlan Gepp; and “Time to Face the Music: Lifting the Australian Commercial Radio Royalty Cap” – Mary Whitehead. There is also an Editorial by Dr David Brennan.

Building and Construction Law Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 4
The latest Part of the Building and Construction Law Journal includes the following articles: “Is It Time for an Express Term of Good Faith in Australian Construction Contracts?” – Joseph Biagio Xuereb; and “No-reliance Clauses: Are They Effective at Limiting a Principal’s Liability for Misleading or Deceptive Conduct?” – Eileen Yang. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial; Book Review: “Construction Law (3rd ed)”, by Julian Bailey – Reviewed by Michael Christie SC; and Reports on the following cases: Leeda Projects Pty Ltd v Zeng; TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd; and C&V Engineering Pty Ltd v Hamilton & Marino Builders Pty Ltd.

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 1
This Issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: “Judicial Consideration of Intergenerational Equity in Australian Coal Mine Approval Litigation” – Edward Cleary; “The Balance of Environmental Protection and Economic Development in Federal Decision-making: An Investigation into Section 74A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)” – Timothy Dickson and Katie Woolaston; “Regulation of Land-based Marine Pollution in Australia: A Critical Assessment of the Current Legal Framework and Opportunities for Reform” – Nathan Hegerty; “An Inconvenient Covenant: How Climate Risks Are Transforming Australian Superannuation Trustees’ Liability under Statutory Covenants” – Olivia Kilponen; and “Legal Rights to Take Water for Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects in Western Australia” – Clare Ward-Noonan.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 1
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Three Key Issues Arising Out Of The Engineers Case: A Reply” – Nicholas Aroney; “Unexplained Wealth Orders In Australia Limits To Transparency And Responsibility For Other People’s Wealth” – Paul Latimer; “Climate Conscious Lawyering” – Hon Justice Brian J Preston SC; and “Adoption In Australia: Past, Present And Considerations For The Future” – Amy Conley Wright, Betty Luu and Judith Cashmore. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Admiralty and Maritime; and Equity and Trusts.

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “A Review of the Theoretical Foundations for the Continuous Disclosure Regime between Australia and China: Contributing Factors for Chinese Cross-border Listed Companies’ Continuous Disclosure Performance in Australia?” – Belle Qi Guo; “Charitable Companies and Related Party Transactions” – Rosemary Teele Langford; and “An Analysis of ASIC Enforcement against Auditors and Liquidators” – Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster. This issue also includes the following sections: Editorial; and Takeovers and Public Securities: “Modifications to Continuous Disclosure Requirements and the Role of Corporate Knowledge, Intent, Recklessness and Negligence in Breaches: A Discussion” – Michael J Duffy.

Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 28 Pt 1
This Part of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following articles: “COVID-19 and the Right to Support in New Zealand Hospitals” – Sarah Gwynn; “COVID-19 Curfews: Kenyan and Australian Litigation and Pandemic Protection” – Ian Freckelton QC; “Clinical Decision Support Systems and Medico-Legal Liability in Recall and Treatment: A Fresh Examination” – Megan Prictor, Mark Taylor, Jane Kaye, Jon Emery, Craig Nelson and Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis; “Navigating the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme: A Scheme of Big Ideas and Big Challenges” – Allan Ardill and Brett Jenkins; “Fifteen Years On: What Patterns Continue to Emerge from New Zealand’s Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal?” – Lois J Surgenor, Kate Diesfeld, Kate Kersey, Olivia Kelly and Marta Rychert; “Maintaining Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-driven Bioinformatics: An Inquiry into the Suitability of Australia’s Laws” – Jade Luci Andrews; “Transgender and Intersex Athletes in Single-sex Sports” – Laura Johnston; “The Right of the Child to Oral Health: The Role of Human Rights in Oral Health Policy Development in Australia” – Gillian Jean, Estie Kruger, Vanessa Lok and Marc Tennant; “(Re)Drawing the Line: Australian Regulation of Human–Animal Interspecies Embryos” – Andrew Ng and Karinne Ludlow; “In Whose Interest? Recent Developments in Regulatory Immediate Action against Medical Practitioners in Australia” – Owen M Bradfield, Matthew J Spittal and Marie M Bismark; “A Little Less Discrimination, a Little More International Legal Compliance: A Capacity-based Approach to Substitute Decision-Making for People with Mental Illness” – Seb Recordon; “Adolescent Drivers – Are We Doing Enough?” – Roy G Beran; and “Don Chalmers: His Contributions to Legal Research and Education, Health Law, and Research Ethics, Locally and Globally” – Dianne Nicol, Yann Joly, Jane Kaye, Bartha Knoppers, Eric M Meslin, Jane Nielsen, Margaret Otlowski and Kate Warner.
Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “The Rights to Life, Dignity and the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: Internationally Influential African Jurisprudence” – Ian Freckelton QC; Legal Issues: “Embracing the Future: Using Artificial Intelligence in Australian Health Practitioner Regulation” – Editor: Gabrielle Wolf; Medical Issues: “Personality Disorder and Moral Culpability: Brown v The Queen” – Danny Sullivan and Adam Deacon; Technology Health Law Issues: “Consumer Law, Technology and Health Care: A Shift in Focus, a Panacea or a Confounder?” – Joel Grieger, Mark Giancaspro and Bernadette Richards; Mental Health Law Issues: “Gender, Trauma and the Regulation of the Use of Restraint on Women in Australian Mental Health Services” – Yvette Maker; Health Law Reporter: “Brain Death and Pregnancy: On the Legalities of Post-mortem Gestation” – Cameron Stewart, Ian Kerridge, Lisa O’Reilly, Linda Sheahan, George Tomossy and George Skowronski; Health Research Law and Ethics: “Clinical Research without Consent: Challenges for COVID-19 Research” – Editor: Ian Freckelton QC; Letter to the Editor; Letter to the Editor (and Response); and Book Review: “Memoir of an Accidental Ethicist”, by KJ Breen.

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 48 Pt 5
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Free Speech and Secondary Boycott Activity in Australia” – Anthony Gray; “An Examination of Legal Values in Statutory Unconscionable Conduct” – Peter Toy; “The Illusion of Control” – Radha M Pull ter Gunne; and “Social Enterprise and Equity Crowdfunding – A Proposal to Share Legal Infrastructure” – Akshaya Kamalnath. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial – Michael Terceiro; Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Misuse of Market Power: Improving the Australian SLC Model” – Brent Fisse; and Banking and Finance: “A Modern Approach to Regulation: Integrating Law, System Architecture and Blockchain Technology in Australia” – Marcus Smith.
Public Law Review update: Vol 31 Pt 4
The latest Part of the Public Law Review includes the following content: Comments: “Brett Cattle: New Limits on Delegated Law-making Powers?” – Janina Boughey; “‘Rights’-based Judicial Review of Secondary Legislation – A New Zealand View of Brett Cattle” – Ross Carter; “Brett Cattle: A New Lease on Life for Misfeasance?” – Ellen Rock; New Zealand’s Legal Response to COVID-19: A Symposium: “Introduction” – Janet McLean; “Law, Luck and Lessons (Un)Learned: New Zealand Emergency Law from Canterbury to COVID-19” – John Hopkins; “Judicial Deference and Emergency Power: A Perspective on Borrowdale v Director- General” – Claudia Geiringer and Andrew Geddis; “Interpreting Pandemic Powers: Qualifications to the Principle of Legality” – Hanna Wilberg; “Government Expression and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advising, Nudging, Urging, Commanding” – Dean R Knight; the following Articles: “The Court Services Victoria Act 2014 (Vic): Disappointed Expectations?” – Donald Speagle; “Military Intervention in Australian Industrial Action” – Samuel White; “The Principle of Legality and s 32(1) of the Victorian Charter: Is the Latter a Codification of the Former?” – Bruce Chen; and Developments.