Australian Law Journal update: October 2015
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Equal justice and cultural diversity: The general meets the particular” – Chief Justice Robert French AC; “The United Nations report on North Korea and the Security Council: Interface of security and human rights” – Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG; and “Magna Carta in Australia 1803-2015: Law and myth” – David Clark. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law, Around the Nation: Vic; Environmental Law; Human Rights; Competition and Consumer Law, Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; and a Book Review.
Australian Law Journal update: May 2015
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “The United States and the Australian Constitution: Influence of US Constitutional model on development and interpretation of the Australian Constitution” – Kathleen Morris and James Allsop AO; and “Reassessment of Robert Menzies’ contribution in the Engineers Case” – Gerard Carney . Also in this part are the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Personalia; Family Law; Human Rights; Recent cases; and Book Reviews.
Australian Law Journal update: December 2014
The last Part for Volume 88 of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “The defaulting executor” – Hon Peter W Young AO QC; and “Equity’s obligation to perform: Efficient breach and the inadequacy of common law damages” – Samuel Kang and James Nguyen. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Environmental Law; Personalia; Admiralty and Maritime; Overseas Law; Human Rights; Administrative Law; and Recent Cases.
Australian Law Journal update: July 2014
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Gaining public confidence in the judiciary: Sir William Portus Cullen, Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1910-1925” – Tony Cunneen; and “The negation of venting in Australian sentencing: Denouncing denunciation and retribution” – Professor Mirko Bagaric. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Personalia; International Focus; Competition and Consumer Law; and Recent Cases. There is also a letter to the editor and an obituary for Kevin Maurice Waller.
Australian Law Journal update: April 2014
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal publishes the following articles: “Raising the flag: Revisiting choice of law rules for shipboard torts” – Nigel Rein; “The immunity of leaders of constituent territories: The generosity of the Australian position” – Lucas Bastin; and the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Overseas Law; Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.
Australian Law Journal update: January 2014
The first Part of Volume 88 of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Forrest v ASIC: A “perfect storm”” – John Humphrey and Stephen Corones; “Breach ordinarily no bar to termination” – Thomas O’Brien; and “Kable, preventative detention and the dilemmas of Chapter III” – James Stellios. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Recent Cases; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Personalia; and Book Reviews.
Australian Law Journal update: November 2012
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Cutting the Gordian Knot or entangling it further?” – David Birch and Alice Zheng; “Nominee board members: A duty of confidentiality?” – Laura Free; and “Competing approaches to beneficiary access to trust information: Perhaps not so much of “a fork in the road”” – Thomas Kaldor. There are also several sections included in this Part: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Overseas Law; Recent Cases and Book Reviews.
Australian Law Journal update: July 2012
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes an article by John P Bryson which describes the principles of common law pleadings as applied in the Supreme Court of New South Wales prior to the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW); an article by Oliver Jones that considers the precedential status in the Federal Magistrates Court of decisions by the Federal Court; and an article by Rachel Mansted which discusses jurisdiction over foreign intellectual property law. Also in this Part are several sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; and Recent Cases.
Former Family Court Judge joins Family Law Review
We are pleased to announce that former Family Court of Australia Justice, the Hon Jennifer Boland is joining the team for Family Law Review. She will be the co-General Editor, working alongside Anthony Dickey QC, one of the leading family lawyers in Australia.