COVID-19 pandemic

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 4
This Part includes the following articles: “Executive Detention in the Time of a Pandemic” – Anthony Gray; and “Deference as Non-jurisdictional Error” – Charlie Rotondo. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Ministerial Adherence to the Law”; Casenote: “Northern Land Council v Quall [2020] HCA 33”; Current Issues: “Amenability of the Executive Power to Pardon to Judicial Review: Holzinger v Attorney-General (Qld) and Attorney-General (Cth) v Ogawa” – Samuel Walpole, Aaron Moss and William Isdale; and Book Review: “The Anatomy of Administrative Law”, by Joanna Bell – Reviewed by Mark Aronson.

Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 27 Pt 4
This COVID-19 special issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following articles: “Legal Implications of Personal Protective Equipment Use When Treating Patients for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)” – Danuta Mendelson, Michael Keane, Mirko Bagaric and Cameron Graydon; “Compassion, Law and COVID-19” – Nigel Stobbs, Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton QC; “Violation Liability in the Context of the Spread of COVID-19: Russian Experience” – Svetlana I Pospelova, Yulia V Pavlova, Natalia A Kamenskaya and Sergey V Pospelov; “International Access to Public Health Data: An Important Brazilian Legal Precedent” – Ian Freckelton QC and Vera Lúcia Raposo; “Access to Health and Medical Research: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” – Faith O Aboyeji; “Have Indian Surrogates Been Harmed by Commercial Surrogacy Transactions?” – Donna Cooper and Philippa Trowse; “Regulation of the Abortion Drug RU 486: The Collision of Politics, Ethics and Morals in Australia” – Nicola Bodor; “Vox populi, vox Dei? Previewing New Zealand’s Public Decision on Assisted Dying” – Jessica Young and Andrew Geddis; “Doctors and the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic): Knowledge and General Perspectives” – Jodhi Rutherford; “Legal Liability Arising from the Use of “Agent Orange” in the Kimberley: Registration of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D in Australia” – Amne Alrifai; “Support Systems for Medical Decision-Making: Considerations for Japan” – Yoshihiko Iijima; “Corrective Justice and the Law Relating to Damages for Negligently Inflicted Psychiatric Injury: A Principled Explanation for the “Close and Loving Relationship” Consideration” – Martin Allcock; “Recency of Practice and the Maintenance of Professional Competence for Nurses and Midwives: A Scoping Review Protocol” – Casey Marnie, Micah DJ Peters, Deborah Forsythe, Kate Kennedy, Greg Sharplin, Marion Eckert, Mary Chiarella and Rachael Vernon; “Infanticide and Infanticide Statutes in Australia and New Zealand” – Russ Scott; and “Public Health versus Alcohol Industry Compliance Laws: A Case of Industry Capture?” – Tony Brown.
Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Perils of Precipitate Publication: Fraudulent and Substandard COVID-19 Research” – Ian Freckelton QC; Legal Issues: “COVID-19: Criminal Law, Public Assemblies and Human Rights Litigation” – Ian Freckelton QC; Medical Issues: “COVID-19 and Forensic Medical Practice” – David Ranson; Nursing and Midwifery Issues: “How COVID-19 Highlights an Ongoing Pandemic of Neglect and Oppression When It Comes to Women’s Reproductive Rights” – Hannah G Dahlen, Bashi Kumar-Hazard and Mary Chiarella; Genomic Law Issues: “Australian Perspectives on the Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Responsible Data Sharing in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic” – Dianne Nicol, Don Chalmers, Christine Critchley, Lisa Eckstein, Jane Nielsen and Margaret Otlowski; Health Law Reporter: “Suicide-related Materials and Voluntary Assisted Dying” – Cameron Stewart, Ian Kerridge, Camille La Brooy and Paul Komesaroff; Family and Children’s Health Law Issues: “COVID-19 and Family Law Decision-Making” – Ian Freckelton QC; Obituary: Colin Tatz (1934–2019); Richard Tracey (1948–2019); and Book Review: “The Sealed Box of Suicide: The Contexts of Self-Death”.

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 48 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “COVID-19, JobKeeper and Stand Down under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth): A Review of the Law” – Victoria Lambropoulos; “The Contractual Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate and Financial Transactions” – Andrew Godwin; “The Challenges of Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic for Australia’s Franchise Sector” – Jenny Buchan and Rob Nicholls; “Courts, Mediation and COVID-19” – Tania Sourdin and John Zeleznikow; “Commercial Litigation and COVID-19 – the Role and Limits of Technology” – Michael Legg and Anthony Song; “Frustratingly Unclear? The Interplay Between Common Law, Statute and the ACL in Assessing Consumer Rights in a Time of Crisis” – Alex Jane and Jeannie Marie Paterson; “Prepayments, the ACL and the ASIC Act” – Philip H Clarke; “COVID Collaboration and Competition Policy: Authorisation vs Forbearance as Crisis Responses” – David Howarth and Harriet Alexander; and “Transport, Drones and Regulatory Challenges: Risk Accountability Meets COVID Fast Tracking of a Critical Industry” – J Tarr, A Tarr and K Paynter. Also in this Part is an Editorial by Dr Victoria Lambropoulos.