Criminal Law Journal update: October 2015
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following content: “Misconduct in public office and directors of public entities in Victoria” – Dr Marco Bini; “Towards coherent co-presentation of expert evidence in criminal trials: Experiences of communication between forensic scientists and legal practitioners” – Loene Howes; Phillips’ Brief: “Patriarchal terrorism and burning women at the stake: The petty treason of Elizabeth Herring 1773” – Heather Douglas and Simon Bronitt; and Digest of Criminal Law Cases.
Journal of Law and Medicine update: September 2014
The latest Part of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following articles: “The emergence and popularisation of autologous somatic cellular therapies in Australia: Therapeutic innovation or regulatory failure?” – Alison K McLean, Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge; “Re Jamie (No 2): A positive development for transgender young people” – Michael Williams, John Chesterman and Phil Grano; “Australian children living with gender dysphoria: Does the Family Court have a role to play?” – Fiona Kelly; “Storage limits of gametes and embryos: Regulation in search of policy justification” – Anita Stuhmcke and Eloise Chandler; “Barriers for domestic surrogacy and challenges of transnational surrogacy in the context of Australians undertaking surrogacy in India” – Louise Johnson, Eric Blyth and Karin Hammarberg; “Selective reduction of fetuses in multiple pregnancies and the law in Australia” – Colleen Davis and Heather Douglas; “Interstate dispensing: A case for uniform, intuitive legislation” – Nijole L Bernaitis, Michelle A King and Denise L Hope; “Planning law and public health at an impasse in Australia: The need for targeted law reforms to improve local food environments to reduce overweight and obesity” – Caroline Mills; “Compensating for the harms of family violence: Statutory barriers in Australian victims of crime compensation schemes” – Christine Forster; “Mandatory reporting of health professionals: The case for a Western Australian style exemption for all Australian practitioners” – Hon Nick Goiran MLC, Margaret Kay, Louise Nash and Georgie Haysom; and ““CAM-creep”: Medical practitioners, professional discipline and integrative medicine” – Walid Jammal, Cameron Stewart and Malcolm Parker.
The Queensland Lawyer update: September 2012
The latest Part of The Queensland Lawyer includes the following articles: “Coercion in Crime Commissions and the abrogation of the privilege against self-incrimination” – Dan Rogers; ” “Consequential incongruities” – legal professional privilege and disclosure under the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002″ – Ashley Jones; and “The importance of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder for criminal law in practice: Views of Queensland lawyers” – Heather Douglas, Janet Hammill, Elizabeth Anne Russell and Wayne Hall. Also included in this Part is a range of section notes including Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Industrial Law, Book reviews, Reports and much more.
Journal of Judicial Administration update: February 2012
The latest issue of the JJA includes four articles of interest. The first comes from Iain Ross and discusses the Tribunal Excellence Framework with particular reference to the VCAT. The second article, by Natalia Antolak-Saper, discusses the purpose, regularity and practice of judicially directed verdicts in Australia. The third article is from ME Rackemann and examines the increasing significance of expert opinion evidence. The final article is by H Douglas, J Hammill, EA Russell and W Hall, reports the results of a survey about judicial understanding of Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.