Australian Business Law Review
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Special Issue on the 50th Anniversary of the Trade Practices Act 1974
| The Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) was enacted 50 years ago until it received a major facelift in 2010 becoming the Competition and Consumer Act and the Australian Consumer Law. It was an Act aimed at preventing anti-competitive conduct, by encouraging competition and efficiency in business, ensuring greater choice for consumers in terms of price, quality and service; and safeguarding both consumers in their dealings with suppliers and businesses in its dealings with other businesses.
The Editors invite submissions on the ground-breaking effect and lasting reforms brought about by the Trade Practices Act 1974. Suggested topics include: * Where are we headed on digital platform reforms? * Do the criminal cartel laws really work? * Dark Patterns – the new frontier of consumer protection? * Do we need Unfair Trading Practices law * What are concerted practices laws and are they working * The evolution of merger laws * Whatever happened to algorithmic coordinated conduct * The rise and rise of civil pecuniary penalties * Privacy, Dig Data, and Competition Law * Will AI raise competition issues? What is the Australian Business Law Review? The Australian Business Law Review is a high quality, peer-reviewed journal which uniquely brings together analysis and commentary from Australia’s prominent academics and commercial lawyers, presenting different views on the many elements of business law, including competition, consumer, contract, corporations, intellectual property, employment, labour, insurance, investment, privacy and taxation law. The Journal publishes a broad range of articles and topical notes, with the single-blind peer review attracting academic, practitioner and professional contributors, including articles developed from student research and early career legal practitioners. The ABLR seeks to publish original contributions to the relevant legal field which also provide practical insights on the operation of the law. Special Issue Guest Editor The General Editor is joined by Rob Nicholls as Guest Editor. Dr Nicholls is a senior researcher at the University of Sydney and a professional fellow at UTS Law. Rob has had a forty-year career concentrating on competition, regulation, and governance. Before moving to his current roles, he worked for UNSW, Webb Henderson, the ACCC and spent twelve years as a client-facing consultant at Gilbert + Tobin, including as a partner. General Editor The General Editor of the Australian Business Law Review is Michael Terceiro. Michael is a legal practitioner with over 30 years practical legal experience, primarily in the area of competition and consumer law. He has run his own specialist legal practice for the last 17 years. Michael is also a part time General Member of the Consumer and Commercial Division of NCAT. Prior to setting up his own practice, Michael worked at the ACCC for 15 years in a variety of roles including as the Director of Enforcement, Director in charge of the Sydney Mergers and Assets Sales Branch and the National GST Enforcement Coordinator. Call for Submissions The Editors invite submissions of articles for Part 6 of Volume 52 of the Australian Business Law Review is, to be published in December 2024. Submissions may be for articles, letters, comments, reviews or case notes. The Journal welcomes submissions from judges, practitioners and academics as well as law students. The Journal publishes six issues a year and complies with the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) Specifications for peer review. Submissions are due 30 October 2024. If you would like to become a contributor, please email your contribution or comments to the [Production Editor], Australian Business Law Review, at [email protected], for forwarding to the Editors. For article submission requirements, please go to https://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/submit-article/. |
