Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 1

By journalalerts on November 10, 2025

The latest Part of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal includes the following articles: "Informed User and Familiar Person in Australian Design Law and Their Counterparts in European and US Law" by Yisheng R Chen, "The Growth of Knowledge Commons in Synthetic Biology: The OpenPlant Case" by Alison McLennan, Juan Diaz-Granados and Maria Gonzalez Valero, "Beyond Borders: The Lack of Extra-territorial Jurisdiction and the Unenforceability of Australian Copyright Offences against Online Infringement Activities as Cross-border Crimes" by Yuqian Shang. Also in this Part is the following section: Editorial.

Australian Tax Review update: Vol 54 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 31, 2025

This Part of the Australian Tax Review (AT Rev) includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL – Adapting to Transparency, Classification, and Digitalisation in Australian Tax Law" – General Editors: Dale Pinto and Kerrie Sadiq; "Public Country-by-Country Reporting in Australia in 2024: A Critical Analysis" – Jessica Wood; "Who Is an Employee? The Unfortunate Tax and Superannuation Legacy of a Transplanted Category" – Christina Allen and Richard Krever; and "What Are (Not) Tax Agent Services in an Evolving Digital Ecosystem? An Analysis of Crypto Data Aggregators" – Elizabeth Morton and Lisa Greig.

Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 47 Pt 6

By journalalerts on October 31, 2025

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Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 28, 2025

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: Australia’s Tougher New Merger Law – Russell Miller AM; and The Dire Consequences of Wasteful Arrangements – Adrian Coorey. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial; Authorisations and Notifications: Queensland Rail Limited and Ors: Collective Procurement of Rail Profiling Services “On Track” Following ACCC Authorisation – Sally Eller; Defective Products: Ticking Clocks, Dodgy Lots, and a Ticking Time Bomb – THJ Cadd; Case Notes: Relevance of Post-supply Repairs in Assessing Damages – Salma Althifairy; Contempt of Court Proceedings – The Potential Sting in the Tail – Adrian Coorey; Consumer Concerns: Not Just Child’s Play: Tackling Manipulation in Kids’ Games – Marianne Campbell, Anna Haythorpe, Chandni Gupta, Brady Robards and Robbie Fordyce; Report from Africa: A Reflection on the Priority Sectors Identified by Competition Authorities in Africa – Lesley Morphet; Report from Latin America – Luis Omar Guerrero Rodríguez and Martin Michaus; and Benchmarks: Definitions and Terms.

Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 2

By journalalerts on October 28, 2025

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: The High Court Expounds on Systematic Unconscionable Conduct, Section 22 Factors and Accessorial Liability under the ACL – Adrian Coorey; A New Australian Retail Central Bank Digital Currency: Consumer Law Considerations – Nancy Michail; and A Timely Reappraisal of the Pattinson Principles on Penalty Analysis – Adrian Coorey. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: Say it with flowers; Access to Services: Misuse of Market Power for Refusal to Provide Access – John Hedge; Enforcement and Remedies: Enhancing Transparency and Predictability in Agreed Penalties and Penalty Discounts in Australian Competition Law – Amy Glenister, Noa Zulman, Ian Reynolds and Richard Flitcroft; Case Note: Eco-nomic Harm: ASIC v Mercer and the Road Ahead for Civil Penalties in Greenwashing Cases – Alison McCook and Eloise Gluer; Tribunal tableaux the Australian Competition Tribunal: New Merger Approval Regime – Tim Luxton; Consumer Concerns: Price Gouging – Competition and Consumer Options for Reform – Chantal Encavey; Snapshots: Record Penalties and Ghost Flights – Lessons from ACCC v Qantas – Rutendo Muchinguri; Landmarks: Market Definition and Misuse of Market Power – The Touchstone Decision – Morgan Blaschke-Broad, Alanna Harrigan and Katia Zotova; Report from China: Update on China’s Anti-unfair Competition Law – Nicola Jackson, Bonnie Huang and Katherine Cheng; Report from New Zealand: Excluding the Operation of the Statutory Prohibition on Misleading or Deceptive Conduct: Are There Trans-Tasman Differences? – Matthew Berkahn and Lindsay Trotman; Report from The Pacific: Competition and Consumer Protection Laws in the Pacific – Alexandra Dale, Holly Worrad and Tuyen Tran; and Odds and Ends.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 99 Pt 9

By journalalerts on October 23, 2025

This Special Issue of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: Pseudolaw beyond the Bar – Stephen Young and Harry Hobbs; Pseudolaw behind the Judgements: The Hidden Impact on the Administration of Justice – Joe McIntyre, Stephen Young, Madeleine Perrett and Harry Hobbs; Mirror Image Enemies: Pseudolaw and Legal Representation in Canada – Donald J Netolitzky; Pseudolaw and Family Law – Henry Kha and Harry Hobbs; Winning by Losing? Critical Moments and Communicative Expertise in Pseudolaw – An Applied Linguistic Analysis – Jonathan Crichton, Fiona O’Neill and Joe McIntyre; Differentiating Indigenous Sovereign Citizen Claims From Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty in Australia: An Anthropological Insight – Pascale Taplin, Tahnee Innes and Nicolas Peterson; Irrationality and Mental Illness: A Psychiatric Perspective on Sovereign Citizens, the Querulous and the Fixated – Dr Justin Barry-Walsh; Media Experiences Covering Pseudolaw – Ariel Bogle and Court and Institutional Responses to Pseudolaw and Pseudolaw Users – Donald J Netolitzky and John D Rooke. Sections include Current Issues: Interrogating Sovereign Citizen Pseudolaw

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 53 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 17, 2025

This part of the Australian Business Law Review (ABLR) includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL" – Michael Terceiro; "Legal Professional Privilege in a Corporate Crisis – The Optus Data Breach" – Michael Legg; "Law and Economic Agency of Africans in Australia" – Dominic Npoanlari Dagbanja, Farida Fozdar and David Mickler; "Information Disclosure and Insurance – An Evolving Balancing Act" – Julie-Anne Tarr; and "BOOK REVIEW – 'Australian Competition Law: A Comprehensive Guide Volume 1', by Adrian Coorey" – Reviewed by Nicholas Felstead.

Journal of Judicial Administration update: Vol 34 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 17, 2025

This part of the Journal of Judicial Administration (JJA) includes the following articles: "There Is No Rule of Law When You Cannot Afford It" – Andrew Cannon AM FAAL; "Protecting the Defendant’s Rights in Interpreted Cases: How Does Public Policy Shape “Good Practice” for Judicial Officers Working with Interpreters?" – Ludmila Stern, Sandra Hale, Melanie Schwartz and Stephen Doherty; "Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges Have Guidelines Too?" – Narrelle Morris; and "BOOK REVIEW – 'Making Jury Trials Fair – A Jury-centric Approach to Criminal Laws, Guiding Juries and Juror Comprehension', by Greg Byrne" – Reviewed by Chris Maxwell.

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 32 Pt 2

By journalalerts on October 16, 2025

This part of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L) includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL – Review of Oversight Bodies" – General Editors: Greg Weeks and Matthew Groves' "A Comparison of the Right to Protest and Its Constitutional Protection: COVID and Beyond" – Anthony Gray; "Certiorari against Abolished Bodies" – Oliver Jones; "Model Litigant and Assistance Rules in VCAT – What Do They Require?" – Matthew Groves; "CASENOTE – FEL17 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs" – Greg Weeks; and "BOOK REVIEW – 'Access to Justice, Digitalization and Vulnerability: Exploring Trust in Justice', by Naomi Creutzfeldt, Arabella Kyprianides, Ben Bradford and Jonathan Jackson" – Reviewed by Carolyn McKay.

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 35 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 16, 2025

This Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBLFP) includes the following articles and sections: "Sovereign Green Bonds and the Sustainability Agenda: Insights from the Recent Australian SGB Issue" – Tony Ciro, Rebecca Leshinsky, Sugumar Mariappanadar, Victoria Obeng and Alexander Campbell; "An Inquiry into FinTech Research: Analysis of Methodologies and Investigative Foci" – Randall Valentine, J Ken Corley, Zack Jourdan and Arthur M Tran; "More Data and Greater Consistency? Assessing the Intersections between Mandatory Credit Reporting, Responsible Lending and Financial Hardship" – Evgenia Bourova, Nicola Howell and Jeannie Paterson; and "INSOLVENCY LAW AND MANAGEMENT – A Curious Case of Disclaimer" – Lindsay Powers.