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Public Law Review update: Vol 31 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 19, 2020

The latest Part of the Public Law Review includes the following content: Comments: "The Power(Lessness) of New Zealand's House of Representatives to Summon The Crown's Legal Advice" – Graeme Edgeler and Andrew Geddis; "Borrowdale v Director-General of Health: An Unlawful but Justified National Lockdown" – M B Rodriguez Ferrere; ""We are not Epidemiologists": COVID-19 in the High Court" – Amelia Simpson; the following Articles: "The Evolving Role of History in Constitutional Interpretation" – Stephen Donaghue QC and Thomas Wood; "From Disruption to Deliberation: Improving the Quality and Impact of Community Engagement with Parliamentary Law-making" – Sarah Moulds; "Examining Digital Campaigning Through the Normative Framework Underpinning Election Law – The Rationale and Challenges of Regulation" – Amy Chinnappa; "Empowering Joint Commonwealth – State Royal Commissions through a National Applied Law" – Ben Fraser; Book Reviews: "The Constitution and Government of Australia, 1788 to 1919", by William Pitt Cobbett and Anne Twomey (eds) – Reviewed by Clare Langford; "The Veiled Sceptre: The Dismissal of Governments", by Anne Twomey – Reviewed by Bharan Narula; and Developments.

Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   "We are not Epidemiologists": COVID-19 in the High Court   alternative to the dominant binary approach   Amelia Simpson   Amy Chinnappa   Anne Twomey   articles   Ben Fraser   Bharan Narula   Book reviews   Borrowdale v Director-General of Health: An Unlawful but Justified National Lockdown   Clare Langford   Comments   complex policy questions   constitutional interpretation of the beliefs and intentions of the Delegates to the Conventions   counter-terrorism law-making   Dan Meagher   data-driven contemporary political campaign   developments   digital campaigning   direct democracy techniques   disruption of traditional political processes   Edward Willis   election process   Empowering Joint Commonwealth – State Royal Commissions through a National Applied Law   Examining Digital Campaigning Through the Normative Framework Underpinning Election Law – The Rationale and Challenges of Regulation   From Disruption to Deliberation: Improving the Quality and Impact of Community Engagement with Parliamentary Law-making   Graeme Edgeler and Andrew Geddis   Joint Commissions   M B Rodriguez Ferrere   marriage equality reform   modern democracies   normative rationale for regulation of digital campaigning   parliamentary democracies   PLR   role of parliamentary committees in law-making and rights protection in Australia   Sarah Moulds   Sir Anthony Mason   Stephen Donaghue QC   The Constitution and Government of Australia 1788 to 1919   The Evolving Role of History in Constitutional Interpretation   The Power(Lessness) of New Zealand's House of Representatives to Summon The Crown's Legal Advice   The Veiled Sceptre: The Dismissal of Governments   Thomas Wood   traditional forms of community engagement   trust among citizens in democratic institutions   William Pitt Cobbett 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 10

By journalalerts on October 6, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: ""Personal Information" And Group Data Under The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)" – Mark J Taylor; "Consumer Privacy And Consent: Reform In The Light Of Contract And Consumer Protection Law" – Damian Clifford and Jeannie Paterson; "Liability Of Platforms Under Australian Privacy Law" – David Lindsay; "Another Push For An Australian Privacy Tort: Context, Evaluation And Prospects" – Normann Witzleb; "The Confidentiality Of Journalists' Sources In Police Investigations: Privacy, Privilege And The Freedom Of Political Communication" – Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Joseph Orange; and "Privacy Class Actions" – Michael Rivette. This Part also includes Current Issues.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   "Personal Information" And Group Data Under The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)   ACCC reform   ALJ   Another Push For An Australian Privacy Tort: Context Evaluation And Prospects   articles   Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's report on Digital Platforms   Australian Consumer Law strengthening the protection for consumers   concerns about the collection and use of consumer data   consent-based mechanisms   consumer privacy   Consumer Privacy And Consent: Reform In The Light Of Contract And Consumer Protection Law   Current issues   Damian Clifford   data governance   data relating to multiple persons (group data)   David Lindsay   Digital Platforms Inquiry report   enforcement of privacy rights   ensuring consumer consent   Evans v Health Administration Corporation   information that relates to identified or identifiable persons   Jeannie Paterson   Justice François Kunc   liability of platform operators under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the action for breach of confidence   Liability Of Platforms Under Australian Privacy Law   Mark J Taylor   Michael Rivette   Normann Witzleb   pleading of existing and emerging causes of action   Privacy and the Law   Privacy and the Law - Introduction by guest editor of this issue Professor Megan Richardson   Privacy Class Actions   privacy threats posed by platforms   protecting press freedom and law enforcement   protection from potentially harmful uses of group data in a modern information economy   remedy for breach   response to mass privacy breaches   statutory privacy tort   The Curated Page   trade-off between individual and public interests 

Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 44 Pt 4

By journalalerts on October 6, 2020

The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following articles: "Is There Any Prospect of a Model Provision for Similar Fact/Propensity Evidence or the Coincidence/Tendency Rules in Australia?" – Andrew Hemming; "Memory Science in the Pell Appeals: Impossibility, Timing, Inconsistencies" – Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Natalie Martschuk and Mark Nolan; and "Bail in the Time of COVID-19" – Dr Brendon Murphy and Tahlia Ferrari. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "COVID-19 and Early Global Decarceration Trends"; Phillip's Brief: "The Wrong Side of the Road – Australia's First Driver Convicted of Felony Murder: The State of Western Australia v King [2020] WASCSR 20" – Dr Kerry King; and Digest of Criminal Law Cases.

Posted In:  Criminal Law Journal (Crim LJ)  Tagged:   Andrew Hemming   articles   bail applications   Bail in the Time of COVID-19   bail jurisprudence   child sexual offences   coincidence or tendency evidence   common sense versus scientific belief system   conviction of Cardinal Pell   COVID-19 and Early Global Decarceration Trends   Crim LJ   criteria for determining the test for a model provision   Digest of criminal law cases   domestic violence offences   Dr Brendon Murphy   Dr Kerry King   Editorial   five tests for the admission of similar fact or propensity evidence   human memory   Is There Any Prospect of a Model Provision for Similar Fact/Propensity Evidence or the Coincidence/Tendency Rules in Australia?   Jane Goodman-Delahunty   Mark Finnane   Mark Nolan   memory operations   Memory Science in the Pell Appeals: Impossibility Timing Inconsistencies   Natalie Martschuk   Phillips' Brief   Professor Mirko Bagaric   robust principles of memory   Tahlia Ferrari   The Wrong Side of the Road – Australia’s First Driver Convicted of Felony Murder: The State of Western Australia v King [2020] WASCSR 20   uniform evidence legislation 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 30, 2020

This Part includes the following articles: "Vexatious Applicant, Vexatious Application or Something Else? Dealing with Difficult Applicants under Freedom of Information Laws in Australia" – Mick Batskos; "The Value of Adjudicative Independence: Overlapping Conceptions of Administrative Justice in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's Review of Visa Cancellations" – Dr Chantal Bostock; and "The Blue Sky Effect: A Repatriation of Judicial Review or a Search for Flexibility?" – Simon Young. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "Soft Law and Liability in Tort"; Current Issues: "Letters to the Queen"; and Book Reviews: "More Essential (for Lawyers) Than Toilet Paper", by Janina Boughey, Ellen Rock and Greg Weeks – Reviewed by Bruce Dyer; and "Interpreting Executive Power", edited by Janina Boughey and Lisa Burton Crawford – Reviewed by Dr Maria O'Sullivan.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   "materiality" overlay in jurisdictional error doctrine   AJ Admin L   articles   Book reviews   Bruce Dyer   bureaucratic rationality and legality   calibration of principle to statutory context   calibration to consequence   Current issues   Dr Chantal Bostock   Dr Maria O'Sullivan   Editorial   Ellen Rock   freedom of information (FOI) laws   Greg Weeks   independent merits review   Interpreting Executive Power   Janina Boughey   Justin Davidson   Letters to the Queen   Lisa Burton Crawford   Matthew Groves   maximising disclosure and maintaining government efficiency   Mick Batskos   misusing FOI laws   models of administrative justice   More Essential (for Lawyers) Than Toilet Paper   oppressive or disruptive behaviours   Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority   Simon Young   Soft Law and Liability in Tort   standards of administrative legality   The Blue Sky Effect: A Repatriation of Judicial Review or a Search for Flexibility?   The Value of Adjudicative Independence: Overlapping Conceptions of Administrative Justice in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's Review of Visa Cancellations   Tribunal decision-making   two-stage search for flexibility in judicial review principles   vexatious applicant provisions   Vexatious Applicant Vexatious Application or Something Else? Dealing with Difficult Applicants under Freedom of Information Laws in Australia   vexatious application provisions   visa cancellation system 

Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 28 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 30, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: "Digital Platforms and Competition Law: A Review" – Myles Bayliss; "A "Facelift" to the Abuse of Dominance – The German Competition Perspective on Facebook" – Dr Sabrina Frank and Malte Frank; and the following sections: Editorial; Authorisations and Notifications; Enforcement and Remedies; Case Notes; Economic(s) Matters; Report from Africa; Report from Europe; Report from Russia; and Benchmarks.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL)  Tagged:   A "Facelift" to the Abuse of Dominance – The German Competition Perspective on Facebook   A Compelling Outcome: The High Court Invigorates s 155   abuse of dominance   African Competition Law Enforcement in a Time of Crisis: The Case of COVID-19   AJCCL   Alex Sundakov   Alexander Shepherd   Alleging Unconscionable Conduct: No Guarantee of Success   Anna Zabolotnykh   articles   Authorisations and notifications   Authorised Co-operation during the COVID-19 Pandemic   Benchmarks   business conduct   business or marketplace competition   case notes   Christopher Hodgekiss SC   competition authorities   competition frameworks for regulating digital platforms   Competition Policy in Post-COVID-19 World   data policies   data protection law   Digital Platforms and Competition Law: A Review   Dr Sabrina Frank   Economic(s) Matters   Editorial   Enforcement and Remedies   Evgeny Khokhlov   Full Steam Ahead or Gone Off the Rails: Merger Analysis after Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pacific National Pty Ltd   German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt FCO)   German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof FCJ)   injunctive relief proceedings   Interest as Compensation under the Australian Consumer Law   Lesley Morphet   Malte Frank   market regulation   Michael Gvozdenovic   Myles Bayliss   Recent Trends in Antitrust Regulation in the Eurasian Economic Union   regulatory frameworks   Report from Africa   Report from Europe   Report from Russia   Rosannah Healy   Sarah Russell   Shane Stewart   Stephen Puttick   tech industry   The European Commission's Proposal for an Ex-Ante Regulation of Large Online Platforms as Part of the Digital Services Act Package   Tom Pick   Valentin Deprez   William Georgiou 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 8

By journalalerts on September 17, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen: The Centenary of a High Court Tragedy – Part 2" – Paulina Fishman; "The Evolution from Strict Liability to Negligence: When And Why? – Part 1" – Anthony Gray; and "The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales: A Very Short History of an Environmental Court in Action" – Hon Justice Brian J Preston. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Admiralty and Maritime; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Class Actions; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   "act at peril" philosophy   40 Years of the NSW Land and Environment Court   A Constitutional Centenary   administrative tribunal   Admiralty and Maritime   Admiralty Jurisdiction Reform in India   ALJ   Angelina Gomez   Another Perspective on Legal Life during the Pandemic   Anthony Gray   Around the Nation: Western Australia   articles   Book reviews   class actions   common law   Current issues   Dr Damien J Cremean   fault-based liability   Hon Justice Brian J Preston   Jeffrey Barnes   John Eldridge   Justice François Kunc   Justice Kenneth Martin   Justice Michael B J Lee   Keith Mason   liability lies where it falls   Limitations on the Scope of a Court's Power to Make Any Order it thinks appropriate under s 33ZF or s 183: The High Court's Decision in the Brewster and Lenthall Cases   Paulina Fishman   Pivoting in a Pandemic: A New Clerk’s Insights   Sexual Harassment and the Judiciary   Sir Frederick Jordan: Fire under the Frost   Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen: The Centenary of a High Court Tragedy – Part 2   Sir Owen Dixon's Legacy   specialist environmental court   strict liability   superior court of record   The Coherence of Statutory Interpretation   The Curated Page   The Evolution from Strict Liability to Negligence: When And Why? – Part 1   The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales: A Very Short History of an Environmental Court in Action   Timothy Pilkington   Tort Law   tort of private nuisance   tort of strict liability   Western Australia v Harvey [2019] WASC 261 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 9

By journalalerts on September 17, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "What Remains Of The Engineers Case? A Centenary Appraisal" – Nicholas Aroney; "The Evolution From Strict Liability To Negligence: Implications For The Tort Of Private Nuisance – Part 2" – Anthony Gray; and "Pandemic Justice – An Historical Perspective" – The Honourable Justice John Logan RFD. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Admiralty and Maritime; New Zealand; International Focus; and Personalia.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   1919 Spanish influenza   A Letter to the Commonwealth Attorney-General   administration of justice in Australia during the COVID-19 global pandemic   Admiralty and Maritime   ALJ   Anthony Gray   articles   Associate Justice Julian Hetyey   balanced interpretive approach   Brendan Edgeworth   Civil Justice Reform in New Zealand   Conveyancing and property   Coronavirus   COVID-19   Current issues   Dr Damien J Cremean   Emily Vale   fault-based system of liability   Fraud the In Personam Exception and Enforcing the Undertakings of Predecessors   High Court decisions   International focus   International Inquiries and Fact-finding in International Law   Justice François Kunc   Justice Frances Williams   Justice Mark Livesey   Justice Matthew Palmer   Justice Peter Callaghan   New Zealand   Nicholas Aroney   O’Connor J   Pandemic Justice – An Historical Perspective   Personalia   Power Candour and Decency in the Law   Professor Stuart Kaye   Queensland   Reflecting on Recent Events   Robert Angyal SC   Ruby Princess   Salvage and Voluntariness   Senior Counsel Appointments   Some Rights and Liabilities of Co-owners   South Australia   strict liability   Tasmania   The Curated Page   The Evolution From Strict Liability To Negligence: Implications For The Tort Of Private Nuisance – Part 2   The Honourable Justice John Logan RFD   Thinking about Judicial Independence   tort of negligence   tort of private nuisance   Victoria   What Remains Of The Engineers Case? A Centenary Appraisal 

Australian Tax Review update: Vol 49 Pt 2

By journalalerts on September 11, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Tax Review includes an Editorial and the following articles: "Deemed Dividend Rules: Tax-Free Extraction of Profits from Companies and Exploitation of Structural Foundations of the Income Tax Regime" – Dale Boccabella and Kayleen Manwaring; "Pro Bono Tax Clinics: An International Comparison and Framework for Evidence-based Evaluation" – A Kayis-Kumar, J Noone, F Martin and M Walpole; and "Multi-cell Entities and the Duties Act 1997 (NSW): Practical Considerations" – Cullen Smythe. Also in this Part is a Case Note: "Elucidating Myer Emporium and Characterising Isolated Transactions: Greig v Commissioner of Taxation" – Benjamin Teng.

Posted In:  Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)  Tagged:   A Kayis-Kumar   articles   AT Rev   Benjamin Teng   Case Note   Cullen Smythe   Dale Boccabella   Dale Pinto   Deemed Dividend Rules: Tax-Free Extraction of Profits from Companies and Exploitation of Structural Foundations of the Income Tax Regime   Delaware Series Limited Liability Companies   Domestic Tax and Stimulus Measures in the Spotlight   Editorial   Elucidating Myer Emporium and Characterising Isolated Transactions: Greig v Commissioner of Taxation   exploitation of income tax   F Martin   free community education to increase tax literacy   grassroots research to advocate for tax justice   integrity provisions in s 109 and Div 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth)   Isle of Man   J Noone   Kayleen Manwaring   Kerrie Sadiq   Life Insurance Act 1995 (Cth)   M Walpole   Multi-cell Entities and the Duties Act 1997 (NSW): Practical Considerations   Pro Bono Tax Clinics: An International Comparison and Framework for Evidence-based Evaluation   shareholder-associate rule   Singaporean Variable Capital Company   skills-based volunteering   socially just tax system   Tax Clinics Program Logic   tax planning opportunities   tax reform   unit trusts with different unit classes and protected cell companies used in Guernsey   university-based pro bono tax clinics 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 37 Pt 5

By journalalerts on September 11, 2020

This Issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: "Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Generated by Major Projects: Scoping Out the Roles of the Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments" – Guy Dwyer; "Sustainable Finance in Australia: Compliance, Enforcement and Surrogate Regulation" – Neil Gunningham; "Energy Security and "Big Stick" Legislation" – Kin Pan; and "Designing Managed Retreat Policy for an Uncertain Future"– John Watson.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   articles   Australian energy law   climate change adaptation policy   climate finance regulation   compliance and enforcement strategies   constructing a policy response   Designing Managed Retreat Policy for an Uncertain Future   energy crisis   energy policy   Energy Security and "Big Stick" Legislation   Enforcement and Surrogate Regulation   environmental and planning laws   EPLJ   Guy Dwyer   harnessing third parties as regulatory surrogates   intrusion into private property interests   John Watson   Kin Pan   limits of government regulation   Meta-regulation   mitigating the effects of hazards   Neil Gunningham   policy design matters   Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Generated by Major Projects: Scoping Out the Roles of the Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments   removal from vulnerable land   Responsive Regulation   smart regulation   Sustainable Finance in Australia: Compliance   Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Act 2019 (Cth)   uncertainty surrounding future sea-level rise and timing of coastal hazards 

Public Law Review update: Vol 31 Pt 2

By journalalerts on September 11, 2020

The latest Part of the Public Law Review includes the following content: Comments: "Determining Membership: Aboriginality and Alienage in the Australian High Court" – Michelle Foster and Kirsty Gover; "Rebuilt on Sand: Canadian Administrative Law after Vavilov" – Léonid Sirota; "The Constitution and Outer Space" – Matthew Stubbs and Joel Lisk; Book Symposium: The Politico-legal Dynamics of Judicial Review: "The Dynamics of Judicial Review" – Cheryl Saunders AO; "Comparing Judicial Review Regimes: A Review Essay on the Politico-legal Dynamics of Judicial Review, by Theunis Roux" – Dr Zim Nwokora; "Ideal Types and the Dynamics of Ideational Change" – Mark Tushnet; "Response to Zim Nwokora and Mark Tushnet" – Theunis Roux; the following Articles: "The "Threshold Question" in Clubb v Edwards: Political Communication, Severance and Practice" – Thomas Wood; "The Japan–Australia Investment Relationship: Treaties Then and Now" – Tania Voon; "Forty Years of Freedom of Information (FOI): Accountability, Policymaking and the National Innovation and Science Agenda" – AJ George, Julie-Anne Tarr and Susan Bird; Book Review: "The Coherence of Statutory Interpretation", by Jeffrey Barnes (ed) – Reviewed by Jeffrey Goldsworthy AM; and Developments.

Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   "corporatist" innovation policy   1957 Agreement on Commerce   1976 Basic Treaty of Friendship   2018 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership   AJ George   articles   book review   Book Symposium: The Politico-legal Dynamics of Judicial Review   Cheryl Saunders AO   Christopher Arup   Clubb v Edwards   Comments   Comparing Judicial Review Regimes: A Review Essay on the Politico-legal Dynamics of Judicial Review   Dan Meagher   Determining Membership: Aboriginality and Alienage in the Australian High Court   developments   Dr Zim Nwokora   economic relationships   Edward Willis   executive power in policymaking   Forty Years of Freedom of Information (FOI): Accountability Policymaking and the National Innovation and Science Agenda   Freedom of Information Bill 1978 (Cth)   government–corporate alliancing and selective policy measures   Ideal Types and the Dynamics of Ideational Change   implied freedom of political communication   international investment law   Jeffrey Barnes (ed)   Jeffrey Goldsworthy AM   Joel Lisk   Julie-Anne Tarr   Kirsty Gover   Léonid Sirota   Mark Tushnet   Matthew Stubbs   Michelle Foster   National Innovation and Science Agenda   negotiations and economic policies   PLR   Rebuilt on Sand: Canadian Administrative Law after Vavilov   Response to Zim Nwokora and Mark Tushnet   Susan Bird   Tania Voon   The "Threshold Question" in Clubb v Edwards: Political Communication Severance and Practice   The Coherence of Statutory Interpretation   The Constitution and Outer Space   The Dynamics of Judicial Review   The Japan–Australia Investment Relationship: Treaties Then and Now   Theunis Roux   Thomas Wood   trade and investment   trade and investment strategy 
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