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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Ethical Advice for Judges: American and Australian Perspectives
On 18 February 2015 Professor Melissa Hart from the University of Colorado Law School visted the Adelaide Law School as part of the Faculty of the Professions’ “Aim for the Stars” program. Professor Hart gave a seminar on Colorado’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Board and Commission on Judicial Performance. The Hon. John Doyle AC QC provided […]
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Public Law in the Classroom Teaching Workshop
On Thursday 12 February 2015, the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW and the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, University of Adelaide, hosted the ‘Public Law in the Classroom’ workshop. This was the first in what will become an annual event on public law teaching research and practice. Seventy-five public law teachers […]
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CPD Seminar: Rendering Assistance to a Foreign Liquidator with Professor Harry Rajak
Rendering Assistance to a Foreign Liquidator The incidence, size and complexity of insolvencies, which cross national borders, have grown substantially in recent years. The problems of administering an insolvency, which crosses national boundaries and which is likely to be subject to different national insolvency regimes, can be intractable and costly, often defeating one of the […]
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New Reference – Legislative or regulatory discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or intersex status
The South Australian Law Reform Institute (‘the Institute’) is pleased to accept a new reference from the Attorney-General, The Hon. John Rau, MP. The reference was announced as part of His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AO’s speech at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 10 February 2015. The Governor stated that: “My Government […]
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Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot
From the 4th of February to the 7th of February, students from Adelaide University Law School competed against 16 other teams in the Australian Round of the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot held in Canberra. The team comprised Shauna Roeger, Peter Tidswell, Isabela Deveza, Patrick Leeson and Danielle Gilby. The team was coached by […]
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Shaping 2015: The boats have stopped, now the real work begins in immigration
In an article published on The Conversation, PLPRU Director Alex Reilly looks at the year ahead in asylum seeker law and policy, predicting that it will be a more difficult for the Government to promote its hard-line policy in 2015. Click here to read Alex’s article.
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Law as Change: Engaging with the Life and Scholarship of Adrian Bradbrook Book Launch
The Adelaide Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Law as Change: Engaging with the Life and Scholarship of Adrian Bradbrook edited by Paul Babie and Paul Leadbeter (University of Adelaide Press, 2014). Date:Thursday, 19 March 2014 Time: 5.30pm for 6pm start Venue: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, The University […]
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