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Monthly Archives: September 2016
We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
Adelaide Law School, through RUMLAE, is a founding partner with McGill University (Centre for Air and Space Law) in an exciting and ground-breaking research project related to space security and the governance of outer space. The Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) Project has recently made news with an […]
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Release of Snowden movie prompts renewed talks of a Presidential pardon
The Cyberwar, Surveillance and Security MOOC (Cyber101x) offered through EdX by RUMLAE and Adelaide Law School members, considered the actions and motivations of Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who in 2013 released a vast amount of information regarding surveillance and security operations of the US and other Five Eyes partners to journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras […]
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The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen
Three PLPRU members, Peter Burdon, Alex Reilly and Anna Olijnyk, have contributed to a new book to be published by Federation Press later this month. Federation Press describe The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen (Gabrielle Appleby and Rosalind Dixon, eds): ‘This book introduces students to a number of critical legal perspectives and demonstrates how […]
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CPD Seminar: Take a Further 20% Off!
On Wednesday 26 October 2016, the Adelaide Law School will host a CPD Seminar with a particular corporate focus. The Seminar, titled “Take a Further 20% Off!” will focus on corporate law advice to retail industry clients in financial difficulty. Presented by: Professor Christopher Symes and Dr Beth Nosworthy
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CPD Seminar: Take a Further 20% Off: Corporate Law Advice to Retail Industry Clients in Financial Difficulties
Companies with a tenuous grasp on solvency, in the Twilight Zone before the commencement of a formal insolvency process, need to be able to employ commercial strategies to try to trade their way back to solvency. Unfortunately, as was recently demonstrated by Dick Smith’s, some of the typical strategies employed by companies with tenuous solvency […]
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The ASIC Registers and Privatisation: Should the Registers be run for profit?
In an article on Wednesday 14 September Anthony Klan, in the Australian, notes that businesses pay the government approximately $660m in filing fees to lodge material with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (‘ASIC’) Registers, and the government charges $60m per year to the public for access to those records. The ASIC Annual Report for […]
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Eminent Internet Law Scholar and RUMLAE Advisory Board Member Professor Lilian Edwards
Eminent Internet Law scholar and RUMLAE Advisory Board member Professor Lilian Edwards, Professor of E-Governance, University of Strathclyde, visited the Adelaide Law School this week, as part of a Faculty Funded Research project. Professor Edwards is a leading edge researcher in many aspects of the online environment. She has taught information technology, e-commerce and internet […]
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Free Public Lecture – Cultural Diversity in Leadership
Presented by: Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission Date: Wednesday 28 September Time: 4.00-5.30pm Venue: Adelaide Law School Moot Court, Ligertwood Building, North Terrace RSVP: alyona.haines@adelaide.edu.au Sponsored by the University’s GED Committee, the Faculty of the Professions and ECMS.
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RUSSLR Oration 2016: Spirituality in Times of Social Change
The Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR) at the Adelaide Law School, in conjunction with Pilgrim Uniting Church invite you to the annual law and religion oration. This year, our experts will be talking on the Spirituality in Times of Social Change. This year’s oration will be delivered by Professor […]
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