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Commercial, innovation and technology legal research address the significant, growing areas of case law and legislative regulation in the globalised business world today.
Adelaide Excellence at the AMPLA conference
Professor Christopher Symes’ paper in a recent issue of the Australian Resources and Energy Law Journal (ARELJ) discusses the provisions in the Corporations Act that enable disclaimer by liquidators of companies, the policy issues that surround both disclaimer and statutory priorities for claimants in insolvency and how these conflict with environmental law and practice. The […]
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Discussing Insurance and Automated Vehicles
The recent Motor Accident Injury Insurance and Automated Vehicles Discussion Paper released in October 2018 by the National Transport Commission (‘NTC’) examines the current state of motor accident injury insurance in Australia and how this may be affected by vehicles with automated driving systems. The Discussion paper calls for feedback which will be considered […]
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Commercialisation of Space
RUMLAE Members Prof Melissa de Zwart, Dr Stacey Henderson and Joel Lisk recently attended the Australian Space Research Conference in Surfers Paradise. Prof de Zwart presented a key note address on the commercialisation of space, highlighting the delicate balance between domestic legislation, intellectual property protection, and motivating innovation in the space industry. Dr Henderson presented […]
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Influencing Space Activities: Adelaide Law School leads the way
Prof Melissa de Zwart and Research Assistant Joel Lisk have influenced the development of regulation of space activities. Their work has recently been heavily cited in a Senate Economics Committee report on the current Space Activities Amendment (Launches and Returns) Bill 2018. Currently before the Lower House of the Federal Parliament, the Bill aims to reform the […]
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Considering international law and nuclear non-proliferation
RUMLAE hosts Prof Jonathan Black-Branch to present on ‘The Effectiveness of International Law to Govern Nuclear Non-Proliferation’ RUMLAE was very pleased to host a recent visit by Professor Jonathan Black-Branch to Adelaide Law school to provide an address on The Effectiveness of International Law to Govern Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Prof Jonathan Black-Branch is the Dean of the […]
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Can anyone own the moon?
A reader of The Conversation recently asked the following question: “I have always wondered, in a distant future when humanity is able to settle permanently on a distant body (such as planet, moon or rocky body), are there any current legal frameworks that could be applied as a precedent for such individuals to “take ownership” of […]
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Adelaide Law School goes to JAG School
RUMLAE member Dr Colette Langos is Visiting Professor at the US Army JAG School in Virginia RUMLAE member, Dr Colette Langos, is a Visiting Professor with the Judge Advocate General’s School (U.S. Army), Charlottesville, Virginia for the next 6 months. She is the first foreign civilian to be offered this post. Colette has received a […]
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RUMLAE Members Participate in First Woomera Manual plenary meeting in Exeter UK
From 6 – 10 August, 2018 RUMLAE members Professor’s Dale Stephens and Melissa de Zwart, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs, Dr Stacey Henderson and Mr Duncan Blake attended the first Woomera Manual plenary discussion in Exeter, UK. Representatives from the founding partner Universities (The University of Adelaide University, The University of Exeter, The University of Nebraska […]
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Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space
RUMLAE Directors Address UN Expert Meeting on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space. RUMLAE Directors Professors Dale Stephens and Melissa de Zwart were recently invited to address (via video link) the Group of Government Experts participating in a session of the Proposed Prevention of an Arms Race in Space (PAROS) Treaty working group in Geneva. The […]
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First Woomera Manual plenary meeting in Exeter UK
The Woomera Manual’s Editorial and Management Board members along with core experts and observers attended the first Woomera Manual working group meeting in Exeter, UK on 6 – 10 August, 2018. Representatives from the founding partner Universities (The University of Adelaide University, The University of Exeter, The University of Nebraska and UNSW- Canberra) attended the […]
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