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Effective and Co-Operative Law Reform in Smaller Jurisdictions
The challenges and opportunities of undertaking effective modern law reform common to smaller jurisdictions such as South Australia and Tasmania were the focus of a recent fruitful visit to the University of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute by Professor John Williams and Dr David Plater, the Director and Deputy Director of the South […]
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SALRI to visit Mount Gambier for consultation on the forfeiture rule
The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the Adelaide Law School is visiting Mt Gambier on 15 April 2019 to update the community about its work and to seek comments on its present reference into the forfeiture rule in unlawful homicide. Professor John Williams, SALRI’s Director, noted that SALRI is always keen […]
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Prof Alex Reilly consider how the government can balance security and compassion for asylum seekers
Today in The Conversation Prof Alex Reilly challenges the politicisation of refugee policy since the Tampa crisis of 2001 and suggests a new way forward. Read the full article here.
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Abortion laws ready for reform
The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the University of Adelaide has been requested by the South Australian Attorney-General to examine changes to the State’s abortion laws. “The South Australian Law Reform Institute welcomes the opportunity to undertake this most important reference, with a view to making abortion a regulated medical procedure […]
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A New Research Year – from outer space to Alexa
Looking for some February reading: We have started the new research year off in style with publications reflecting the breadth of our research interests. Our New Year publications include work from our Dean through to our PhD students and other scholars in between. See below for some excellent poolside reading in February: Melissa […]
Law reforms propose clearer access to surrogacy
Reforms proposed to South Australian surrogacy laws recommend an updated and improved non-commercial system of domestic surrogacy to protect the interests of all parties, especially those of the surrogate child. A legislative framework – review of Part 2B of the Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA) In a report delivered today to the Attorney-General, the South […]
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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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Free speech in a digital world
On Friday 21st September, RUMLAE member Dr Colette Langos (University of Adelaide Law School) and co-presenter Associate Professor Wanda Cassidy (Centre for Education, Law and Society, Simon Fraser University) gave a plenary presentation at the National Law-Related Conference – Free Speech Today, American Bar Association (Division for Public Health) held in Chicago, United States. The […]
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