Abstract: In the Western press, there have regularly been reports about the plight of Chinese workers toiling for long hours but paid a pittance to make products for export. The reports are not inaccurate, and in point of ...

In 2002 the Interior Alliance of British Columbia successfully submitted an amicus curiae brief to the World Trade Organisation ('WTO') panel established to resolve the US-Canada Softwood Lumber dispute. The decision of ...

On 10 April 2007, the United States filed a complaint against China in the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with respect to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. The ...

Eminent jurists have called for the development of a genuinely international common law which is more of a ‘two way street’ than in the past. This paper examines the contribution that access to law via the Internet can ...

Comparison between the functions and governance of the new Aboriginal representative body, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) - background - ...

In 2007 the Commonwealth imposed a series of measures under the umbrella of the Northern Territory Intervention, in response to allegations of the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children and violence inflicted ...

The provisions of the controversial Northern Territory Emergency Response (commonly called the 'Northern Territory Intervention') were and remain targeted directly at prescribed Aboriginal communities in the Northern ...

This article details the current regime regulating home businesses (sexual services). It is argued that the imposition of notification requirements and locational restrictions upon home businesses (sexual services) ...

This article examines the defence to a claim in negligence which is provided by Section 5L of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW). The section was enacted as part of the extensive reform of tort law in New South Walesfollowing ...