JSI Seminar | Contract law and reasons for action: A crash course in private law theory
JSI Seminar | Contract law and reasons for action: A crash course in private law theory In-person event If contract law is to be authoritative, it must mediate between the subjects of contract law and reasons for action they have. Either implicitly or explicitly, this insight informs various approaches to the theorisation of this law. …
JSI Seminar | Demystifying CLS: A reflection on writing an intellectual history of the Critical Legal Studies Movement
JSI Seminar | Demystifying CLS: A reflection on writing an intellectual history of the Critical Legal Studies Movement In-person event In his forthcoming book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies, Stewart uses the tools of CLS to analyse CLS, assessing its dominant narrative against its history and legacy. Literary and philosophical lenses are used to …
Copyright and Generative AI: Best practices for LLM training and recent developments in U.S. litigation
Copyright and Generative AI: Best practices for LLM training and recent developments in U.S. litigation Abstract Generative AI based on large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, DALL·E-2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, JukeBox, and MusicLM can produce text, images, and music that are indistinguishable from human-authored works. The training data for these large language models consists …
The Modern Slavery Act Review: Can the law drive meaningful change?
The Modern Slavery Act Review: Can the law drive meaningful change? In-person event In May this year, the Government tabled a report on the findings of the statutory review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018. The Review, led by Professor John McMillan AO, made 30 recommendations to strengthen the Act. If the recommendations are adopted, it …
Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2023: The responsibility of shareholders
Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2023: The responsibility of shareholders In-person event In 1911, Justice Louis Brandeis argued that: ‘…there is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks. It is entirely contrary…to what ought to be our whole attitude towards investments, that the person who has a chance for profit by going …
2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute Resolution
2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute Resolution In-person event Abstract This symposium brings together luminary experts and practitioners in sports law to discuss dispute resolution in the world of sports (it follows on from ANJeL’s seminar on international arbitration). The symposium’s first panel will feature two giants of the Australian sports law world reflecting on …
JSI Seminar | Beyond Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property: opportunities in law reform for Aboriginal-led medicines in Australia and the limitations of legal pluralism
JSI Seminar | Beyond Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property: opportunities in law reform for Aboriginal-led medicines in Australia and the limitations of legal pluralism In-person event Australian regulators and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have the opportunity to co-design a cross-jurisdictional framework that ensures structural integrity and cultural ethics, which embodies international law principles …
Criminalising Children: Should we raise the age of criminal responsibility?
Criminalising Children: Should we raise the age of criminal responsibility? In-person event Recently, the Northern Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years. In New South Wales, and other Australian jurisdictions, the minimum age remains 10, which is one of the lowest minimum ages …
Report launch | The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications for Australia.
Report launch | The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications for Australia In-person event This launch event will highlight the significance of the new report “The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications …
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Tax Debts: the special position of the ATO
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Tax Debts: the special position of the ATO Online event The Australian Taxation Office is a creditor in almost three out of every four company insolvencies. Legislation in 1993 removed the last of what were seen as rights that elevated the ATO to the status …