Sub sections:
Law websites & internet resources - LLM units
| LLM 600 | Research Methodology & Theory | LLM 612 | Issues in Public International Law |
| LLM 601 | Trade Practices | LLM 613 | Telecommunications Law |
| LLM 602 | Constitutional law and theory | LLM 618 | Law of the Sea |
| LLM 603 | Criminal Law and Theory | LLM 623 | Local government law |
| LLM 604 | Securities and Financial Services Law | LLM 625 | International Trade Law |
| LLM 609 | Principles of Evidence | LLM 626 | International Environmental Law |
| LLM 610 | Health and Medical Law |
Criminal Law and Theory (LLM 603)
Journal articles:
- Johan Steyn, 'Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole' (2004) 53 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type AUTHOR (steyn) and TITLE (guantanamo) and click the red Search button to the right of the box.
Web resources:
- Australian Parliamentary Library — Law Internet Resources — Terrorism Law
- Centre for Constitutional Rights: Guantanamo Bay — Six Years Later
Health and Medical Law (LLM 610)
Victorian Law Reform Commission, 'Assisted Reproductive Technology & Adoption: Final Report' (2007)
International Environmental Law (LLM 626)
International Environmental Law in the ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources developed by the American Society of International Law
CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law)
ECOLEX — developed by the FAO, IUCN and UNEP
EISEL (Electronic Information System for International Law)
International Trade Law (LLM 625)
Journal articles and documents:
- B.S. Chimni, 'The World Trade Organization, Democracy and Development: A View From the South' (2006) 40 Journal of World Trade 5
- Bureau for Workers' Activities, 'Labour Market Trends and Globalization's Impact on Them'
- Claire M. Germain, 'The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods : Guide to Research and Literature' (1998)
- Mariama Williams, Some preliminary remarks on gender analysis of trade and investment issues in the context of mobilizing international resources for development, Civil Society Hearings - Financing For Development, UN, Panel 2 Statements (2000)
- N.B. dos Santos, R. Farias and R. Cunha, "Generalized System of Preferences in General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization: History and Current Issues" (2005) 39 Journal of World Trade 637
- Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 'Environmental Principles and Concepts' (1995), OCDE/GD(95)124
- Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 'Market Access For The Least Developed Countries : Where Are The Obstacles?' (1997), OCDE/GD(97)174
- P.J. Lloyd (2000), 'The Architecture Of The WTO'
- Shahid Yusuf, 'Globalization and the Challenge for Developing Countries' World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2618, June 2001
- Trade and foreign direct investment, WTO Doc PRESS/57 (1996) (60 page report written to assist trade community evaluate how WTO should respond to the growing importance of Foreign Direct Investment - WTO Secretariat)
- UNCITRAL Secretariat, 'Explanatory Note on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods' : Reprinted from UN Document V.89-53886 (June 1989)
- United Nations Group of 77, 'Globalisation threatens the weak and the vulnerable' (1998) No. 1 Journal of the Group of 77
Issues in Public International Law (LLM 612)
Legislation:
International Criminal Court Act 2002 (Cth)
War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth)
Cases:
- Case of Godinez-Cruz v Honduras, Judgment of January 20th 1989, Inter-Am CHR (ser. C, No 5)
- United Nations Secretary-General: Ruling on the Rainbow Warrior Affair Between France and New Zealand (1987) 26 ILM 1346
- Velasquez-Rodriguez v Honduras, Judgment of 29 July 1988, Inter-Am CHR (ser. C, No 4)
Center for Nonproliferation Studies:
Foreign Law Translations has been developed by the University of Texas and has decisions and/or statutes for France, Germany, Israel, Austria and Italy covering constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law.
International Court of Justice:
- Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzow (Indemnities) (1927) Permanent Court of International Justice, Series A: Collection of Judgments no.12
- The Case of the S.S. "Lotus" (1927) Permanent Court of International Justice, Series A: Collection of Judgments no.10
- Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2004) International Court of Justice Reports, Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004
- Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (1996) International Court of Justice Reports, Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996
- Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua vs. United States of America) (1986) International Court of Justice Reports, Judgment of 27 June 1986 — Merits
- United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran) (1980) International Court of Justice Reports, Judgment of 24 May 1980 — Merits
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia:
- Prosecutor v Dusko Tadic a/k/a "Dule", Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, Appeals Chamber (2nd October 1995)
- Prosecutor v Tadic IT-94-1 Trial Chamber (7th May 1997); Trial Chamber (14th July 1997); Appeals Chamber (15th July 1999)
- Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of its Fifty-third Session, chp. IV: State Responsibility (2001) A/CN.4/L.602/Rev.1
Journal articles and Working Papers:
- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Andrew S Tulumello and Stepan Wood, 'International Law and International Relations Theory: A New Generation of Interdisciplinary Scholarship' (1998) 92 American Journal of International Law 367 (HeinOnline)
- Anup Shah, 'Structural Adjustment - A Major Cause of Poverty' (updated 16 July 2003)
- Frederic Kirgis, 'The Kosovo Situation and NATO Military Action' (1999) ASIL Insights
- Hugo Grotius, 'De Jure Belli Ac Pacis' (On the Law of War and Peace) (1625)
- John King Gamble, Emily A. Allen and Nicole L. Dirling, 'International Law and Globalization: Allies, Antagonists, or Irrelevance?' (2003) 30 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 1 (HeinOnline)
- Martti Koskenniemi, 'Constitutionalism as Mindset: Reflections on Kantian Themes About International Law and Globalization', (2007) 8 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 9
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (koskenniemi) and title (mindset) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Ruth Wedgwood, 'Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic To Be Tried in The Hague for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Allegedly Committed in Kosovo', (2001) ASIL Insights
- Stephan Hobe, 'The Era of Globalisation as a Challenge to International Law', (2002) 40 Duquesne University Law Review 655 (HeinOnline)
- Theodore Panayotou, 'Globalization and Environment' (2000) Center for International Development, Harvard University, Working Paper No. 53
- Charter of the United Nations
- Charter of the United Nations Preamble
- Charter of the United Nations Chapter I Purposes and Principles Articles 1-2
- Charter of the United Nations Chapter V The Security Council Articles 23-32
- Charter of the United Nations Chapter VI Pacific Settlement of Disputes Articles 33-38
- Charter of the United Nations Chapter VII Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression Articles 39-51
- General Assembly Resolution 377(V) Uniting for Peace (1950)
- General Assembly Resolution 2131(XX) Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of Their Independence and Sovereignty (1965)
- General Assembly Resolution 2549(XXIV) Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining of Aggression (1969)
- General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV) Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (1970)
- General Assembly Resolution A/RES/42/22 Declaration on the Enhancement of the Effectiveness of the Principle of Refraining From the Threat or Use of Force in International Relations (1987)
- General Assembly Resolution A/RES/56/93 Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly on the International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings (2001)
- General Assembly Session Documents A/56/599 International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings: Report of the 6th Committee (2001)
- Security Council Resolution 827 International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (1993)
- Security Council Resolution 955 On Establishment of an International Tribunal and Adoption of the Statute of the Tribunal (Rwanda) (1994)
- Security Council Resolution 1269 On the Responsibility of the Security Council in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security (1999)
- Security Council Resolution 1368 Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts (2001)
- Security Council Resolution 1373 Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts (2001)
- Security Council Resolution 1456 High-Level Meeting of the Security Council: Combating Terrorism (2003)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
World Bank:
- The World Bank Group, (2001) World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty
Law of the Sea (LLM 618)
Journal articles:
- Efthimios E. Mitropolous, 'IMO - 'How it works' (11th May, 2006) The International Maritime Organization - Speeches by the Secretary-General
- Glenn Kerr & Barry Snushall (Eds), 'Future Environmental Policy Trends to 2020 : Impact on Ship Design and Operations' (2005) Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No. 13 : see especially pp. 105-153 (Annex A : International Legal Framework)
- Natalie Klein, 'Legal Implications Of Australia's Maritime Identification System' (2006) 55(2) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 337
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (klein) and title (legal implications) and click the red Search button to the right of the box.
Miscellaneous:
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) — International Maritime Organization — Marine Environment
- 'Resolution A.982(24) : Revised Guidelines For The Identification And Designation Of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas' 1 December 2005 - International Maritime Organization - Assembly 24th session
- 'Resolution A.927(22) : Guidelines For The Designation Of Special Areas Under Marpol 73/78 And Guidelines For The Identification Of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas' 29 November 2001 - International Maritime Organization - Assembly 22nd session. Please note, this document may take some time to load.
Local Government Law (LLM 623)
Cases:
Land and Environment Court of NSW: decisions (from 1999)
Land and Environment Court of NSW: decisions on AustLII (from 1988)
Miscellaneous:
Land and Environment Court of NSW
Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) past examination papers with comments
Local Government Exam (Syd. U)
Principles of Evidence (LLM 609)
Legislation:
Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)
Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
Cases:
- People v Collins 438 P.2d 33 is in e-reserve for LLM 609
David A. Sklansky's companion to 'Evidence: Cases, Commentary, and Problems' also provides People v Collins online. - R v Baskerville [1916] 2 KB 658
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (baskerville) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - R v Neilan [1992] 1 VR 57
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (neilan) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - R v Stephenson [1976] VR 376
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (r and stephenson) and click the red Search button to the right of the box.
Miscellaneous:
Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) past examination papers with comments
Research Methodology and Theory (LLM 600)
Miscellaneous:
- Randal C. Picker, 'An Introduction to Game Theory and the Law' (Law and Economics Working Paper No 22, The University of Chicago Law School, 1994) 1
- Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner, 'Optimal Regulation Of AIDS' (Law and Economics Working Paper No 6, The University of Chicago Law School, 2001) 1
Securities and Financial Services Law (LLM 604)
Cases:
- Bunbury Foods Pty Ltd v National Bank of Australia Ltd (1984) 51 ALR 609
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (bunbury and national) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne [1940] AC 613
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (knightsbridge and byrne) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Latec Investments v Hotel Terrigal Pty Ltd [1965] HCA 17; (1965) 113 CLR 265 (AustLII)
- Mosely v Koffyfontein Mines Ltd [1911] 1 Ch D 73
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (koffyfontein) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Robertson v Grigg (1932) 47 CLR 257; [1932] HCA 29 (AustLII)
Journal articles:
- Andrew Cassidy and Larelle Chapple, "Australia's corporate disclosure regime: Lessons from the US model" (2003) 15 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 1
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (cassidy) and title (disclosure) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Anthony Haly , "Different country, different rules?: A comparison of the regulation of the investment industry in Australia and the United Kingdom" (2004) 16 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 3
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (haly) and title (rules) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Anthony Haly, "The legal position of the insurance intermediary since the enactment of the Financial Services Reform Act 2001 (Cth)" (2004) 15 Insurance Law Journal 2
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (haly) and title (intermediary) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Charles Zhen Qu, "The efficacy of insider trading civil liability regime in the Corporations Act" (2002) 14 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 9
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (qu) and title (efficacy) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Emma Armson, "The Australian Takeovers Panel and unfair prejudice to third parties" (2004) 16 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 6
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (armson) and title (prejudice) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - James Mayanja, 'Rethinking the Role of the Australian Stock Exchange in the Regulation of Takeover Transactions' (1996) 6(1) Australian Journal of Corporate Law 34
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (mayanja) and title (rethinking) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Neil Andrews , "If the dog catches the mice: The civil settlement of criminal conduct under the Corporations Act and the Australian Securities and Investments Act" (2003) 15 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 4
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (andrews) and title (mice) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Paul Heathcote, "Does the Australian Stock Exchange's monopoly over securities markets maintain, facilitate and improve the performance of the Australian financial system?" (2003) 15 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 11
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (heathcote) and title (monopoly) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Paul von Nessen , 'Securities regulation for interests in managed investment schemes' (1999) 11 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 12
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (nessen) and title (securities) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Vicky Comino , "High Court relegates strategic regulation and pyramidal enforcement to insignificance" (2005) 18 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 2
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (comino) and title (regulation) and click the red Search button to the right of the box.
Miscellaneous:
Australian Stock Exchange
Corporate Law Bulletins Archive
Policies:
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 130] Managed investments: Licensing (updated 4 October 1999)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 131] Managed investments: Financial requirements (updated 9 February 2000)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 132] Managed investments: Compliance plans (updated 4 November 1998)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 133] Managed investments: Scheme property arrangements (updated 2 June 1999)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 134] Managed investments: Constitutions (updated 11 September 2000)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 135] Managed investments: Transitional issues (reissued 11 September 2000)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 136] Managed investments: Discretionary powers and closely related schemes (updated 1 November 2000)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 155] Debenture prospectuses (17 February 2000)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 168] Disclosure : Product Disclosure Statements (and other disclosure obligations) (Reissued May 2005)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 173] Disclosure for on-sale of securities and other financial products (Reissued 21/12/2004)
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission [Policy Statement 179] Managed discretionary account services (issued 15 March 2004)
- Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation, NGF Information Booklet (March 2006)
Telecommunications Law (LLM 613)
Bills:
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004 (Cth) and Explanatory Memorandum
Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2005 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum
Legislation:
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth)
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 (Cth)
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)
Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth)
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth)
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 (Cth)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth)
Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Act 2005 (Cth)
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Legislative Instruments and Regulations:
Australian Competition and Consumer commission (Accounting Separation - Telstra Corporation Limited) Direction (No. 1) 2003
Regulation Impact Statement, Carrier Licence Conditions (Telstra Corporation Limited) Declaration 1997 — Amendment No. 4 of 2002
Telecommunications Code of Practice 1997 and Explanatory Statement
Telecommunications (Customer Service Guarantee) Standard 2000 (No. 2)
Telecommunications Regulations 2001 (Cth)
Determinations:
Radiocommunications (Limitation of Authorisation of Third Party Users) Determination 2000
Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2005
Radiocommunications (Transfer of Apparatus Licences) Determination 2000
Telecommunications (Low-Impact Facilities) Determination 1997
Telecommunications (Low-Impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 1 of 1999)
Telecommunications (Operational Separation - Designated Services) Determination (No. 1) 2005 and Explanatory Statement
Telecommunications (Requirements for Operational Separation Plan) Determination (No. 1) 2005 and Explanatory Statement
Telecommunications (Performance Standards) Determination 2002
Australian Communications and Media Authority:
Accessing and Installing Telecommunications Facilities - A Guide October 1999
Apparatus Licence System — Overview
Information for Applicants for Nominated Carrier Declaration
Class Licensing
Guide to Applying for a Facility Installation Permit May 1999
Guide to Carrier Licence and Nominated Carrier Declaration
Guide to Service Provider Obligations
Guide to the Telecommunications (Customer Service Guarantee) Standard 2000 (No. 2) as amended Issue no. 1 of 2004
Information for Carrier Licence Applicants
Overview: The Australian Telecommunications Regulatory Environment
Spectrum Licensing and Trading
Telecommunications and Law Enforcement July 1998
Telecommunications (Use of Integrated Public Number Database) Industry Standard 2005 (draft only) and Guide to the Draft Standard
Who's Got Your Number? Regulating the Use of Telecommunications Customer Information
Australian Communications Industry Forum:
Industry Code: Calling Number Display February 2003
Industry Code: Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) Data Provider, Data User and IPND Manager 2nd ed. 2002
Industry Code: Handling of Life Threatening and Unwelcome Calls February 2002
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission:
Access Pricing Principles — Telecommunications: A guide 1997
Accounting Separation Regime July 2003
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Accounting Separation - Telstra Corporation Limited) Direction (No 1) 2003 and Explanatory Statement
Anti-competitive Conduct in Telecommunications Markets - An information paper August 1999
Bundling in Telecommunications Markets: An ACCC information paper August 2003
A Code of Access to Telecommunications Transmission Towers, Sites of Towers and Underground Facilities October 1999
Resolution of Telecommunications Access Disputes - A guide March 2004 (revised)
Review of Price Control Arrangements: An ACCC Report February 2001
Review of Price Control Arrangements: An ACCC Discussion Paper June 2004
Review of Telstra's Price Control Arrangements - An ACCC report February 2005
Telecommunications Competition Notice Guidelines February 2004
Telecommunications services - Declaration Provisions - A Guide to the Declaration Provisions of Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act July 1999
Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association — A Snapshot of Australia's Mobile Telecommunications Industry
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts:
Liberalisation of the Telecommunications Sector- Australia's Experience 2000
Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003: Joint Submission to the Senate Legislation Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts September 2003
Government Response to Productivity Commission Report on the Review of Telecommunications Competition Regulation March 2003
Options for Structural Reform in Spectrum Management : Discussion Paper August 2002
Review of the Operation of the Universal Service Obligation and Customer Service Guarantee April 2004
Halsbury's Laws of Australia:
Available online in LexisNexis AU (Butterworths) through UNE's Law Databases.
A guide for using UNE's subscription to Halsbury's Laws of Australia is here.
Once you are in Halsbury's Laws of Australia use the following pathway:
Browse tab: 275 Media and Communications > II Telecommunications > 18 Interception of Telecommunications
How Stuff Works:
How cell phones work
How telephones work
How VoIP works
Journal articles and Cases:
- Banks v. Transport Regulation Board (Vic.) [1968] HCA 23; (1968) 119 CLR 222 (AustLII)
- Christina Spyrelli, 'Regulating the Regulators? An assessment of institutional structures and procedural rules of national regulatory authorities', (2004) 8 International Journal of Communications Law and Policy 1
This is available for free from the IJCLP website. - R. Magnusson, 'Privacy, Surveillance and Interception in Australia's Changing Telecommunications Environment', (1999) 27(1) Federal Law Review 33
This is available in the National Library of Australia's Pandora Archive. - Yochai Benkler, 'Some Economics of Wireless Communications', (2002) 16(1) Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 25
This is also available from the author's website.
Reports:
- Anthony S Blunn, 'Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications' 2005
- Australian Senate, Legal and Constiutional Legislation Committee Provisions of the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006
- Productivity Commission, Radiocommunications Report No 22, December 2002
- Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation Report No 16, 2001
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman:
About Us
Constitution June 2003
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Limited (November 2000)
Telstra:
Operational Separation
Trade Practices (LLM 601)
Legislation for LLM 601:
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Miscellaneous:
Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) past examination papers with comments