There has been a renewed focus on gambling and its social consequences. One potential consequence facing gamblers is bankruptcy. This article considers how gambling and gambling debts are treated in bankruptcy. It includes an examination of the extent to which gambling is a cause of bankruptcy;...

In 2006 the Australian Government undertook extensive amendment of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Draft bills relating to technological protection measures and exceptions were released for public comment in September. Some of the provisions of those draft bills were amended on the basis of the...

It is over 30 years since the seminal decision of the House of Lords in Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v. Nattrass articulated the identification doctrine as the basis for corporate criminal liability in many common law countries. During that time, Tesco has been consistently criticised as ill-suited to...

The Constitution of Tonga, 132 years old in 2007 -- indeed one of the world's oldest extant constitutions -- has recently, for the first time in history, been subjected to significant scrutiny by the people who live under it. The review process has also canvassed the views of the thousands of...

This article considers the role of the concept of freedom of communication within the law of copyright in Australia. It concludes that the judicially articulated implied Constitutional guarantee of freedom of political communication is too narrow to act as a control upon the contours or nature...

Rapid technological advances and commercialisation of the emerging field of nanotechnology will challenge traditional international and domestic regulatory regimes, including intellectual property rights. This article examines the role of the World Trade Organisation's Trade-Related Intellectual...