Grossi, Renata The 2017 High Court case of ‘Thorne v Kennedy’ highlighted and sparked discussion around the injustice of financial agreements and when they may constitute unconscionability and undue influence. However, the case also raises another important discussion about the relationship between love and money. This article picks up this conversation. How does society navigate…
Month: February 2020
Volume 44 Issue 4 – Making the law work for women: Standard-setting through a new Gender Legislative Index
Vijeyarasa, Ramona This article is premised on the fact that every area of law needs a gender perspective. It discusses the prospects for a Gender Legislative Index, a tool to enable us to evaluate and score legislation, by placing laws on a scale from genderregressive to gender-responsive, when set against global benchmarks from international law…
Volume 44 Issue 4 – Citation as a measure of ‘impact’: Female legal academics at a disadvantage?
Barnett, Katy This article discusses whether the demand that law academics show citations by a superior court is disadvantageous to women, using the citations of academic work by the High Court of Australia from 2015, 2016 and 2017. The preliminary data show that male academics were cited much more often than female academics (even for…
Volume 44 Issue 4 – Rudy Frugtniet v ASIC: Things to consider if Victoria introduces a spent convictions regime (with ‘A Message to You, Rudy’)
O’Toole, Suzanne; Keyzer, Patrick The Legal and Social Issues Committee of the Victorian parliament will soon publish a report on spent convictions and criminal record discrimination. Victoria is the only state in Australia that does not have a spent convictions scheme. The purpose of this article is to review the recent decision of the High…
Volume 44 Issue 4 – Some reflections on 45 years
Cashman, Peter Those involved in producing the Alternative Law Journal, not to mention the contributors, are to be congratulated on 45 years of providing an alternative insight into the legal system and its strengths and weaknesses. Article source: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=910449945969093;res=IELHSS
Podiatry Board of Australia v Lawson (No 1) (Review and Regulation) [2020] VCAT 125 (05 February 2020) (Senior Member E Wentworth, Member F Slee and Member J Walsh)
Catchwords: Review and Regulation – Health Practitioner Regulation National Law – podiatrist – allegations of professional misconduct – failing to maintain professional boundaries – sexual relationship with patient and asking patient to do work for him – charging the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for services he did not perform – inadequate clinical notes. Article source:…
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia v Bezmylov [2019] SACAT 68 (09 December 2019) (President Hughes, Ms E Golding, Ms A Jones)
Catchwords: Administrative and disciplinary – Health practitioner – Complaint by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia– Illicit drug use – Sale and distribution of illicit drugs – Respondent admitted professional misconduct – Failure to notify Board of convictions and charges – Orders imposing sanctions Administrative and disciplinary – Health practitioner Significant departure from approved standards…
Violinists, demandingness, and the impairment argument against abortion.
Bioethics; 02/01/2020(AN 141251135); ISSN: 02699702Academic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=141251135&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460
The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion revisited.
Bioethics; 02/01/2020(AN 141251134); ISSN: 02699702Academic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=141251134&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460
Abortion is incommensurable with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Bioethics; 02/01/2020(AN 141251133); ISSN: 02699702Academic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=141251133&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460