Stobbs, Nigel There is a popular myth that pathogens such as COVID-19 do not discriminate. Of course they do. Epidemiologists, caregivers and those working with vulnerable cohorts know from experience that the effects of severe illness are never homogenous across demographics. Those among us who are poor, indigent, elderly, incarcerated, Indigenous or disabled are dis-proportionally…
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Volume 45 Issue 2 – Rape law in context: Contesting the scales of injustice [Book Review]
Holder, Robyn Review(s) of: Rape law in context: Contesting the scales of injustice, by Simon Bronitt and Patricia Easteal, The Federation Press, 2018, 224 pages, $69.95 (paperback). Article source: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=247557674762897;res=IELHSS
Zepinic v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCA 146 (15 July 2020) (Macfarlan JA; McCallum JA)
Catchwords: HEALTH – health practitioner – refusal to order reinstatement of applicant as a psychologist – Health Practitioner Regulation National Law s 163B – whether NCAT could take into account applicant’s spent convictions – Criminal Records Act ss 12, 16(1) Article source: https://jade.io/viewArticle.html?aid=756132&pid=-1&h=2112998234
CPMI report identifies steps to enhance cross-border payments
CPMI Press release "CPMI report identifies steps to enhance cross-border payments", 13 July 2020. Article source: https://www.bis.org/press/p200713.htm
FSB and Basel Committee set out supervisory recommendations for benchmark transition
Press Release – FSB and Basel Committee set out supervisory recommendations for benchmark transition, 9 July 2020. Article source: https://www.bis.org/press/p200709.htm
Basel Committee publishes final revisions to the credit valuation adjustment risk framework
Press Release – Basel Committee publishes final revisions to the credit valuation adjustment risk framework, 8 July 2020. Article source: https://www.bis.org/press/p200708.htm
The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies
The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies, by Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel, (download at SSRN) is one of the more objective reviews of the recent influence of “gadflies” on corporate governance in America. It might have been even better if the authors had discussed their work with the subjects of their study – the gadflies. (Disclosure:…
Basel Committee reports on Basel III implementation progress
Press Release – Basel Committee reports on Basel III implementation progress, 6 July 2020. Release of the "Eighteenth progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework". Article source: https://www.bis.org/press/p200706.htm
The Is What Mobocracy Looks Like.
New American (08856540); 07/06/2020(AN 144204914); ISSN: 08856540Academic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=144204914&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460
Give Minneapolis Pols Social-Worker Guards.
Wall Street Journal – Online Edition; 07/03/2020(AN 144355112); ISSN: 25749579Academic Search Complete Article source: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=144355112&site=ehost-live&custid=s2775460