Professor David Dixon, Dean,
Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO, Vice Chancellor,
with Editors Robert Withycombe-Taperell and
Rushmila Alam

The first issue of the UNSW Law Journal for 2009 was launched on Thursday 25 June 2009 by Professor Frederick G Hilmer, AO, Vice Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales.

General Issue 32(1) features articles on a broad range of topics and continues the Law Journal`s tradition in publishing research on contemporary legal issues.

Erin Mackay: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, Copyright and Art – Shortcomings in Protection and an Alternative Approach
Andreas Schloenhardt, Genevieve Beirne and Toby Corsbie: Human Trafficking and Sexual Servitude in Australia
Peter M McDermott: Australian Citizenship and the Independence of Papua New Guinea
Brendan Gogarty and Benedict Bartl: Tying Kable Down: The Uncertainty About the Independence and Impartiality of State Courts Following Kable v DPP (NSW) and Why it Matters
Pauline Collins: What is Good for the Goose Should be Good for the Gander: The Operation of the Rome Statute in the Australian Context
Gill North: A Theoretical Basis for Selective Disclosure Regulation

Conference papers:
Pamela Tate SC: The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2008 Term
Andrew Lynch and George Williams: The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2008 Statistics

Speech:
Hal Wootten AC QC: Living in the Law

Book reviews:
The Hon Justice John Basten: Rediscovering Rhetoric: Law, Language and the Practice of Persuasion, Justin T Gleeson SC and Ruth C A Higgins (eds)
Nicola Franklin: Administrative Law in a Changing State: Essays in Honour of Mark Aronson, Linda Pearson, Carol Harlow and Michael Taggart (eds)

Also launched alongside the General Edition was UNSW Law Journal Forum 15(1) on Reforms in Competition.

`Competition law and policy is a dynamic area of law, evidenced by the continuing amendments to the legislation and intense debates surrounding the appropriate structure of the law,` said editor Rushmila Alam.  `As such, this Forum focuses on particular aspects of competition law where there has been reform, or proposed reform, to evaluate the form of these amendments and to evaluate the form of these amendments and their operation in practice.`

Contributions in this issue provide incisive and comprehensive coverage of key issues in the legislative reforms, and present insights from academics and legal practitioners in the field.The topics covered include the criminalisation of cartel conduct, the updated ACCC Merger Guidelines 2008, and grocery and fuel price surveillance:

Alex Steel, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW; `What`s to Know? The Proposed Cartel Offence`
Ian Tonking SC, 7th Floor Selborne Chambers, Sydney; `From Coal Vend to Basic Slag: Winning the Hearts and Minds?`
Brent Fisse, Brent Fisse Lawyers, Sydney; `Unjustified Per Se Criminal and Civil Liability Under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) for Supply Agreements Between Competitors`
Deborah Healey, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW; `Third Line Forcing: Has the Problem Gone Away?`
Stephen P King, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; `The 2008 ACCC Merger Guidelines: How and Why Have They Changed?`
Dave Poddar, Partner, National Competition Group, Mallesons Stephen Jaques; `Recent Changes to the Australian Merger Control Regime – How the Changes Have Operated in Practice`
David Cousins AM, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Regulatory Studies, Monash University and Allan Fels AO, Dean, Australian and New Zealand School of Government: `The Re-Emergence of Prices Surveillance`
Ian Eagles, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology and Louise Longdin, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology: `Subjecting Competition Law Exemptions to a Rule of Reason: New Zealand Courts Push at the Boundaries of Statutory Interpretation`

The UNSW Law Journal is a refereed publication and one of the most widely cited legal reviews in Australia. It is the only entirely student-run publication of its kind. The Journal`s premier sponsors are Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Allens Arthur Robinson and Freehills.

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