New journal updates, including "Is COVID the end of all contracts?"
Content updates
Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 11
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles:
- Navigating a New Terrain: Developing Autonomous Vehicle Liability Pathways in Australia in Light of International Experience – Lilla Thiele-Evans, Blake Pepper, John Zeleznikow, Neil Foster and Tania Sourdin
- The Impact of a New and Widespread Contagious Disease on Pre-existing Contractual Obligations – Tom Allchurch
- Is the Coronavirus the End of All Contracts? – Natalie Ngo
This Part also includes the following sections:
- Current Issues: "Some Recent Developments"; "Can Australia Still Call Itself a Liberal Democracy?"; "Can Employers Mandate Vaccinations?"; "The COVID-era and Australian Federation: State Power Rises, Old Faultlines Revealed"; "National Security Legislation and Parliamentary Oversight"; and "The Curated Page"
- Around the Nation: Western Australia: "Resolution of a Cold Case?"
- Environmental Law: "Quartet of Recent Landmark Climate Change Cases"
- Statutory Interpretation: "'Always Speaking' Statutes"
- Book Reviews: "The Chronicle of a Young Lawyer: A Legal Journey in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea", by Kerry Dillon; and "Frontiers of Public Law", edited by Jason NE Varuhas and Shona Wilson Stark
- Obituary: Judge James Crawford (1948–2021)
Public Law Review update: Vol 32 Pt 3
The latest Part of the Public Law Review contains the following articles:
- Structured Proportionality, Unreasonableness and Managing the Line between Executive and Judicial Functions – Andrew Edgar
- The Relationship between Federalism and Rights during COVID-19 – Scott Stephenson
- The Interpretation and Application of Section 55 of the Constitution – Anne Twomey
This Part also includes the following sections:
- Comments: "The Value of Reported Arguments in the Study and Application of Case Law" – The Hon William Gummow AC and Harry Sanderson; "Drawing an Implied Limitation to the Race Power" – Harry Hobbs; and "D v New Zealand Police: A Comment on Rights-consistent Statutory Interpretation in New Zealand" – Edward Willis
- Speech: "'The First Task Is to Find the Right Answer': Public Service and the Decline of Capability" – Glyn Davis AC
- Book Review: "Burrows and Carter Statute Law in New Zealand", by Ross Carter – Reviewed by KH Newman
- Developments