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NSW Legislation Updates

Thu Sep 29 2016

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NSW new or updated Bills

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The Judicial Review

Thu Sep 29 2016

Volume 13 number 1 of The Judicial Review has been published. This edition features the following 6 articles:

  • The Racial Discrimination Act: A 40-year perspective - The Honorable Chief Justice Robert French AC
  • The Fine art of giving and taking offence - The Honorable Chief Justice Robert French AC
  • Good faith in contractual performance - The Honorable Justice Susan Kiefel AC
  • Values in public law - The Honorable Chief Justice James Allsop AO
  • Illegally or improperly obtained evidence: in defence of Australia's discretionary approach - The Honorable Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC and Ms Sarah Schwartz
  • Judicial oversight of prosecutorial discretion: a line in the sand? - The Honorable Justice Mark Weinberg

Museum of Modern Art Releases Free Online Archive of Every Exhibit Since 1929

Thu Sep 29 2016

Since the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) started its collection in 1929, thousands of art projects have made their way through its doors. Now, over 3500 of those exhibitions from its past and present can be enjoyed online. The free digital exhibition archive spans from the museum’s very first exhibition — a showcase of post impressionist artwork — to recent installations, such as Picasso Sculptures and Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934–1954. The collection even includes the MoMA’s cinema series, which highlights important film movements and directors.

Installation Photographs, Archival Documents, and Catalogues of Exhibitions Now Available to Students, Researchers, Artists, Curators, and the Public - go check it out!

Latest Law Reports

Thu Sep 29 2016
  • Medical Law Reports
  • Lloyd's Law Reports
  • Lloyd's Law Reports: Insurance & Reinsurance
  • District Court Law Reports (NSW)

Latest Journal Titles

Thu Sep 29 2016
  • Judicial Officers' Bulletin
  • Revenue Law Review
  • The Judicial Reivew
  • The Monthly
  • Hong Kong Lawyer
  • Quadrant
  • The Economist

Federal Law Review

Thu Sep 22 2016

Volume 44 Issue 2 of the Federal Law Review has now been published. The current issue features;

  • Matthew Groves, ‘The Evolution and Reform of Standing in Australian Administrative Law’
  • Michelle Welsh and Helen Anderson, ‘The Public Enforcement of Sanctions against Illegal Phoenix Activity: Scope, Rationale and Reform’
  • Dale Smith, ‘Is the High Court Mistaken about the Aim of Statutory Interpretation?’
  • Elizabeth Hicks, ‘Context and the Limits of Legal Reasoning: The “Victim Focus” of Section 18C in Comparative Perspective’
  • Lisa Burton Crawford, ‘Can Parliament Confer Plenary Executive Power? The Limitations Imposed by Sections 51 and 52 of the Australian Constitution’
  • Dominique Allen, ‘Barking and Biting: The Equal Opportunity Commission as an Enforcement Agency’

Latest Journal Titles

Thu Sep 22 2016
  • Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law
  • Counsel
  • Balance
  • Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association [ARITA] Journal

Latest Law Reports

Thu Sep 22 2016
  • Commonwealth Law reports
  • Federal Law Reports
  • Queensland Law Reports
  • State Reports (Western Australia)
  • Family Law Reports
  • Fleet Street Reports

NSW Legislation Updates

Thu Sep 22 2016

NSW new or updated in force legislation:

  • Armidale Dumaresq Local Environmental Plan 2012
  • Burwood Local Environmental Plan 2012
  • Cabonne Local Environmental Plan 2012
  • Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014
  • Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012
  • Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 2014

NSW Notifications Week Beginning 19 September 2016

NSW new or updated Bills

  • Adoption Amendment (Institute of Open Adoption Studies) Bill 2016
  • Building Professionals Amendment (Information) Bill 2016
  • Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Bill 2016
  • Crimes and Anti-Discrimination Legislation Amendment (Vilification) Bill 2016
  • Criminal Procedure Amendment (Summary Proceedings for Indictable Offences) Bill 2016
  • Education and Teaching Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
  • Fines Amendment (Electronic Penalty Notices) Bill 2016
  • Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
  • Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Bill 2016
  • Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Bill 2016
  • Rural Fires Amendment (Fire Trails) Bill 2016
  • Scrap Metal Industry Bill 2016
  • Security Industry Amendment (Private Investigators) Bill 2016
  • Social and Affordable Housing NSW Fund Bill 2016

New As Made legislation:

  • Armidale Dumaresq Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 8) (2016-582) LW 16 September 2016
  • Burwood Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 9) (2016-583) LW 16 September 2016
  • Cabonne Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 4) (2016-584) LW 16 September 2016
  • Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 18) (2016-585) LW 16 September 2016
  • Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 21) (2016-586) LW 16 September 2016
  • Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 3) (2016-587) LW 16 September 2016

The 14th librarian of Congress is both the first woman and the first African American to hold the post

Thu Sep 22 2016

Carla Hayden has been sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress in the US this week. Hayden highlighted the significance of her promotion by stating that the profession was “feminized” when Melvil Dewey, who created the Dewey decimal system, said “it was time to let women in because there was a lot of monotonous work to do. And he also said women in public libraries could be hostesses because they were part of the home”. “Oh he was quite the fellow,” Hayden said, laughing. “So for a woman to be actual manager, CEO, is poetic justice.”

“Even though librarianship is one of the four what they call feminized professions – social work, education nursing, and librarianship – where 85% of the workforce is female, there haven’t been an equal amount of women in the leadership positions,” Hayden said in an interview. Hayden is also only the third Librarian of Congress to actually have training as a librarian.

Hayden was the head of Baltimore’s library system since 1993 until she resigned earlier this year, after her nomination. When unrest erupted in the city after the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died in police custody, Hayden kept the libraries open, even though almost everything else was closed. “My thinking was that at a time of crisis the library should try to be open,” she said. “And it was heartening that the staff members were willing.”

Read more of the story here via the guardian

Global arbitration review [GAR]

Thu Sep 22 2016

Global arbitration review [GAR] is a bi-monthly publication, GAR's latest issues are available for members to access in the library via our online resources.

Global arbitration review Who's who legal directory 2016 is available in hard copy in the library

Select reports published by GAR are also available for loan including Guide to Regional Arbitration and the European, Middle Eastern & African Arbitration Review 2016

ARITA Journal

Thu Sep 22 2016

The Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association Journal Volume 28 number 3 has just been published. This issue looks at several developments in the profession including the Insolvency law reform commencement date and insolvency practice rules development.

Inside this issue:

  • The cover story features six outstanding women in restructuring, insolvency and turnaround.
  • Pre-insolvency advisors behaving badly
  • Restructuring in China
  • Practicalities of winding up and releasing trust assets
  • Conflict Analysis for insolvency practitioners
  • Government updates
  • Insolvency case reports
  • The latest from ARITA's insolvency specialists
  • and more!

Available to read in the library, to be photocopied or scanned.

Arbitration international (e-resource)

Wed Sep 21 2016

Arbitration International provides quarterly coverage for national and international developments in the world of arbitration.

Features include:

  • Articles covering all major arbitration rules and national jurisdictions written by respected international practitioners and scholars,
  • Cutting edge (case) notes covering recent developments and ongoing debates in the field,(iii) book reviews of the latest publications in the world of arbitration,
  • Letters to the Editor and
  • Agora grouping articles related to a common theme. Arbitration International maintains a balance between controversial subjects for debate and topics geared toward practical use by arbitrators, lawyers, academics, judges, corporate advisors and government officials.

As a member of the NSW Bar Association you have access to this online journal through the library. You can also set up RSS feeds to alert you of new content!

Sign into the NSW Bar Association website members area and click this link to be directed to the latest issue, or simply search the library catalogue and click on the link to the online journal

Latest Articles:

Commercial arbitration law and practice by Marcus Jacobs QC (e-resource)

Wed Sep 21 2016

Commercial and contractual disputes are increasingly resolved outside a courtroom, most often with appropriate dispute resolution expertise. Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice is the complete guide for practitioners and the inhouse legal teams who regularly brief them in this arena. It offers:

  • Rapid access to relevant annotation commentary for both the Commercial Arbitration and Security of Payment legislation
  • Current legislation for all Australian jurisdictions, with the benefit of section-specific cross-references to relevant regulations so that these are not missed
  • Comparative tables offering detailed and linked section by section cross-references around Australia
  • Guiding commentary on the principles applicable to commercial dispute resolution
  • Case law insights for all Australian jurisdictions and relevant international decisions
  • Drafting and interpretation guidance, addressing techniques, clauses and standard agreements
  • Ongoing updating to reduce the risk of out-of-date guidance.

Once a looseleaf service, this electronic resource can now be accessed online in the library by members of the NSW Bar association, via westlaw.

Did you know...?

Thu Sep 15 2016

We have a collection of unreported judgments that you can access via our online catalogue?

To download a pdf version of a judgment from our collection, log into the library members area, and click to search the catalogue, then from the search screen choose the judgments option (left of the search box) and enter your search fields.

Instant access to unreported judgments from anywhere there is an internet connection, as long as you remember to log in!

NSW new or updated in force legislation

Thu Sep 15 2016

Law Reports

Thu Sep 15 2016
  • Queensland Reports
  • Lloyds Law Reports
  • The Weekly Reports

A New way to read Old Books!

Thu Sep 15 2016

We know how it feels to open an old book and it starts to literally fall apart. But now there's some good news for those those old books...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have adapted terahertz radiation technology such that it is possible to read a book through its cover. Yep, without having to touch those delicate pages!

Full story via salon.com

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