Personal recollections A long time ago, in the process of applying for Articles, I was sexually harassed by a male partner at a law firm. I think I was, anyway. I hadn’t received a place in the first round of offers, and I’d come to seek feedback on my interview technique. “What would you do [...]
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Posted in Feminism, Law, Society
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Also tagged compensation, compensatory damages, damages, David Jones, deterrence, Feminism, Kirsty Fraser-Kirk, Mark McInnes, Miranda Devine, punishment, punitive damages, Sex, sexual harassment
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There are a few interesting posts around the place today, so I thought I’d just do a round up: HeathG at Minimal State wonders if GetUp! will get into trouble with copyright law as a result of its political satire video (which lends from various Hollywood blockbusters). I hope not, the video is rather funny, [...]
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Posted in Blogging, General, Intellectual property, Law, Politics, Society
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Also tagged copyright, copyright law, Immigration, lawyers, link round-up, people smugglers, psychic octopus
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Heath Gibson reminded me in a post this morning that we have a renewed opportunity to persuade the Labor party to drop its ridiculous bid to impose net censorship. As he notes, because of the change in leadership, the party can now back away from previous policies without losing so much face (as it has [...]
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Posted in Australian internet filter, Internet, Law, Personal liberty, Public Policy, Society, Technology
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Also tagged Australian internet filter, freedom of speech, internet filter, Julia Gillard, policy, psychology, Technology
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I read yesterday that Japanese law stipulates that the waistline must be below a certain diameter: In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law. So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki Yabe, 39, a manager at a major transportation corporation, [...]
February 12, 2010 – 1:10 pm
I confess that I’ve never really held much brief for celebrity politicians. Of course, I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, so I try to cast my prejudice aside. But I can’t help thinking that if you’re a performer or an actor or a musician, you might not have had much experience [...]
January 19, 2010 – 9:07 pm
[Update: now cross posted at Online Opinion - 22/1/10] One of the things that I’m thinking about in my PhD is the limits of law. What can law change? And more importantly, what can’t it change? Who enforces the law? Can we change the way in which people behave by regulating them more? Via CoreEconomics, [...]
December 2, 2009 – 9:02 pm
There is a lively debate going on among members of the skeptical listserv I frequent about Senator Fielding’s call for a Royal Commission, with one poster commenting: I always thought that Senator Fielding was a dill, but his latest call for a Royal Commission into climate science really takes the cake. The notion that lawyers [...]
October 19, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Via the Restitution Discussion Group (yes, there really is such a thing), I hear that the Australian High Court has indulged in yet another snark at unjust enrichment. Is it just me, or are these self-righteous little rants getting boring? The case is Bofinger v Kingsway Group Limited [2009] HCA 44. The issue raised is [...]
October 5, 2009 – 9:41 pm
Keysar Trad has written an article in The Age today calling for Australians to reconsider their attitudes to polygyny (where a man has multiple wives). He says: Who someone marries first is an accident of history. If a man who has an affair had met his mistress before his wife, he may have married her. [...]
In light of the recent publication of photos purportedly showing a semi-naked Pauline Hanson, we thought it was time to learn a thing or two about the law of defamation. The law of defamation not only has ramifications for newspapers, but also for blogs. Main Entry: de·fa·ma·tion Pronunciation: “de-f&-’mA-sh&n Function: noun 1 : communication to [...]
