Public and Administrative Law (Books and Journals)

• University of Western Australia Law Review

This article focuses on access to environmental justice. In particular, the article focuses on the right to remedy and redress articulated in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration 1992 and the effective transposition of the principle in domestic law by interrogating three recent decisions from the senior courts in England and Wales, Ireland, and New Zealand concerning the reasons given for...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

An international wave of novel or "next generation" climate litigation is emerging, which embraces innovative legal arguments to respond to climate change through the courts. This article analyses future prospects for novel climate change litigation in Western Australia, focusing on claims in tort law and corporate law. It highlights key issues and opportunities associated with these...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

Germany's economy is the fourth-largest economy behind the US, China, and Japan, with a strong industrial base and many energy-intensive industries. Germany has been and continues to be a significant emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG). Germany has also taken on a leadership role in supporting emission reductions internationally, e.g., within the UNFCCC framework and the European Union (EU), which...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

The Land and Environment Court Clinic is a collaborative clinical placement initiative for Macquarie University law students to develop their practical legal skills and understanding of their legal and ethical obligations towards the court, their clients, their peers and the community. This article discusses the program and considers its benefits not only for students, but in the broader sense of

• University of Western Australia Law Review

This article argues that law, as a discipline, and regulation can contribute to the resolution of 'wicked' problems, such as agricultural diffuse source pollution, but that it necessitates an integration of other disciplines. While interdisciplinarity is not foreign to law, it, largely, fails to engage with theoretical frameworks and methodology to facilitate and ensure the integrity of such...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

This article concerns a conflict over a statue, built in the Margaret River wine region, in contravention of the Planning and Development Act 2005 (WA). The statue was granted retrospective approval by the state tribunal. However, throughout and following the controversy, the legal geographies of the statue and the landscape became contested. It was framed by disagreement about the...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

Legal geographies of space, time and the material world have occupied significant attention from scholars engaged in legal geography endeavours. Australia and the Asia-Pacific region's legal geography scholarship has shown a predisposition towards engagement with environmental issues and the concomitant materialities. Increasingly, there is recognition that these materialities are not always...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

Where specific climate change policy and legal frameworks are lacking, environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes are being relied upon to understand and address climate impacts of major projects. This paper examines the adequacy and outcomes of State and Commonwealth EIA processes as applied to the rapidly expanding liquified natural gas (LNG) industry and the "Burrup Hub"...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

The 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires revealed animals' profound vulnerability to natural hazards. Since then, multiple Australian states have introduced planning instruments to improve outcomes for animals in disasters. While a welcome trend, these instruments primarily focus on the acute phases of emergency preparedness and response. However, the disaster management cycle is broader than this,...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• Melbourne University Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

There are considerable policy and legal uncertainties around what constitutes a firearm in Australia. These uncertainties are exacerbated by new technologies such as 3D printing. This article traces the origins and developments of the dilemma faced when trying to identify what constitutes a firearm under various statutory definitions. At its core is the question of whether a firearm is the sum of

• University of Western Australia Law Review

With increasing pressure on legal academics to demonstrate the high quality of their research by publishing in leading Australian and global law journals this article builds on Russell Smyth's pioneering 2000 to 2010 study by exploring anew the question: which Australian-based researchers publish in the top Australian law journals? The article also seeks to answer a second question: which...

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review

A successful claim for unlawful dismissal and an award of significant damages and pecuniary penalties in favour of Professor Ridd against James Cook University (JCU') in the Federal Court has attracted attention in the media and in academic circles. Professor Ridd has been considered by some to be a champion of the rights of academic freedom and free speech at universities. Perhaps less...

• Melbourne University Law Review

• Melbourne University Law Review

• Melbourne University Law Review

• University of Western Australia Law Review