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Reproducing Empire In Same Sex Relationship Recognition And Immigration Law Reform, Nan Seuffert Dec 2012

Reproducing Empire In Same Sex Relationship Recognition And Immigration Law Reform, Nan Seuffert

Professor Nan Seuffert

No abstract provided.


Shares And Caring: Stories Of Law, Identity, Culture And Enterprise, Nan Seuffert Dec 2012

Shares And Caring: Stories Of Law, Identity, Culture And Enterprise, Nan Seuffert

Professor Nan Seuffert

No abstract provided.


Nation As Partnership: Law, "Race," And Gender In Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty Settlements, Nan Seuffert Dec 2012

Nation As Partnership: Law, "Race," And Gender In Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty Settlements, Nan Seuffert

Professor Nan Seuffert

This article uses postcolonial theory to analyze the dynamic convergence of two significant international trends in Aotearoa New Zealand: the movement for reparations for historical colonial injustices, and the economic reform process known as ‘‘structural adjustment,’’ or Reaganomics in the United States, which was intended to produce a competitive nation of individual entrepreneurs. It argues that analysis of the interrelationships of law, ‘‘race,’’ gender, and nation in this convergence illuminates the reproduction and reshaping of colonial tropes, or historical racial configurations produced through colonization, in these current trends. In Aotearoa New Zealand, claims by indigenous Maori activists for self-determination and …


Revolution, National Identity And Law Reform: From Derivatives To Demonstrations, Nan Seuffert Dec 2012

Revolution, National Identity And Law Reform: From Derivatives To Demonstrations, Nan Seuffert

Professor Nan Seuffert

No abstract provided.


Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In Nsw, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Alex Steel Nov 2012

Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In Nsw, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Alex Steel

Luke McNamara

This third edition of Criminal Laws continues and extends the features that made the second edition the leading tertiary criminal law teaching and resource book in NSW and the ACT, highly influential in other states, and a must for practitioners working in criminal law.It combines: key primary materials for students, in the form of the leading cases and statutes; extracts from secondary literature, which provide context and commentary from a range of perspectives and disciplines; and extensive critical commentary by the authors.Criminal law is approached as a mode of regulation with specific limits, and a sceptical attitude is maintained to …


Brown, Farrier, Neal And Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process Of New South Wales, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Brown, Farrier, Neal And Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process Of New South Wales, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal to a range of readerships. As one review put it, it is simultaneously a "textbook, casebook, handbook and reference work". As such it is ideal for criminal law and criminal justice courses as a teaching text, combining as it does primary sources with extensive critical commentary and a contextual perspective.It is likewise indispensable to practitioners for its detailed coverage of substantive law and its extensive references and inter-disciplinary approach make it a first point of call for researchers from all disciplines.This fourth edition strengthens these …


Outline Of Criminal Law, Ranjit Murugason, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Outline Of Criminal Law, Ranjit Murugason, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

This text for tertiary students introduces criminal law in the common law jurisdictions of NSW, South Australia, Victoria and the ACT. Focuses primarily on the 'substance' of the criminal law, but also considers procedure, practice, policy and law reform. Includes references and index. Murugason is a barrister at law, Middle Temple, and McNamara is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong.


Law Text Culture, L. Mcnamara Nov 2012

Law Text Culture, L. Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.


Distress Levels And Self-Reported Treatment Rates For Medicine, Law, Psychology And Mechanical Engineering Tertiary Students: A Cross-Sectional Study, Catherine Leahy, Ray Peterson, Ian Wilson, Jonathon Newbury, Anne Tonkin, Deborah Turnbull Oct 2012

Distress Levels And Self-Reported Treatment Rates For Medicine, Law, Psychology And Mechanical Engineering Tertiary Students: A Cross-Sectional Study, Catherine Leahy, Ray Peterson, Ian Wilson, Jonathon Newbury, Anne Tonkin, Deborah Turnbull

Ian G Wilson

Objective: The aim of this research was to assess tertiary student distress levels with regards to (i) comparisons with normative population data, and (ii) the effects of discipline, year level, and student characteristics. Self-reported treatment rates and level of concern regarding perceived distress were also collected. Method: Students from all six years of an undergraduate medical course were compared with samples from Psychology, Law and Mechanical Engineering courses at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Students participated in one of three studies that were either webbased or paper-based. All studies included Kessler ’ s Measure of Psychological Distress (K10), and questions …


Mexican Immigrants And The Labor Market, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Mexican Immigrants And The Labor Market, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis of the effect of illegal Mexican immigrants on the United States labor market of 1975."


Guestworker Programs: Lessons From The Past And Warnings For The Future, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Guestworker Programs: Lessons From The Past And Warnings For The Future, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Immigration policy is a minefield of controversial issues, and among the most explosive are those programs that permit low-skilled foreign nationals to work in the same labor market as U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens. Because such endeavors have been undertaken in the past, they have a track record and have been subject to extensive research. There is no need to speculate about what might happen if any new such venture – such as that proposed by the Bush Administration on January 7, 2004 – were to be enacted. The outcome is easily predicted."


Error Discovered In Unemployment Rate, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Error Discovered In Unemployment Rate, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"A widely circulated 1997 U.S. Census Bureau publication contains a computational error that shows a much lower unemployment rate for immigrants than was actually the case."


American Unionism And U.S. Immigration Policy, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

American Unionism And U.S. Immigration Policy, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Throughout its lengthy history, few issues have caused the American labor movement more agony than immigration. It is ironic this should be the case as most adult immigrants directly enter the labor force. So eventually do most of their family members. But precisely because immigration affects the scale, geographical distribution, and skill composition of the labor force, it affects national, regional, and local labor market conditions. Hence, organized labor can never ignore immigration trends. Immigration has in the past and continues to affect the developmental course of American trade unionism. Labor's responses, in turn, have significantly influenced the actual public …


Employer Sanctions And The Question Of Discrimination: The Gao Study In Perspective, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Employer Sanctions And The Question Of Discrimination: The Gao Study In Perspective, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"The enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) produced the most extensive legislation in the area of employment law in the United States in two decades (i.e., since the adoption of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970). Its provisions affect every employer and every job seeker since the law went into effect on November 6, 1986. Among its multiple provisions were strictures designed to prohibit employers from hiring illegal immigrants. This action had the effect of repealing the 'Texas Proviso' of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that specifically exempted the employment relationship …


The Problem Of Illegal Immigration, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

The Problem Of Illegal Immigration, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis of the history and contemporary condition of illegal immigration into the United States."


At A Crossroad: Immigration Reform And American Unionism, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

At A Crossroad: Immigration Reform And American Unionism, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Since the founding days of the Republic, the relationship between American unionism and mass immigration has been contentious. No issue has caused the labor movement more agony and irony. It is no surprise, therefore, that throughout its history the American labor movement has sought to influence U.S. immigration policy."


Report Of The Select Commission On Immigration And Refugee Policy: A Critique, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Report Of The Select Commission On Immigration And Refugee Policy: A Critique, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis and critique of the report issued by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy on March 1, 1981."


Immigration Reform And The Urban Labor Force, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Immigration Reform And The Urban Labor Force, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

No abstract provided.


Mexican Immigrants And The Labor Market, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Mexican Immigrants And The Labor Market, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis of the effect of illegal Mexican immigrants on the United States labor market of 1975."


Guestworker Programs: Lessons From The Past And Warnings For The Future, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Guestworker Programs: Lessons From The Past And Warnings For The Future, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Immigration policy is a minefield of controversial issues, and among the most explosive are those programs that permit low-skilled foreign nationals to work in the same labor market as U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens. Because such endeavors have been undertaken in the past, they have a track record and have been subject to extensive research. There is no need to speculate about what might happen if any new such venture – such as that proposed by the Bush Administration on January 7, 2004 – were to be enacted. The outcome is easily predicted."


Error Discovered In Unemployment Rate, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Error Discovered In Unemployment Rate, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"A widely circulated 1997 U.S. Census Bureau publication contains a computational error that shows a much lower unemployment rate for immigrants than was actually the case."


American Unionism And U.S. Immigration Policy, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

American Unionism And U.S. Immigration Policy, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Throughout its lengthy history, few issues have caused the American labor movement more agony than immigration. It is ironic this should be the case as most adult immigrants directly enter the labor force. So eventually do most of their family members. But precisely because immigration affects the scale, geographical distribution, and skill composition of the labor force, it affects national, regional, and local labor market conditions. Hence, organized labor can never ignore immigration trends. Immigration has in the past and continues to affect the developmental course of American trade unionism. Labor's responses, in turn, have significantly influenced the actual public …


Employer Sanctions And The Question Of Discrimination: The Gao Study In Perspective, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Employer Sanctions And The Question Of Discrimination: The Gao Study In Perspective, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"The enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) produced the most extensive legislation in the area of employment law in the United States in two decades (i.e., since the adoption of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970). Its provisions affect every employer and every job seeker since the law went into effect on November 6, 1986. Among its multiple provisions were strictures designed to prohibit employers from hiring illegal immigrants. This action had the effect of repealing the 'Texas Proviso' of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that specifically exempted the employment relationship …


The Problem Of Illegal Immigration, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

The Problem Of Illegal Immigration, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis of the history and contemporary condition of illegal immigration into the United States."


At A Crossroad: Immigration Reform And American Unionism, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

At A Crossroad: Immigration Reform And American Unionism, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"Since the founding days of the Republic, the relationship between American unionism and mass immigration has been contentious. No issue has caused the labor movement more agony and irony. It is no surprise, therefore, that throughout its history the American labor movement has sought to influence U.S. immigration policy."


Report Of The Select Commission On Immigration And Refugee Policy: A Critique, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Report Of The Select Commission On Immigration And Refugee Policy: A Critique, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

"An analysis and critique of the report issued by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy on March 1, 1981."


Immigration Reform And The Urban Labor Force, Vernon Briggs Mar 2012

Immigration Reform And The Urban Labor Force, Vernon Briggs

Vernon M Briggs Jr

No abstract provided.


Best Practices For Drafting University Technology Assignment Agreements After Filmtec, Stanford V. Roche, And Patent Reform, Parker Miles Tresemer Jan 2012

Best Practices For Drafting University Technology Assignment Agreements After Filmtec, Stanford V. Roche, And Patent Reform, Parker Miles Tresemer

Parker Tresemer

Since the end of World War II, federally funded universities and private companies have been an integral part of continued American innovation and technological production. However, like most rational economic actors, universities and private companies are only willing to invest in federally funded technologies if they are guaranteed some sort of exclusive return on their investment. By granting federal contractors exclusive patent rights to their employee’s federally funded inventions, the Bayh-Dole Act provided the necessary incentives for private sector investment in federally funded technologies. However, case law subsequent to Bayh-Dole’s enactment has significantly undermined the system of incentives Congress intended …


"Law's Outsiders": An Interview With Alex Sharpe, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg Dec 2011

"Law's Outsiders": An Interview With Alex Sharpe, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg

Linnéa Wegerstad

In May 2012 Alex Sharpe, Professor of Law at Keele University, UK, visited Lund University where she participated in a series of seminars and workshops organised around a central motif in her work: the legal outsider. As part of her visit she presented a version of a paper recently published in the Modern Law Review titled “Transgender Marriage and the Legal Obligation to Disclose Gender History.” The paper focused on and challenged the legal and wider cultural framing of non-disclosure of gender history as harmful and as unethical. The paper is her latest intervention and forms part of a substantial …