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The Importance Of Scenarios In Evaluating The Socio-Ethical Implications Of Location-Based Services, L. Perusco, Katina Michael

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

Location-based services (LBS) are those applications that utilize the position of an end-user, animal or thing based on a given device (handheld, wearable, interwoven into fabric or implanted), executed for a particular purpose. LBS applications range from those that are mission-critical to those that are used for convenience, from those that are mandatory to those that are voluntary, from those that are targeted at the mass market to those that cater for the needs of a niche market. Location services can be implemented using a variety of access mediums including global positioning systems and radio-frequency identification, rendering approximate or precise …

The Role Of Customary Law In Sustainable Development, Christoph Antons

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Book review of

The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development BY PETER ØREBECH, FRED BOSSELMAN, JES BJARUP, DAVID CALLIES, MARTIN CHANOCK AND HANNE PETERSEN xix + 502 pp., 23.5 × 15.5 × 3 cm, ISBN 0 521 85925 5 hardback, GB£ 60.00, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Cross-Disciplinary Assessment: Bringing Law Students And Expert Witnesses Together, Judith M. Marychurch

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

This paper will discuss the author’s experience in instituting an innovative cross-disciplinary assessment task between undergraduate LLB Evidence students and postgraduate Master of Forensic Accounting (MFA) students, in which students participate in a mock witness examination. LLB students act as legal counsel, conducting examination and cross-examination of postgraduate students acting as expert forensic accounting witnesses.

Intellectual Property Law In Southeast Asia: Recent Legislative And Institutional Developments, Christoph Antons

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

Over the last few decades, countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) all had to revise their intellectual property systems. These revisions resulted at first from bilateral pressure of major trading partners such as the US and EU, then from the WTO-TRIPS Agreement and more recently from bilateral Free Trade Agreements. To observe the IP developments in ASEAN over this period is interesting, because this group of countries covers developed (Singapore), developing as well as least developed countries. All countries had to reform their outdated laws from the colonial era in very short time. However, in comparison …

Harmonising Australian Environmental Law: An Australian Oceans Act For Australia’S Oceans, G. L. Rose, C. Smythe

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

A synopsis of a dicussion paper canvassing a new national approach to marine management: an Australian Oceans Act and an Australian Oceans Authority. The Australian Conservation Foundation and National Environmental Law Association launched the discussion paper in March 2006 about the future of Australia’s laws for its oceans.

Legal Frameworks For Integrated Marine Environmental Management, G. L. Rose

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

The Australian federal government is rethinking its policy-based approach to integrated marine environmental management. Does effective coordination of oceans management activities require an overarching legislative framework? Should legislation operate to enforce cross-jurisdictional coordination? Can it also assure cross-sectoral integration? This paper explores possible answers to these questions, considering options for a legal framework for integrated marine environmental management in a federal context.

Report On The Comparative Analysis Of Compliance Mechanisms, G. L. Rose

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

Compliance mechanisms under 19 selected multilateral environment agreements are analysed and compared. Existing and potential interlinkages and synergies between their compliance mechanisms are identified trhough the analysis and a survey of international and national practice. The objective is to define strategic opportunities at the international level to use the compliance mechanisms to strengthen national implementation. The erport concludes with a draft action plan.