ASPIRATIONS & INSPIRATIONS

Law Research Newsletter

April 2017

Conferences/Seminars

Associate Professor Bobette Wolski recently attended the American Bar Associa-

tion Section on Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in San Francisco where she

took part in a panel session called: 'Justice in Mediation: Views from China and the

West'.

Bobette presented with Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi (La Trobe University, Australia); Profes-

sor Ellen Waldman (Thomas Jefferson School of Law, USA), AKC Koo (currently at

Oxford; formerly University of HK) and Charlie Irvine (University of Strathclyde, Scot-

land).

Professor Rachael Field recently attended the Second International Conference on

Non-Adversarial Justice hosted by the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration,

entitled 'Integrating Theory and Practice' in Sydney. The conference promoted discus-

sion and consolidated knowledge about non-adversarial justice practices operating in

justice systems today, promoted dialogue between courts and tribunals and the social

sciences in relation to non-adversarial justice practices, and considered the theoretical

and practical challenges facing courts in utilising non-adversarial justice practices and

programs including ensuring theory is reflected in the practice of non-adversarial jus-

tice and vice versa.

Rachael gave two papers - one with retired Judge Hyman of the Californian Superior

Court on the topic: 'Non-adversarial approaches to domestic violence: Interrogating

how theory and practice can be integrated' and one with Dr Becky Batagol of Monash

Law School on the topic: 'Safe and supported: Developing a model for mediating fami-

ly violence cases beyond family law'. There was a lot of conference delegate interest

in both papers and both have led to further discussions with stakeholders in the do-

mestic violence and justice systems. It’s hoped these discussions will lead to further

research opportunities and justice system reform.

Impact and engagement

Assistant Professor Kate Galloway presented ‘The Power of Networks: Engage-

ment and Digital Capabilities in Learning Law’ at a UNSW staff development seminar.

She also delivered a presentation to the Queensland Law Society Symposium entitled

‘The networked lawyer: Conscious, conscientious, connected’. Kate will soon deliver

an Academic Development session for law academic staff entitled ‘Virtual Networks’.

A/Prof Bobette Wolski (far right) with co-presenters (from L-R): Charlie Irvine,

Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi, AKC Koo and Professor Ellen Waldman.

Academic Publications Congratulations on the following recent publications:

• Iain Field, ’A good-faith challenge to the taxonomy of tort law defences’ (2017) 40

(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 1.

• Mark Israel, Natalie Skead, Mary Heath, Anne Hewitt, Kate Galloway and Alex

Steel,‘Fostering "quiet inclusion" : Interaction and diversity in the Australian law classroom’ (2017) 66(2) Journal of Legal Education 332.

• Nickolas James, ‘More than merely work-ready : Vocationalism versus profes-

sionalism in legal education’ (2017) 40(1) University of New South Wales Law

Journal 186.

• Michael Lupton, ‘Ethical consequences of full human genome testing’ (2017) 14

(2) US-China Law Review 84.

• Michael Lupton, ‘The Unrelenting Pressure of the Pure Sciences on the Field of

Medicine’ (2017) 3(5) Internal Medicine Review 1.

• William van Caenegem and Madeline Taylor, ‘Real deal or no deal? A compar-

ative analysis of raw milk cheese regulation in Australia and France’ (2017) 1(1)

International Journal of Rural Law and Policy 1.

Academic Spotlight This month we bring the spotlight to Emeritus Professor John Farrar.

Research areas of interest/recent publications

My current research interests are corporate governance, the GFC and the Brexit cri-sis. I have just published a new book on corporate governance with Pamela Hanrahan and am giving a lecture in New Zealand next week on William Larnach-Victorian Mas-termind, Fraudster or Tragic Victim? I am giving a paper on The Future of Australian Legal Education-a Comparative Per-spective at the Australian Academy of Law Conference in August and have contribut-ed to a festschrift in honour of Melvin Eisenberg in the USA.

What is your dream project/area of research to work on?

I do not have a dream project but follow all manner of things that interest me.

Best research advice you can share or were given?

I got support from two of my professors at University College London. Raphael Powell came to see me in hospital and kept me in his Alpha Class when I had an operation in my second year. He inculcated in me a respect for scholarship. Lord Lloyd told me never to pay too much attention to critics. The worst fate is to be ignored.

Favourite way to relax

I relax reading novels and biographies, walking the beach and playing with grandkids. It is important to stay mentally and physically active. Robert Browning once wrote “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp or what is heaven for?”

Faculty Published Journals Australian Journal of Clinical Education (AJCE) Call for Papers - Volume 2

The Australian Journal of Clinical Education (AJCE) is now accepting manuscripts for

review and publication in its forthcoming issue, Volume 2 (2017). Authors intending to

submit papers may download the 'Author Instructions' and submit their manuscript to

the editors, from the journal website at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ajce/

submission_process.html. The editors also encourage dissemination of this notice to

colleagues, both internal and external to the University.

Most popular papers downloaded in March:

Australian Journal of Clinical Education

Sarah Brooks, Nikki Milne, Rob Marc Orr, and Rebecca Terry, ‘Is a students’ ability to

critically self-reflect, related to their performance on physiotherapy clinical place-

ments?’ (22 downloads)

Francina Cantatore, Linda Crane and Deborah Wilmoth, ‘Defining Clinical Education:

Parallels in Practice’ (18 downloads)

Sarah Kabir, ‘Addressing the Barriers to Clinical Education in Emergency Medi-

cine’ (17 downloads)

Bond Law Review

Eric Colvin, ‘Causation in Criminal Law’ (673 downloads)

Nicholas James, ‘Separate Legal Personality: Legal Reality and Metaphor’ (404 down-

loads)

James McConvill and Mirko Bagaric, ’Why all Directors should be Shareholders in the

Company: The Case Against “Independence” ’ (259 downloads)

Corporate Governance eJournal

Kim Kercher, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and internation-

al business’ (683 downloads)

Matthew Hooper, ‘The Business Judgement Rule: ASIC v Rich and the reasonable-

rational divide’ (254 downloads)

Tim Jay and Madeline Taylor, ‘A case of champagne: a study of geographical indica-

tions’ (226 downloads)

Owen Dixon Society eJournal

Most popular papers were:

Katie Allan, ‘From Parker v Parker to Pirate Kings: The legacy of Lord Denning—A

Toast’ (17 downloads)

Geof Barlow and Jim Corkery, ‘Walter Campbell: A distinguished life’ (12 downloads)

Revenue Law Journal

Braedon Clark, ‘The Meaning of Income: the Implications of Stone v FCT’ (228 down-

loads)

Domenic Carbone, ‘An Extraordinary Concept of Ordinary Income? The Significance

of FCT v Montgomery on What is Income According to Ordinary Concepts’ (116 down-

loads)

Joel Manyam, ‘Taxation of Gains from Banking and Insurance Businesses in New

Zealand’ (116 downloads)

Sports Law eJournal

Natasha Schot, ‘Negligent liability in sport’ (231 downloads)

Jim Corkery, ‘Dangerous Sports and Obvious Risks—Anyone for Cricket?’ (91 down-

loads)

HDR News We’re pleased to welcome our new PhD student to the Faculty; Subarna Raut.

Subarna graduated with a Bachelor of Laws at Bond University in September

2015 and has since been immersed in what he considers the ‘most interesting

and socially beneficial part of the law - Criminal Law’. He has always been pas-

sionate about Criminal Law, which is why he’s currently working as a Prosecu-

tor for the Queensland Police Service in Townsville. Subarna’s PhD, entitled

"The Walking Dead: Section 9 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld)"

argues that the guidelines within this section are obsolete because they focus

on the wrong premise, namely excessively punishing an offender and failing to

consider the concerns of the victim and other social factors. He is very much

looking forward to working alongside Professor Bobette Wolski and A/Professor

Jodie O'Leary in completing this project.

Subarna Raut

In brief

• Congratulations to PhD Law students Florentina Benga and Feiyue Li on

their award of a RTS Living Stipend Scholarship.

• Florentina Benga recently attended the Community Legal Centres Queens-

land conference on the Gold Coast.; particularly useful given she is looking

at legal education through an 'everyday justice' lens.

Website Profile

We recommend All HDRs take five minutes to create an online PhD Bond

profile. It’s easy, just complete a profile form (email lawresearch for a copy or

you’ll find them under the ilearn HDR Community site under Handbook and

forms. To see our law HDRs, click here.

HDR Workshop and Social Event

Please ensure you’re registered for the forthcoming Law HDR Colloquium

event for 172!

The confirmed date is Friday 30 June, from 9-5pm. If you’re interested in pre-

senting your research, please contact Professor Jon Crowe or Law Research. We

will be hosting a social event at the end of the day.

The first Semester Research Group luncheon will be held at midday on Wednes-

day 31 May in the Law Boardroom. All academics (not just those on a non-teaching

semester) and all HDR students are welcome to attend for a chance to talk about

their current research and hear from their colleagues. Lunch is provided, please

RSVP here.

Transformer

The Transformer is a non-fee, non-credit, voluntary program designed to give you an

opportunity to explore and progress your ideas. You will work in a world class facility

with access to industry mentors and leaders, in a highly engaging and practical pro-

gram, based on tools and techniques used by the world’s leading entrepreneurs.

HDR students are eligible to take part in the Transformer. If this sounds like an initia-tive you’d be interested in being part of, email transformer@bond.edu.au

‘Shut Up and Write’ Sessions

Shut up and Write sessions are held every Friday from 10-12pm in the Postgraduate

student lounge (above the brasserie), open to all HDRs, ECRs and researchers.

Writing what? Anything! A thesis chapter, journal article, conference speech, fund-

ing application… You name it.

How does it work? Writing in blocks of 25 minutes interspersed with timed periods of relaxation and conversation. But that sounds noisy… That’s the point! It’s easier to block out distractions when you are in a group of people doing the same thing. What do I bring? A laptop or whatever you use to write on, and coffee if you like! Whom do I contact to sign up? No one – just turn up on Fridays at 10am! You’ll be

met by Cameron Lydster clydster@bond.edu.au from Student Learning Support who is

there to facilitate and participate.

HDR Enrolment

The University has moved to a one day enrolment, per semester for Higher degree by research students. This will be the Monday of ‘O’ week. A centrally run Orientation and Induction will also be held for HDRs on the Wednesday of week 2 of each se-mester.

Essay Competition

Law Council of Australia Business Law—Baxt Prize

Offered for the first time in 2017, the Baxt Prize (in honour of Professor Bob Baxt AO,

founding member of the BLS) will be awarded for a research paper of outstanding

quality which is based on the topic of “Human Rights and Business Law”. Closing

date is 31 July 2017.

Eligiblity: Anyone under the age of 35 may apply. Authors should be prepared to

deliver the paper at a conference, workshop or seminar run by the Business Law

Section.

The winner will receive a registration, accommodation and incidentals package to

attend the International Bar Association’s annual conference, to be held in Sydney in

October 2017. Click here for further details and an application form.

Transnational, International and Com-parative Law and Policy (TICLP) Net-work

The TICLP Network was successful in its application to ORS for funds to again run

the research poster competition in Research Week. As was the case in 2016, there

will be student, HDR and staff categories open in the 2017 competition. Last year's

winner included Victoria Baumfield, Leya Denisa-Obreja, Lachland Hopwood and

Mikayla Brier-Mills.

For Your Information PURE

PURE is now up and running and available to all researchers and administrators.

You can access Pure through the Bond website where you’ll find quick user guides

and support, alternatively you can login through http://pure.bond.edu.au/admin.

It’s our new research information management system; the repository for all re-

search related efforts within the University; from grants and publications to supervi-

sion of HDRs, research collaborations and research related services. Later this year

the public facing portal will be launched. In the meantime, have a look at your per-

sonal overview to ensure your publications, grants, publishing names and profile

information is correct. As well, ensure your IDs (ORCID, Scopus etc) are accurate

and authorized to sync with Pure. We will be having a training session for law staff

early July, the date tbc closer to the time.

All academics including HDR students are being encouraged to sign up to ORCiD.

ORCiD is a unique researcher identification number that distinguishes you (including

your name variations) from other researchers and ensures all your research activity

is associated with you specifically. We can link it to our new research management

software system PURE, so all your research activity will be automatically uploaded

into one place. To register for a number is quick and easy and if you can spare a bit

of time, you can upload your profile. Please send through your number to lawre-

search once you register here.

Research Opportunities

The Bond website lists both internal and external funding opportunities for academ-

ic researchers.

Faculty Research Awards

Calling for applications for the faculty Research Excellence Award and the Emerging Research Excellence Award.

Applications are due Monday 5 June and will be considered by RMG on the 7 June.

The Emerging Research Excellence Award is designed to support junior members of the faculty. The expectation is that the winner of the Research Excellence Award will apply for the equivalent University Research Excellence Award.

The criteria and application form for the Research Excellence Award can be found

here.

The criteria and application form for the Emerging Research Excellence Award can

be found here.

Upcoming Events

TICLP Conference

The TICLP Network Interdisciplinary Conference will soon be held at Bond on

the 26-27 May.

Everyone is welcome to attend the opening address by Professor Kim Rubenstein

and the evening plenary panel featuring our very own Professor Jon Crowe - both

are free to attend and take place on Friday 26 May: register here.

If you have an interest in attending other parts of the conference or the confer-

ence dinner, please contact lawresearch@bond.edu.au. Click here for the pro-

gram.

Referendum Anniversary

Bond University Law Faculty and the Nyombil Centre are hosting the 50th anni-

versary of the landmark 1967 Constitutional Referendum with a panel discus-

sion on Thursday, 25 May, examining the impact of the reforms on Indigenous

Australians and whether further Constitutional changes are required today. Our

PhD student Dani Larkin will be the Master of Ceremonies. We are honoured to

host Professor Irene Watson who will be delivering the keynote speech. For fur-

ther details on speakers and registration, please click here.

Twilight Seminar

Our next Twilight Seminar will be held June 6. Assistant Professor Winnie Jo-

Mei Ma and Professor Lawrence Boo will be speaking on ‘International Com-

mercial Arbitration: The Mechanics and Hot Topics’. To register, please click

here.

Food GIs in FTAs: Obstacle or Opportunity?

The Dean of the Law Faculty, Professor Nick James, is hosting the Minister for

Trade, and Bond Alumnus, The Honourable Steve Ciobo at an event organised

by Professor William van Caenegem at Bond University on June 16th. The topic

is the protection of Geographical Indications of origin or ‘GIs’, a controversial is-

sue in trade negotiations, including those with the EU about a new FTA .

Following lunch, during which the Minister will speak, a panel discussion will in-

clude members of the EU’s Delegation in Canberra, IP Australia, Dairy Australia,

producer groups and RIRDC amongst others. At the close of the Seminar the

book ‘The Importance of Place: Geographical Indications as a Tool for Local

and Regional Development, Springer, 2017, edited with Jen Cleary, will be pre-

sented and also a report produced for RIRDC: ‘Local to Global: Provenance

Branding and Farmer Co-operation for High Value Export Markets’. Further

details will soon be available.