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Williams, Greig --- "Library Bookshelf" [1997] LawIJV 41; (1997) 71(2) The Law Institute Journal 27

Library Bookshelf

NEW BOOKS

The following books are available for loan from the Institute library. The borrow¬ing time is generally a one week period. You are welcome to reserve an item that is currently on loan.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Aronson, M and Dyer, B, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, LBC Information Services, 1996.

COMMERCIAL LAW

Mo, J, International Commercial Law, Butterworths, 1997.

COMMERCIAL LEASES

Bradbrook, A and Croft, C, Commercial Tenancy Law in Australia, 2nd ed, Butterworths, 1997.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Zines, L, The High Court and the Con¬stitution, 4th ed, Butterworths, 1997. COPYRIGHT

Golvan, C, Recent Developments in Copy-right. Seminar papers, November 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Practitioners' Guide to the Equal Opportunity Act 1995, Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria, 1996.

EVIDENCE

Odgers, S, Uniform Evidence Law, 2nd ed, Federation Press, 1997.

FAMILY LAW

Edgar, D et al, The 3 Rs: Relationships, rights, responsibilities. The 7th National Family Law Conference, Canberra 13-18 October 1996. Conference handbook, Tele¬vision Education Network, 1996.

Burke, P, The Order 24 Conciliation Conference, Seminar papers, November 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996. JUDGES

Barwick, G, A Radical Tory: Garfield Barwick's reflections and recollections, The Federation Press, 1996.

JUVENILE COURTS

McGregor, A et al, Children's Court: Family Division and Criminal Division. Seminar papers, December 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

LAND TITLES

Richards, L, Dealings with the Titles Office. Seminar papers, November 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

LEASES

MacCallum, S, Leases. Seminar papers, November 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

LEGAL PROFESSION

Simmons, J, Life, Law and the Pursuit of Balance: A lawyer's guide to quality of life, Maricopa County Bar Association, State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyers Div¬ision, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 1996.

LEGAL RESEARCH

Campbell, E, York, L and Tooher, J, Legal Research Materials and Methods, 4th ed, LBC Information Services, 1996. MANAGEMENT

Holley, G, Management and the Law, Pitman Publishing, 1996.

NEGLIGENCE

Charlesworth, J et al, Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence, 9th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 1997.

POLICE

Chappell, D, Australian Policing: Con-temporary issues, 2nd ed, Butterworths, 1996.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Cairns, B, Australian Civil Procedure, 4th ed, LBC Information Services, 1996. PUNISHMENT

Hudson, B, Understanding Justice: An introduction to ideas, perspectives and controversies in modem penal theory, Open University Press, 1996.

SOCIAL WELFARE

Fox, F, Lush, J and Blakey, J, Impact of Social Security Act 1991: Family law, compensation and unemployment bene

fits. Seminar papers, November 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

D'Argaville, M and Heazlewood, C, Impact of Social Security Act 1991: Structuring investments and super¬annuation. Seminar papers, December 1996, Leo Cussen Institute, 1996.

TRADE PRACTICES

Cosgrave, M, National Competition Policy Reforms/Trade Practices Update Seminar. Papers delivered at a BLEC sem¬inar in July 1996, Business Law Education Centre, 1996.

ARTICLES

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COMPENSATION

Storey, M, "The stolen generations: more than just a compo case" in Abor¬iginal Law Bulletin, vol 3 no 86, November 1996, pp4-5. (ID No 2049)

CONSUMER CREDIT

McDougall, R, "An introduction to the Consumer Credit Code" in Australian Bar Review, vol 6 no 15, 1996-97, pp4-32. (ID No 2047)

COPYRIGHT

de Zwart, M, "Copyright in cyberspace" in Alternative Law Journal, vol 21 no 6, December 1996, pp266-270. (ID No 2048) CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION

Garkawe, S and Baragwanath, M, "Vic¬tims Compensation Bill: a diminution of the rights of victims of crime?" in Law Society Journal (NSW), vol 34 no 11, December 1996, pp60-63. (ID No 2052)

Jarvis, S and Mcllwaine, F, "`Telling the whole story'. Reports to the Crimes Com¬pensation Tribunal" in Australian Fem¬inist Law Journal, vol 7 no 145, September 1996, pp145-150.

Discusses changes of practice at the CCT. (ID No 2051)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Goh, BC, "Lawyering skills and feng shui in Chinese transactions" in Australian Dispute Resolution Journal, vol 7 no 4, November 1996, pp302-308.

Modern day lawyering skills in the context of dispute resolution or prevention should ideally incorporate cultural lit¬eracy. The ancient Chinese practice of feng shui is a relevant area of knowledge, particularly for those engaged in Sino-Western transactions. (ID No 2064)

EUTHANASIA

Eburn, M, "Further decision on the right to die" in Journal of Law and Medicine, vol 4 no 1, August 1996, pp15-17.

New York law prohibiting doctors from assisting patients to die ruled unconstit¬utional under the Constitution of the United States. (ID No 2055)

FAMILY LAW

Bailey-Harris, R, "The Family Law Reform Act 1995 (Cth): a new approach to the parent/child relationship" in Adelaide Law Review, vol 18 no 1, 1996, pp83-101. (ID No 2054)

INDUSTRIAL LAW

O'Connor, R, "Employee or independent contractor? Vabu Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation" in Brief (Law Society of WA), vol 23 no 11, December 1996, pp20-22. (ID No 2065)

INFORMATION NETWORKS

"Crime on the Net" in The Law Society of South Australia Bulletin, vol 18 no 11, November 1996, pp16-19. (ID No 2050)

JURIES

Sand, LB, "Batson and jury selection revisited" in Litigation, vol 22 no 4, Summer 1996, pp3-4, 65-67. (ID No 2053)

MANAGEMENT

Kaplan, RS and Norton, DP, "Using the balanced scorecard as a strategic man¬agement system" in Harvard Business Re-view, January-February 1996, pp75-85.

Building a scorecard can help managers link today's actions with tomorrow's goals. (ID No 2057)

MULTIMEDIA

Douglas, J, "The challenge of multi-media: reform of the Copyright Act?" in Computers and Law Journal, no 31, December 1996, pp24-27. (ID No 2063)

PRIVACY

Gaudian, J, "Breen v Williams" in Privacy Law & Policy Reporter, vol 3 no 6, September 1996, pp106-109. Discusses finding of High Court case. (ID No 2056)

GREIG WILLIAMS

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Extended opening hours

For the benefit of members, the library is now open on Mondays and Wednesdays until 8pm. This extends the library's previous closing time by two hours, providing practitioners with further access to the library's resources and services. The phone in¬quiry service will continue to operate until 8pm on these evenings to ensure our country and suburban members are also able to make use of the extended hours.

Library hours:

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SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES VIA THE LIBRARY

In the interest of making copies more widely accessible, the library operates a mail subscription service for the following popular unreported judg¬ments:

 Transport Accident Commission judgments

This service has been operating for the past year and offers both current and backcopy judgments involving the Transport Accident Commission and s93 (actions for damages) of the T ansport Accident Act 1986. Please contact the library for further details.  County Court WorkCover judg

ments

The library offers a similar mail subs¬cription service to the County Court of Victoria WorkCover decisions. Please contact the library for further details.

ANSTAT LEGISTLAITON UPDATE

This summary is prepared by the Information Editors of Anstat to help practitioners keep informed of recent changes in legislation. For further information cal the INformation Services staff on (03) 9645 2028

Victorian Spring Session Assents (as at 6/1/97)

Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance

(Vegetation) Regulations 19961111

Credit (Administration) (Committee)

Regulations 19961114

Consumer Credit (Victoria) (Administration)

Regulations 199611 16

Gaming Machine Control (Returns by

Gaming Operators) Regulations 1996/118

Alpine Resorts (Remuneration, Expenses

and Allowances) Regulations 19961121

Domestic Building Contracts and Tribunal

(Notice) Regulations 19961122

Solicitors' Remuneration Order 19961129

Supreme Court (Sheriff's Fees) Regulations

1996/133

Shop Trading Reform (Polls) Regulations

1996/134

Melbourne Exhibition Centre (Amend- ment) Act 1996 No. 72 Miscellaneous Acts (Further Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996 No. 73 Motor Car Traders (Amendment) Act 1996 No. 74 Osteopaths Registration Act 1996 No. 75 Pioelines (Amendment) Act 1996 No. 76 planning and Environment (Planning Schemes) Act 1996 No. 77 Queen Victoria Market Lands Act 1996 No. 78 Rail Corporations Act 1996 No. 79 Stock (Seller Liability and Declarations) (Amendment) Act 1996 No. 80 Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 No. 8 1 Superannuation Acts (Further Amend- ment) Act 1996 No. 82 Friendly Societies (Victoria) Act 1996 No. 83 Co-operatives Act 1996 No. 84

New Principal Regulations (as at 6/1/97)

Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance

(Vegetation) Regulations 19961111

Credit (Administration) (Committee)

Regulations 19961114

Consumer Credit (Victoria) (Administration)

Regulations 199611 16

Gaming Machine Control (Returns by

Gaming Operators) Regulations 1996/118

Alpine Resorts (Remuneration, Expenses

and Allowances) Regulations 19961121

Domestic Building Contracts and Tribunal

(Notice) Regulations 19961122

Solicitors' Remuneration Order 19961129

Supreme Court (Sheriff's Fees) Regulations

1996/133

Shop Trading Reform (Polls) Regulations

1996/134

Competition Policy (Gas Supply Contract Exemption) Regulations 19961135 Supreme Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 19961142 Dental Technicians (Advanced Dental Technicians) Regulations 19961144 Land Tax (Equalisation Factors) Reg- ulations 19961145 Alpine Resorts (Leasing) Regulations 19961147 Occupational Health and Safety (Confined Spaces) Regulations 19961148 Australian Grand Prix (Formula One) Regulations 19961151 Transport Accident Regulations 19961164

New South Wales Spring Session Assents - Principal Acts (as at 6/1/97)

Bank Mergers (Application of Laws) Act 1996 No. 64 Hawkesbury Racecourse Act 1996 No. 74 Status of Children Act 1996 No. 76 Innovation Council Act 1996 No. 77 Home Detention Act 1996 No. 78 New South Wales Lotteries Corporat- isation Act 1996 No. 85 Public Lotteries Act 1996 No. 86 Married Persons (Equality of Status] Act 1996 No. 96 Taxation Administration Act 1996 No. 97 Fines Act 1996 No. 99 Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1996 No. 102 Victims Rights Act 1996 no. 114 Victims Compensation Act 1996 No. 115 Eastern Gas Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 1996 No. 126 Bank Mergers Act 1996 No. 130 Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996 No. 131 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 No. 138


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