January 2004 - Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law
January 2004 - Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law
January 2004 - Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law
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New books<br />
Federation Press has recently<br />
published Realising Democracy:<br />
Electoral <strong>Law</strong> in Australia. The<br />
volume draws together as<br />
contributors a range <strong>of</strong> insiders and<br />
other Australian and international<br />
commentators with long experience<br />
in electoral administration and<br />
electoral law. Authors include<br />
leading lawyers, political scientists, historians and<br />
electoral administrators.<br />
<strong>Centre</strong> Director George Williams is series editor <strong>of</strong> a<br />
new line <strong>of</strong> books, entitled <strong>Law</strong> at Large, from University<br />
<strong>of</strong> New South Wales Press. The books on legal topics <strong>of</strong><br />
broad contemporary significance are aimed at both a<br />
legal and non legal audience.<br />
The first book in the series, by<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Brian Horrigan <strong>of</strong> the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Canberra, Adventures<br />
in <strong>Law</strong> and Justice: Exploring Big<br />
Legal Issues in Everyday Life, has just<br />
been published. It was launched in<br />
Sydney by James O’Loghlin, evening<br />
presenter on ABC Radio 702 in<br />
Sydney.<br />
The <strong>Law</strong> at Large series will include small to medium<br />
sized books, and a number <strong>of</strong> authors are now under<br />
contract. If you have any interest in contributing to the<br />
series, please contact the <strong>Centre</strong> Director.<br />
UNSW Press has also recently<br />
published Terror <strong>Law</strong>s: ASIO<br />
Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to<br />
Democracy by Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Jenny Hocking <strong>of</strong> Monash University.<br />
The book, which contains a forward<br />
by the <strong>Centre</strong> Director, marks an<br />
important contribution to the<br />
ongoing debate over new security<br />
laws for Australia. <br />
If [unilateralism, pre-emption<br />
and humanitarian intervention]<br />
are recognised<br />
as part <strong>of</strong> the international<br />
legal order, will they become<br />
a destabilising force<br />
in the delicate ecosystem<br />
<strong>of</strong> the international community<br />
… Of course,<br />
it is always difficult to<br />
forecast the effect <strong>of</strong> a<br />
new legal order on future<br />
international stability. We<br />
might, however, question<br />
whether the Israeli experience<br />
provides a microcosmic<br />
example.<br />
Devika Hovell, Perspective, ABC Radio<br />
National (7 November 2003)<br />
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Australian Policy Online grant<br />
<strong>Centre</strong> Director George Williams was a partner with<br />
other academics in a grant application to upgrade the<br />
online social science research website Australian Policy<br />
Online (www.apo.org.au). Australian Policy Online<br />
provides access to research from nearly 100 member<br />
centres and institutes to create a national, searchable<br />
electronic gateway for academic researchers,<br />
librarians, public servants, journalists and students. The<br />
site is maintained by the Institute for Social Research at<br />
Swinburne University <strong>of</strong> Technology.<br />
The application was successful, with the Australian<br />
Research Council awarding the project $108,045.<br />
We are looking forward to working more closely<br />
with Australian Policy Online in the future and in<br />
continuing to develop innovative and accessible ways<br />
<strong>of</strong> communicating with a broad audience about our<br />
research and activities in the area <strong>of</strong> public law. <br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2004</strong><br />
www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au