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The law is often criticized as being too slow to adapt to new technologies. Such...

Sexting - the electronic communication of non-professional images or videos portraying one or more persons...

This article argues that good law teaching does not require a solid understanding of education...

Imagine a world without legally enforceable contracts. Could such a world function? Well, even if...

The regulation of cross-border data flows represents one of the greatest challenges currently facing data...

This article presents a legal method that can be used to find solutions to the...

The European Court of Justice's recent judgement in the joined cases C-585/08 and C-144/09 will...

This article examines Australia's regulation of unconscionable conduct, in the setting of consumer ecommerce. Both...

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In most regards, the recent judgment in Gammasonics Institute for Medical Research Pty Ltd v...

We are currently witnessing major changes to the regulation of privacy, both in Europe and...

The Australian Research Council's now abolished ranking of journals provided a tool to decide where...

The Commonwealth Parliament has recently introduced the Australian Consumer Law, a legislative regime for a...

While vaguely defined, and wide in scope, so-called ‘cloud computing’ has gained considerable attention in...

This article outlines a set of criteria for assessing the value of e-consumer protection schemes....

Cross-border transfer of personal information is now more common than ever before. Indeed, modern technologies...

Sexting - the electronic communication of non-professional images or videos portraying one or more persons...

There is something fundamentally absurd about the idea of ranking research. At the same time,...

This paper discusses issues associated with international ranking of law journals. Some catalysts for the...

The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements was concluded on 30 June 2005, and...

Protecting one's reputation has arguably become harder in this time of YouTube, 'blogs' and mobile...

The availabililty of medical services and products online (telemedicine) creates serious regulatory challenges. Those challenges...

It has been noted that: ‘the law of England has swollen to an unmanageable bulk....

When people wish to take legal action in relation to damage suffered due to medical...

Geo-location technologies allow website operators to identify the geographical location of those who visit their...

For a period of time, the Internet has been seen as a virtually borderless communications...

Website operators engaged in cross-border e-commerce need to know the geographical location of those who...

Extract Providing adequate protection of privacy is not easy in a society dominated by highly...

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If one were to select the single most important statutory provision in Australian...

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Imagine trying to access you favourite website, and when doing so, being greeted by...

Recent developments indicate that Australia may be ready to recognise an action for interference with...

Since its ‘birth’ approximately 15 years ago, the World Wide Web (WWW) has been viewed...

This article illustrates how borders currently are being placed within the Internet through a combination...

Location may determine whether a person falls within the jurisdiction of a particular state, it...

The relation between private international law and public international law has gained little attention. Indeed,...

[Excerpt] Up until recently, Australian courts have avoided deciding whether software can appropriately be classed...

In determining the questions of jurisdiction and choice of law in defamation cases, Australian law...

The spread of the use of biometrics has been explosive. Fingerprints, for example, are being...

Imagine if website operators could know where you are located as you access their websites....

This article discusses the background to, and main features of, the Convention on Exclusive Choice...

This article examines the doctrine of forum non conveniens as applied in Hong Kong, Australia,...

In order to determine why certain forms of Internet communication challenge traditional models of regulation,...

There is a range of technical possibilities for providing electronic bulletin boards on the Internet,...

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Imagine that you go to one of the major electronics stores, or perhaps...

Until recently, it was frequently said to be impossible or at least pointless to attach...

Imagine a state proclaiming that it will claim jurisdiction over, and apply its laws to,...

On the 22 February 2002, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice handed down its judgment...

This article concerns the issue of jurisdiction over Internet defamations de lege ferenda. Article 10...

Currently there is a proposal for a convention regulating jurisdiction and enforcement of international judgments...

The second edition of Svantesson on the "Law of Obligations" provides an accessible, yet comprehensive,...

Internet and E-Commerce Law provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the laws of e-commerce...

Some contemporary phenomena such as generalization of access to internet and mass tourism have strongly...

Due to its extraterritorial effect, the European Union’s trailblazing data privacy law has long been...