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ASPIRATIONS & INSPIRATIONS
Law Research Newsletter
January-February 2018
In this issue: Conferences/Seminars
Impact and Engagement
Book Award
Law Awards 181
Publications
Faculty-Published Journals
Academic Spotlight:
Assistant Professor Franci Cantatore
HDR News
TICLP News
Conferences/Seminars
2018 Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Sport
The Faculty of Law, Faculty of Business and Centre for Commercial Law once again
hosted the Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Sport on 15 and 16 February 2018, co-
convened by Assistant Professor Annette Greenhow and Assistant Professor Lisa
Gowthorp. The theme in 2018 was Inclusion, Equity and Diversity in Sport: Con-
straints, Challenges and Perspectives. Around 60 delegates attended the academic
sessions. Merrilee Barnes from the Australian Sports Commission gave the morning
keynote presentation on, ‘Designing to the Edges: Exploring the Possibilities of Uni-
versal Design in Sport’, thus establishing the main underlying tone for the Colloquium.
The afternoon keynote speaker, Dr. Annabelle Bennet AO SC, Bond University Chan-
cellor gave an insight into her role as a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
and highlighted several important aspects of the legal framework in a sporting context.
The Colloquium ended with a guest panel, convened to reflect on the interdisciplinary
themes and workshop ideas arising from the presentations. The interdisciplinarity of
the Colloquium sets it apart from other conferences and addresses the diversity of
perspectives in terms of problem-identification and problem-solving.
The Colloquium was professionally recorded, edited and uploaded to the University’s
YouTube channel. This collection of professional recordings is a valuable teaching
and learning tool and legacy of the Colloquium, available for access by researchers,
Business Capability Branch, Australian Sports Commission) delivered the
morning keynote speech.
Keith Binnie (General Counsel, New Zealand Rugby Union) discussed the
NZRU Respect and Responsibility Review.
Conferences/Seminars cont’d
National Wellness for Law Forum: ‘Do No Harm’
Facilitated by Professor Rachael Field, Bond University’s Centre for Professional
Legal Education recently hosted the Australian Wellness Network for Law’s annual
national forum on the importance of wellness for those studying and practising law, on
15 and 16 February 2018.
The Forum has been held since 2012 and is an initiative that responds to research
showing symptoms of psychological distress in solicitors begins early in their studies
and carries on throughout their professional lives.
The main objective of the Forum is to encourage recognition of the importance of
wellness in both law school and the profession - an issue Bond is tackling head-on as
the home of the Wellness Network for Law. The Bond Law Faculty acknowledges that
this is an important issue for the sustainability of the profession into the future, and an
emphasis on the importance of well-being and self-care is necessary from the time
students enter law school.
This year the Forum attracted national leading legal academics and practitioners who
examined and identified ways in which law can be created, administered, practised
and taught with an emphasis on resilience, support and well-being.
From L-R: Practitioner Panel—Doing No Harm: Experiences in Practice
Jerome Doraisamy (Author, Advocate and Consultant), Ken Petty (Managing Partner,
Minter Ellison Gold Coast), Georgia Edwards (Ramsden Lawyers), The Honourable
Associate Justice Mary-Jane lerodiaconou (Associate Judge, Supreme Court of
Victoria), Rachel Spearing (Master of the Inner Temple), Belinda Winter (Partner,
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers), faciliatator Rolf Moses (CEO elect, QLS).
Impact and Engagement
Professor Dan Svantesson has been part of an International Working Group on
internet and jurisdiction policy.
The Report entitled ‘Data & Jurisdiction Policy Options: Cross-Border Access to User Data’ has now been published and is available here: https://www.internetjurisdiction.net/uploads/pdfs/Papers/Data-Jurisdiction-Policy-Options-Document.pdf
Countless hours have gone into this work. Dan is the only participant from the Asia-
Pacific region (with all other members being from Europe and North and South
America). The meetings have been held to accommodate their time zones, meaning
start times at or after midnight on the Gold Coast.
Dan notes it has been extremely interesting to work in an international group like this
including the tech industry (eg Google, Facebook and Apple), governments (eg US
Department of Justice), international organisations (eg EU, Interpol and Council of
Europe), and interest organsations (eg CDT). He is one of only three academics in the
group.
Book Award
Congratulations to Professor Dan Svantesson who contributed to a book awarded
by the American Society of International Law with the ‘2018 Certificate of Merit for
High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Lawyers and Scholars’. The Certificate is
awarded annually, based on the recommendation of a committee of Society members,
to a recent work that represents a distinguished contribution to the field.
The 2018 Book Awards Committee explained its decision as follows:
‘This is a mammoth (four volume) study published by Edward Elgar, with contributions
from 195 authors representing 57 nations. As the editors suggest, private international
law since World War II has “moved from the outskirts of the legal system to its centre.”
However, neither legal education nor academic discourse has fully kept up with the
developments. The purpose of the Encyclopedia is therefore to “improve the
availability of information about private international law and to present the field from a
global and comparative perspective.” The early 250 substantive entries (Volumes 1
and 2) and 80 national reports (Volume 3), both current to 2016, include sections by
many of the world’s top scholars and practitioners of private international law. The
consummate practicality of the work is emphasized by Volume 4, which contains a
highly useful collection of legal instruments of private international law, and by the fact
that the entire work is accessible at Elgaronline. While the focus may be European,
the scope
is global, reflecting the diversity of contributors and the trading nations in which they
reside. Given the continuing expansion of the global economy through increased
global trade, we believe the value and timeliness of this work to academics,
international lawyers and others is difficult to over-state.
See Jürgen Basedow, Giesela Rühl, Franco Ferrari & Pedro de Miguel Asensio (eds),
European Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Edward Elgar, 2017), also
available through the law library.
condition of registration that in instances where the trade mark is used
on beer that is not brewed by the applicant or that is not
Academic Spotlight cont’d Book review: Cantatore, F. (2017), Australian Clinical Legal Education:
Designing and operating a best practice clinical program in an Australian law
school (Evans et al, ANU Press), Australian Journal of Clinical Education,
Volume 2, 2017, available <http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ajce/vol2/iss1/>.
What is your dream project/area of research to work on?
I would love to do further research into pro bono law clinics, and how the
implementation of these clinics in universities nationally may benefit law students
as well as the community. It would also be interesting to establish whether
volunteer work during their law degree motivates students to undertake pro bono
work when entering practice. Unfortunately external funding is not easy to secure
and research time is a precious commodity! I am also very interested in IP rights
management and copyright law, and will continue to research in these areas.
Best research advice you can share or were given
1. When conducting research, try to produce more than one research outcome, for example a refereed journal article and a conference paper (preferably conducted in a desirable location!)
2. Initiate collaboration with others to achieve your research goals.
3. Plan ahead to ensure you always have a publication or two in progress.
Favourite way to relax
Spending time with friends and family, sharing good food and wine. Also watching Netflix on occasion (!) and reading for pleasure.
Who inspires you
Fearless investigative journalists like Christiane Amanpour, great writers like Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver, Wayne Dyer, and (closer to home), my husband of 36 years, Angelo!
HDR News
Congratulations to our two recent HDR graduates, both under the primary
supervision of Professor Dan Svantesson:
Kate Mathews-Hunt was awarded the Doctor of Legal Science (Research)
(SJD) for her thesis entitled, ‘consumeR-IOT: where every thing collides.
Promoting consumer internet of things protection in Australia’. Kate was also
the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award in Recognition of an Exceptional
Doctoral Thesis.
Madeline Taylor was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) for her thesis
entitled, ‘The Contestation between and Coexistence of Agricultural Land
Protection and Coal Seam Gas Activities in Queensland, Australia’.
From L-R: Dr Madeline Taylor, Professor Dan Svantesson and Dr Kate
Mathews-Hunt.
HDR News cont’d
Kate Mathews-Hunt, writes:
Bring your ambitions to life!
If ever an important issue captures your
curiosity – or you think you might like to
undertake postgraduate research – go with it!
My doctoral degree – the Bond SJD – has
been a fascinating experience, from the few
well-taught coursework subjects I undertook,
to ambitiously developing my thesis and
publishing two independent studies in an
internationally respected journal. There is so
much to learn out there, especially in my field
which is broadly known as information
technology law. The brave new internet of
things world is coming, and Bond has given
me the chance to explore, understand and
develop real expertise in the area. And it’s not
about writing a boring book no one will read
either; if you choose a topic for today, and target your research to real and emerging
issues, then it’s amazing where your work can take you! Yes it’s a lot of hard and
challenging work, but it opens up a world of opportunity.
I really thank Bond for making my ambitious life-long learning journey possible.
Kate’s recent activities include:
- Presentation to the Consumer Consultative Committee at the ACCC in June 2017;
- Presentation on the consumer internet of things to the ACCC & AER Senior
Management Conference in Sydney in February 2018.
- Radio interview with ABC RN ‘The Law Report’ here: http://www.abc.net.au/