New directions for law in Australia : essays in contemporary law reform / edited by Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge, Margaret Thornton.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Commercial and Corporate Law : -- Part II. Criminal Law and Evidence : -- Part III. Environmental Law : -- Part IV. Private Law : -- Part V. Public Law : -- Part VI. Legal Practice and Legal Education : -- --

Foreword / The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG -- Introduction / Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton -- Keynote: Reforming Law - The Role of Theory / Margaret Davies -- Part I. Commercial and Corporate Law : -- The Privatisation of Australian Corporate Law / Ross Grantham -- On the Road to Improved Social and Economic Welfare: The Contribution to Australian Competition and Consumer Law and Policy Law Reform / Russell Miller AM -- Tax, Inequality and Challenges for the Future / John Passant -- Brand New 'Sharing' or Plain Old 'Sweating'? A Proposal for Regulating the New 'Gig Economy' / Joellen Riley -- Good Call: Extending Liability for Employment Contraventions Beyond the Direct Employer / Tess Hardy -- The Australian House Party Has Been Glorious - But the Hangover May Be Severe: Reforms to Mitigate Some of the Risks / Gill North -- Back to Basics: Reforming Australia's Private Sector Whistleblowing Laws / Kath Hall and Heather Cork -- Lawyers as Whistleblowers: The Need for a Gatekeeper of Justice Whistleblowing Obligation/Exception / Suzanne Le Mire and Christine Parker -- Part II. Criminal Law and Evidence : -- Criminal Justice Law Reform Challenges for the Future: It's Time to Curb Australia's Prison Addiction / Lorana Bartels -- Is Criminal Law Reform a Lost Cause? / Simon Bronitt -- Rethinking Rape Law Reform: Challenges and Possibilities / Wendy Larcombe -- Suggestions for Reform / John Anderson -- Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Criminal Liability: Old Challenges in a Transnational World / Jonathan Clough -- Stereotypes in the Courtroom / Blake M McKimmie -- The Justice Motive: Psychological Research on Perceptions of Justice in Criminal Law / Diane Sivasubramaniam -- How Interpretation of Indistinct Covert Recordings Can Lead to Wrongful Conviction: A Case Study and Recommendations for Reform / Helen Fraser -- Australia's Lower-level Criminal Courts: Tackling 21st Century Problems in a 19th Century Paradigm? / Anne Wallace -- Part III. Environmental Law : -- What is the Mainstream? The Laws of First Nations Peoples / Irene Watson -- Overturning Aqua Nullius: Pathways to National Law Reform / Virginia Marshall -- A Governance Framework for Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Protection and Use / Natalie P Stoianoff -- Reforming Environmental Law for Responsiveness to Change / Jan McDonald -- Future Water: Improving Planning, Markets, Enforcement and Learning / Cameron Holley -- Effective Law for Rural Environmental Governance: Meta-Governance Reform and Farm Stewardship / Paul Martin, Amanda Kennedy and Jacqueline Williams --

Part IV. Private Law : -- Pitfalls of Statutory Reform in Private Law: Recipient Liability for Breach of Trust / Darryn Jensen -- Recent Reforms to Australian Charity Law / Matthew Harding -- Consumer Protection, Recreational Activities and Personal Injury Compensation: Inconsistency in Need of Reform / Joachim Dietrich -- Statutory Interpretation and the Critical Role of Soft Law Guidelines in Developing a Coherent Law of Remedies in Australia / Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson -- Meeting the Potential of Alternative Remedies in Australian Defamation Law / Robyn Carroll and Catherine Graville -- Designing Reparation: Lessons from Private Law / Simone Degeling and Kit Barker -- Apologies, Liability and Civil Society: Where to from Here? / Prue Vines -- Renovating the Concept of Consent in Contract and Property Law / Robyn Honey -- Nudging Charities to Balance the Needs of the Present against Those of the Future / Ian Murray -- Part V. Public Law : -- Voluntary Voting for Referendums in Australia: Old Wine, New Bottle / Graeme Orr -- Reforming Constitutional Reform / Scott Stephenson -- Does Australia Need a Popular Constitutional Culture? / Lael K Weis -- Constitutional Dimensions of Law Reform / Gabrielle Appleby and Anna Olijnyk -- The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security: A Point of Increasing Influence in Australian Counter-Terrorism Law Reform? / Dominique Dalla-Pozza -- Rights Dialogue under the Victorian Charter: The Potential and the Pitfalls / Julie Debeljak -- Court Records as Archives: The Need for Law Reform to Ensure Access / Andrew Henderson and Kim Rubenstein -- A Positive Freedom of Public Speech? Australian Media Law Reform and Freedom of Political Communication / Andrew T Kenyon -- The Need for Reform of Australia's Birth Registration Systems / Melissa Castan and Paula Gerber -- Simplifying Government Secrecy? / Daniel Stewart -- Part VI. Legal Practice and Legal Education : -- Australian Legal Practice: Ethical Climate and Ethical Climate Change / Vivien Holmes, Stephen Tang, Tony Foley and Margie Rowe -- Strengthening Australian Legal Ethics and Professionalism / Adrian Evans -- Since Lawyers Work in Teams, We Must Focus on Team Ethics / Justine Rogers -- The Legal Roots of a Sustainable and Resilient Economy: New Kinds of Legal Entities, New Kinds of Lawyers? / Bronwen Morgan, Joanne McNeill and Isobel Blomfield -- Wearing Two Hats: Lawyers Acting as Mediators / Mary Anne Noone -- Enabling Marginalised Voices to Be Heard: The Challenge to Law Reform Bodies / Liz Curran -- The End of Ramism: And the Shape of Things To Come / Craig Collins -- Shared Space and the Regulation of Legal Education / Paul Maharg -- Dreaming of Diversity in Legal Education / Margaret Thornton.