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Australian Law Journal and Australian Law Journal Reports Australian Law Journal and Australian Law Journal Reports INDEX TO VOLUMES 77-81 (2003-2007) Index compiled by ALAN WALKER BA (Hons), DipLib LAWBOOK CO. 2008 Published in Sydney by ISSN 0813-4073 All inquiries regarding the editorial content of this journal should be directed to Thomson, PO Box 3502, Rozelle, NSW 2039, Australia. Fax: (02) 8587 7106. HEAD OFFICE: 100 Harris St PYRMONT NSW 2009 Tel: (02) 8587 7000 Fax: (02) 8587 7200 For all sales inquiries please ring 1300 304 195 © Thomson Legal & Regulatory Limited ABN 64 058 914 688 trading as Lawbook Co. Typeset by Lawbook Co., Pyrmont, NSW Printed by Ligare Pty Ltd, Riverwood, NSW Table of Contents Volumes 77-81 Page Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... iii General Editors of the Australian Law Journal ............................................................................................ iv Table of Authors .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Table of Cases ............................................................................................................................................. 13 General Index .............................................................................................................................................. 137 Editors of the Australian Law Journal Reports ............................................................................................ 182 Index to the High Court Reports ................................................................................................................. 183 PREFACE The tables and indexes in this volume classify the material in Volumes 77-81 of The Australian Law Journal and The Australian Law Journal Reports. The Index of Authors lists, under authors’ names arranged alphabetically, articles and more extended com- ments in the Journal. The subject matter of these articles and comments appears in the General Index. The Table of Cases includes all Australian, English and other decisions which have formed the subject mat- ter of explanation and comment in articles, notes and paragraphs in the various parts of the Journal. The Table of Cases also includes decisions of the High Court which are reported in The Australian Law Journal Reports (Volumes 77-81). The General Index, arranged by subject matter, indicates the material to be found in the articles and in all the comments appearing in the Journal. An asterisk (*) points out the more important discussion of a particu- lar subject. The Index to High Court Reports indicates the content of the High Court decisions which have been re- ported in The Australian Law Journal Reports. iii GENERAL EDITORS OF THE AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL 1927 to 1946 THE LATE B SUGERMAN KC afterwards The Honourable Sir Bernard Sugerman, President of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales 1946 to 1961 THE LATE N H BOWEN QC afterwards The Honourable Sir Nigel Bowen, sometime Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; sometime the Attorney-General for the Commonwealth of Australia; Chief Judge in Equity, Supreme Court of New South Wales 1946 to 1958 R ELSE-MITCHELL QC sometime Chairman, Grants Commission; sometime a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and of the Land and Valuation Court 1958 to 1967 RUSSELL FOX QC sometime a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; sometime Ambassador at Large for the Australian Government in relation to matters concerning Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Safeguards; sometime the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory 1968 to 1973 THE LATE PHILIP JEFFREY QC sometime a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1974 to 1992 J G STARKE QC Professor of Humanitarian Law of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy 1992 THE HON MR JUSTICE P W YOUNG AO Chief Judge in Equity, Supreme Court of New South Wales iv Table of Authors Table of Authors Volumes 77 - 81 [Numbers in bold type refer to volume] ADAMS, MICHAEL Heroes and Heresy: Myth Meets Legal Fundamentalism ................................................................ 78.587 AITKEN, LEE Jurisdiction, Substantive Relief and the Asset Preservation Order .................................................. 81.431 Re-Calibrating Interests: Co-ownership in Equity ........................................................................... 81.266 When are Damages an Adequate Remedy? ..................................................................................... 78.544 AITKEN, LEE and HUGH STOWE Issues in Corporate Insolvency: Statutory Demands and Corporations Act, s 440A ....................... 79.182 ARDEN, MARY (LADY) Companies Act 2006 (UK): A New Approach to Directors’ Duties ................................................ 81.162 Meeting the Challenge of Terrorism: The Experience of English and Other Courts ....................... 80.818 ARMYTAGE, LIVINGSTON Pakistan’s Law and Justice Sector Reform Experience: Some Lessons .......................................... 78.50 ATHERTON, ROSALIND Who Owns Your Body? ................................................................................................................... 77.139 AUSTIN, R P and KRISTIN VAN ZWIETEN Termination and Setting Aside of Winding-Up Orders .................................................................... 81.932 BARKER, IAN Judicial Activism in Australia .......................................................................................................... 79.783 BARNETT, DARRELL The Commonwealth: A Multitude of Manifestations Federal Jurisdiction under s 75(iii) of the Constitution .................................................................................................................................. 81.195 Resettlement: Finding the New Charter of Rights ........................................................................... 80.254 BASTIN, LUCAS and BRIAN TAMBERLIN Australia and the World Trade Organization: Decision Enforcement .............................................. 81.802 BEAUMONT, NICHOLAS What are “Reasonable Prospects of Success’’? ............................................................................... 78.812 Volumes 77-81 1 Table of Authors BENNETT, J M The Royal Prerogative of Mercy – Putting in the Boots .................................................................. 81.35 BEVAN, CHRISTOPHER Income Tax System of Australia: The Case for a New General Anti-Avoidance Rule .................... 79.364 BIEGLER, PAUL and CAMERON STEWART A Primer on the Law of Competence to Refuse Medical Treatment ............................................... 78.325 BIRCH, JEREMY Breach of Confidence: Dividing the Cause of Action along Proprietary Lines ............................... 81.338 BLAKE, GARTH Promoting Religious Tolerance in a Multifaith Society: Religious Vilification Legislation in Australia and the UK .................................................................................................................... 81.386 Serving God and the Church: Clergy, Employment and Discrimination ......................................... 80.571 BOLAND, JENNIFER Family Law: Changing Law for a Changing Society ...................................................................... 81.554 BOLESKI, WILFRIED Diplomatic Privileges in Practice ..................................................................................................... 78.88 Misuse and Protection of Diplomatic and Consular Titles .............................................................. 77.750 BONNELL, MAX Arbitrability of Competition Disputes in Australian Law ................................................................ 79.585 BONNELL, MAX and PETER MEGENS The Bakun Dispute: Mandatory National Laws in International Arbitration .................................. 81.259 BORSKY, MICHAEL Absence of Basis: A Path to Reconciliation between Australian and English Unjust Enrichment Law? ............................................................................................................................................. 79.507 BOURKE, JUDY Equine Influenza: The Legal Framework of Quarantine ................................................................. 81.894 BOYD, SUSAN Australian Judges at Work Internationally: Treason, Assassinations, Coups, Legitimacy of Government, Human Rights, Poverty and Development ............................................................. 77.303 BRENNAN, GERARD (SIR) “Introduction to Human Rights Law”: Seminar – Part II ................................................................ 81.248 BRERETON, P L G Equitable Estoppel in Australia: The Court of Conscience in the Antipodes .................................. 81.638 BUCKLETON, JOHN S, JAMES M CURRAN and SIMON J WALSH R v Bropho: Careful Interpretation of DNA Evidence required for Courtroom Decision Making . 79.709 CAMPBELL, ENID Reasons for Judgment: Some Consumer Perspectives .................................................................... 77.62 2 The Australian Law Journal Table of Authors CAMPBELL, GARTH Sovereign Immunity and Equitable Rights Against the Commonwealth ........................................ 81.406 CARMODY, TIM Rethinking Federal Sentencing Aims and Options for Terrorists .................................................... 80.839 CARSWELL, RT HON LORD Rights or
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