Professor Don Rothwell writes about the implications of the ICJ decision in the Nicaragua v Columbia case for the South China Sea dispute, East Asia Forum (PDF, 242KB), Image: East Asia Forum.

Don Anton comments on web surveillance by the US National Security Agency, Canberra Times (PDF, 779KB)
Paper: The Dark Days of NSA Indiscrimiate Data Surveillance (SSRN, 14 June 2013)

Professor Desmond Manderson writes about legal changes and people's behaviour, Canberra Times (PDF, 623KB) Image, Canberra Times.

ANU College of Law Associate Professor Alex Bruce's new book: Australian Competition Law, 2nd Edition (Lexis Nexis)  

Australian Competition Law provides an engaging and authoritative treatment of Australian competition law and is an ideal text both for practitioners and for those studying the subject for the first time.

The clear explanations of complex concepts and the lively style foster a sound understanding of the legal principles of competition law in Australia and its economic underpinnings. The work focuses on the contemporary situation and recent developments but also explains the historical context using analogies from popular culture.

Dr Liz Curren wrote a report on 'Encouraging good practice in measuring effeciveness in the legal service sector' (PDF, 860KB)

The composers of the anthemic song Down Under might never have been taken to court for allegedly stealing notes from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree had a new law proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission been in force at the time. Read more about the comment made by Associate Professor Matthew Rimmer in The Age. (PDF 702K)

Exploring the sustainable development potential of environmentally sensitive deep seabed mining sponsored by South Pacific developing countries

A research team led by ANU College of Law Associate Professor Don Anton received over $800,000 AusAID grant in Feburary 2013 for a project called Exploring the Sustainable Development Potential of Environmentally Sensitive Deep Seabed Mining Sponsored by South Pacific Developing Countries (Pacific). 

This reseach team consists of ANU College of Law Associate Professor Don Anton, as Principal Investigator, and an international research team of Co-Chief Investigators, including Professor Don Rothwell (ANU CoL), Associate Professor Colin Filer (ANU CAP), Professor Rosemary Rayfuse (UNSW), Associate Professor Robin Warner (Wollongong), and Dr Joanna Mossop (Victoria University, Wellington).

i) Whether developing states subject to investigation can capture adequate revenue from deep seabed mining;

ii) If so, whether this revenue will significantly help address poverty alleviation and sustainable development; and

iii) Whether (and if so how) the environmental risks associated with deep seabed mining can best be minimised and managed?

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Professor Margaret Thornton writes about freedom and equality in the Canberra Times (PDF, 782KB). Illustration by Kerrie Leishman.