Previous Conferences
-2001 University of the South Pacific
-2002 Murdoch University
-2003 Griffith University
-2004 Charles Darwin University
-2005 The University of Waikato
-2006 Victoria University
-2007 University of Western Australia
-2008 James Cook University, Cairns

 


Sunday 1st July

Monday 2nd July

Interest Groups:
- Comparative and Asian Law
- Commercial Law and Consumer Protection
- Company Law
- Criminal Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Equity and Trusts
- Family Law
- Law and Social Justice
- Legal Education
- South Pacific Legal Studies

 Tuesday 3rd July

Wednesday 4th July


 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
2001 ALTA Conference
 

Monday 2nd July

Time:

 

 8:30am - 8:45am

Conference Opening
 

8:45am – 9:30am

Plenary Session One

Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada,
Justice Louise Arbour
 

9:30am - 10:00am

Morning Tea

10:00am - 12:00pm

Interest Group Sessions:
 

Commercial Law and Consumer Protection: Stephen Corones (Convener)

·      Henry Gabriel:
The Law of Personal Property Security: Reform in New Zealand and Reluctance in Australia

·      Rick Kunkel:
E-Commerce Developments in Australasia And Beyond
 

Company Law: Vij Nagarajan (Convener)

·      Michael Adams:
How has the Financial Services Industry being reformed by the growth in technology?

·      Andrew Clarke:
The 21st century

·      Russell Cocks:
Ethical Dilemmas Arising from the Corporatisation of Legal Practices

·      Keith Fletcher:
CLERP and Minority Shareholder Rights
 

Comparative and Asian Law: Nadir Hosen (Convener)

·      Philip Bates:
A Comparative Survey of Comparative Law Teaching In Australian Law Schools: Work In Progress

·      Nadirsyah Hosen:
After Soeharto Era: Law Reform in Indonesia

·      Andy Schmulow:
 

·      Myint Zan:
Woe Unto Ye Lawyers: Translation, Elaboration and Comment on Three Royal Orders issued on 23 June 1607 by King Anauk Phet Lun of Burma
 

South Pacific Legal Studes: Jennifer Corrin  (Convener)

·      Alex Amankwah:
Nationhood, Ethnicity and Self-Determination in the New Pacific Island States: A view from the Sideline

·      Bob Hughes:
The Failures of Constitutionalism in Melanesian Countries

·      Anita Jowitt:
Urban crime and unemployment in Vanuatu

·      Chaitanya Lakshman:
Role of Judges at times of crisis

·      Guy Powles:
Contesting The Heartland: The Conflicting Roles Of Civil Society In Pacific Island States, With Particular Reference To Fiji

·      Yoli Tom’tavala:
More Real than Apparent: A legal analysis of Local Case Law in Pacific Island Jurisdictions

·      Jean Zorn:
Comparison of the new PNG Underlying Law Act with the SI Underlying Law Bill
 

Dispute Resolution: Frank Astill (Convener)

·      Tania Sourdin:
When is Mediation Appropriate?

·      David Spencer:
Defining an operational standard of good faith negotiation in the performance of a contract
 
12:00pm - 1:30pm

ALTA Committee meeting

 
12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Interest Group Sessions:
 

Commercial Law and Consumer Protection: Stephen Corones (Convener)

·   Robert Langton:
Some problems of statutory interpretation in Part IVA of the Trade Practices Act

·    Bill Willesee:
E-Commerce Developments in Australasia And Beyond
 

Company Law: Vij Ngarajan (Convener)

·    Neil Foster:
Personal Tort Liability of Company Officers for Company Occupational Health and Safety Breaches

·    Pam Nuttall:
Insider Trading in New Zealand: Reform Developments

·    Ernie Pitchfork:
Lifting the Veil – a distinctive New Zealand approach?

·    Lang Thai:
Statutory derivative action – a comparative work on Australia, U.S.A., Canada and New Zealand

Law and Social Justice: Rick Sarre (Convener)

·    Fiona Donson:
Finding a new folk devil: (mis)constructing anti-capitalist activists

·    Samantha Hardy:
Personal Injury Litigation: Playing the Role of “Invalid”

·    Rick Sarre:
Social policy development, the media and ‘law and order’ politics

·    John Taylor:
Corporate and Shareholder Taxation in a Globalised Economy: Old Paths or New Directions

South Pacific Legal Studies: Jennifer Corrin(Convener)

·      Val Haynes:
The Underlying Law of Papua New Guinea: The “permanent” formula? 

·      Kalinoe Lawrence:
Incorporated Land Groups in Papua New Guinea

·   Don Paterson:
Some Thoughts about Customary Land
 

Equity and Trusts: Melinda Shirley (Convener)

·    Robyn Honey:
A Prognosis for Estoppel as a Defence to Claims for Restitution

·    Anne Matthew:
The Equitable Obligation of Confidence and the Crimes Act: Exploring the meaning of ‘duty not to disclose’

·    Melinda Shirley:
Developing Graduate Attributes in the teaching of Equity and Trusts
 

Legal Education: Paul Moyle (Convener)

·    Belinda Carpenter:
Good teaching in the 21st century: implications for law academics

·    Robyn Carroll:
A Law School/Law Library “Marriage” High Ideas in Tough Times for Lasting Relationships

·    Andrew Clarke:
The first year introductory unit on the law degree: big bang or small whimper?

·    Jill Dawson:
The Benefits of Reality: An assessment of on-line learning in Corporate Law
 
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon Tea
3:30pm - 4:45pm

Interest Group Sessions:

Law and Social Justice and Family Law: Ilya Davies (Convener)

·     Eithne Mills:
 Divorce and Companion Animals: Who Gets Lassie and Felix? The Position in Australia, Canada and the USA, and the Likelihood of a “Best Interest” Test


Criminal Law: Sally Kift (Convener)

·      Ursula Cheer:
The Old Paths of Moral Panics and Legal Ponderings – Censorship and Computers in New Zealand

·      Heather Douglas:
Ordinary People and Traditional Aboriginals: A Re-examination of the Provocation Test

·      Sue Currie:
What women want

·      Stanley Yeo:
Towards a Shared Criminal Jurisprudence in the Asia-Pacific
 

Legal Education: Paul Moyle (Convener)

·      Bill Childs and Lyndal Taylor:
You can lead a horse to water…introducing on-line legal education

·      Andrew Clarke:
Skills-based approaches to the teaching of law: comparing the UK and Australia

·    Jacquelin Mackinnon and Ken Mackinnon:
Academics as Fiduciaries

·      Bobette Wolski:
Towards Development of a Taxonomy of Approaches to Skills Integration in the LLB Curriculum
 
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Kava will be served as USP Nakamal
7:00pm - 11:00pm

Melanesian Feast & Pacific Cultural Entertainment