Recent content by Salisbury

What a load of rubbish. The new logo is an example of the fatuous, revisionist drivel that spurts forth from marketers (Americans, no less), who think everything old must be "modernised" at the expense of heritage and tradition. It is like renaming Oxford University "iOxford2.0". Bring back...

Section 1 of the Australia Act 1986 states otherwise. Termination of power of Parliament of United Kingdom to legislate for Australia No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to the Commonwealth, to a...

A complete rewrite would undoubtedly be an epic task; in any case, most of the information is still relevant. As for some of the missing sections: Is it a 'nasty' profession? The adversarial nature of our legal system means that practising law is necessarily competitive: each side wants...

Why are people--and Labor politicians in particular--so obsessed with republicanism? The advantages of constitutional monarchy are well known (and dealt with in previous threads); the Monarchy of Australia is legally distinct from Great Britain's, despite its sharing the same Queen; and...

It generally varies from year to year but, in the main, no. From my experience: Foundations of Law -- NO Contracts -- NO Criminal Law -- NO International Law -- NO Legal Research I -- NO Legal Research II -- NO Processes of Justice (i.e. Civil and Criminal Procedure) -- NO...