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Itemmo' justis: the law of defamation in TexasPark, M. M. (The Victorian Bar, 2008/2009)When the local newspaper published a satirical article lampooning the justice dispensed in the local juvenile court the judge and prosecutor sued for libel and the case continued for five years before the newspaper’s right to publish was upheld. The application to appeal the decision in favour of the newspaper was denied by the US Supreme Court.
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Item[Review of the book Better: a surgeon's notes on performance]Park, M. M. ( 2008)Author-surgeon’s book describes improved outcomes by improving on performance.
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ItemThe brethren updated [Review of the book The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court]Park, M. M. ( 2008)This book looks at the process underlying the nomination, confirmation and appointment of some US Federal judges including the resignation of Justice O'Connor of the Supreme Court.
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Item[Review of the book How the states got their shapes]Park, M. M. ( 2008)This book considers the political and legal reasons underlying the present location of the borders (or boundaries) of the states making up the United States of America.
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ItemBeware of zebras [Review of the book How doctors think]Park, M. M. ( 2008)Decision making under uncertainty. How humans think and make decisions with particular reference to the medical profession.
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ItemCupidity or stupidity: lawyers' ethics on trial [Review of the book The Crime of Sheila McGough]Park, M. M. ( 2008)Solo practitioners are more prone to failing their ethical obligations because they do not have colleagues to consult with and receive counselling from.
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ItemUnfinished business: completing the mudmap on the riverbed - the legal lacuna in the tri-state area of the River Murray (Part 2)Park, M. M. ; Williamson, I. P. (Law Society of South Australia, 2008)With the approaching centenary of the Victorian-South Australian border litigation, the necessity of restoring and maintaining river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin river system including the equitable allocation of rights to those flows, and the failure of the four states and the Commonwealth to agree on the future co-operative administration of the Basin, the authors offer their resolution of the ‘missing’ border in the tri-state area of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia in the locale of Mildura-Wentworth-Renmark where the three states abut. The resolution of the missing border is essential to the proper exercise of spatial or territorial jurisdiction. Although of small consequence for the past 150 years the time is approaching when this issue must be resolved: it is ‘unfinished business’.
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ItemUnfinished business: completing the mudmap on the riverbed - the legal lacuna in the tri-state area of the River Murray (Part 1)Park, M. M. ; Williamson, I. P. (Law Society of South Australia, 2008)With the approaching centenary of the Victorian-South Australian border litigation, the necessity of restoring and maintaining river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin river system including the equitable allocation of rights to those flows, and the failure of the four states and the Commonwealth to agree on the future co-operative administration of the Basin, the authors offer their resolution of the ‘missing’ border in the tri-state area of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australiain the locale of Mildura-Wentworth-Renmark where the three states abut. The resolution of the missing border is essential to the proper exercise of spatial or territorial jurisdiction. Although of small consequence for the past 150 years the time is approaching when this issue must be resolved: it is ‘unfinished business’.
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ItemBlack and whitePark, M. M. ( 2009)The unexpected juxtaposition of the authors’ names of a recent legal journal article leads to a comparison with a 60 year-old physics paper supposedly written by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow.
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ItemRemoving the disharmony from Victoria's Land Title Registration systemPark, M. M. ( 2009)The author considers those improvements to the Victorian Torrens system desirable to assist in bringing about an Australian harmonised (or even a uniform) system of land title registration.