Breda on "Constitutional Law and Regionalism"

Next month, Elgar Publishing is set to release USQ Senior Lecturer Vito Breda's new book Constitutional Law and Regionalism: A Comparative Analysis of Regionalist Negotiations.  Here is the abstract:

This topical book analyses the practice of negotiating constitutional demands by regional and dispersed national minorities in eight multinational systems. It considers the practices of cooperation and litigation between minority groups and central institutions in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, and the U.S. and includes an evaluation of the implications of the recent Catalan, Puerto Rican and Scottish referenda. Ultimately, the author shows that a flexible constitution combined with a versatile constitutional jurisprudence tends to foster institutional cooperation and the recognition of the pluralistic nature of modern states.

Hart on "The Seven Elements of Successful Country Law Firms"

USQ Associate Professor Caroline Hart has recently published The Seven Elements of Successful Country Law Firms (Federation Press, 2018).  Here is the publisher's summary:

How and why do some country law firms not only survive but prosper while others flounder and fail?

Caroline Hart provides insights for creating a successful country law firm through her interviews with over 40 practice owners who generously share their experiences – good and bad. The remarkable lessons they provide are distilled into seven elements of success.

The book is comprised of chapters covering critical areas such as governance, leadership, information technology, human resources and succession planning. Each chapter concludes with a Masterclass or Lessons Learnt section which gives readers a framed summary that will help them navigate the challenges and opportunities facing their own practice.

Practical and engaging, this book provides a valuable insight into the real lives of owners of country law firms. It reveals what it takes to ensure profitable practices, maintain productive client relationships, retain highly motivated staff, and ultimately ensure the longevity and success of a country law firm.

Collins on "Civil-Military 'Legal' Relations: Where to From Here?"

USQ Associate Professor Pauline Collins has just published an important new book:  Civil-Military 'Legal' Relations: Where to From Here? The Civilian Courts and the Military in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia (Brill, 2018).  The book is Volume 51 in Brill's International Humanitarian Law Series, and its abstract states:

"Civil-military relations establishes the civilian control over the military to protect democratic values. This book argues analysis of the CMR is distorted by the absence of consideration of the judicial arm, with the ‘civil’ seen as referring only to the executive and/or legislature. The civil courts approach to military discipline and the impact that has for CMR within — the United Kingdom, United States and Australia is investigated. The author concludes that by including the courts in the development of CMR theory militarisation of the civilian domain is discouraged. A paradigm shift acknowledging the fundamental role of all three organs of government in liberal democracies, for control of States’ power is essential for genuine civilian oversight."