McKibbin & Mortensen on "The HCCH Judgement Conventions in Australian Law"

USQ School of Law and Justice Lecturer Ms. Sarah McKibbin and Professor Reid Mortensen have co-authored, along with Michael Douglas and Mary Keyes, an important new article titled "The HCCH Judgment Conventions in Australian Law".  The article appears in Volume 47(3) of the Federal Law Review.  Here is the abstract:

"In May 2018, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (‘HCCH’) produced a draft convention for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. A Diplomatic Session of the HCCH is expected to take place in 2019 at which this draft ‘Judgments Convention’ will be presented. If a multilateral convention emerges from the Diplomatic Session, Australia is likely to be an early adopter: the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department conducted a public consultation on the draft Judgments Convention in 2018. Against that background, this article considers the impact of implementation of the Judgments Convention in Australia. It is argued that domestic legislation that emerges from the Judgments Convention will deliver an overdue refurbishment of the Australian law relating to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Australia’s adoption of the Judgments Convention ought to be welcomed."

Gray on "The Offence of Sedition"

USQ School of Law and Justice's Professor Anthony Gray has published a new article titled "The Offense of Sedition: Its History, Its Current Status in Australian and International Law, and Its Constitutionality."  The article appears in Volume 47(2) of the Australian Bar Review.  According to the abstract:

"This article considers the offence of sedition. The offence is of ancient vintage. Over the years its scope has narrowed, but sedition-type offences remain a feature of Australian criminal law. This article considers whether a constitutional challenge against such laws might be successful on the basis of the implied freedom of political communication."