Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Development of the common law by analogy to statute
Published 2023This article considers whether the common law can be developed by analogy to statute. Part I examines how attitudes across the common law world have shifted towards recognising a stronger interrelationship between statute ...Open AccessArticle -
Electricity privatisation in New South Wales: What are the climate change and broader sustainability implications?
Published 2008A consideration of the climate change and broader sustainability issues surrounding the proposed privatisation of electricity businesses in New South Wales requires an integrated consideration of the economic, environmental ...Open AccessArticle -
Chasing down the climate change footprint of the private and public sectors: Forces converge
Published 2007This article analyses four converging forces which are requiring the private and public sectors to radically address their climate change footprints. These forces include: an emerging body of "climate law" which aims to ...Open AccessArticle -
The implications of electricity restructuring for a sustainable energy framework: What's law got to do with it?
Published 2003The restructuring of electricity markets is a worldwide phenomenon driven by broader programs of microeconomic reform. Since the 1970s, governments, driven by free market economics, have endorsed the introduction of ...Open AccessArticle -
Sustainability and climate change: Liability of corporations
Published 2007The risk of liability relating to sustainability and climate change is an issue of growing significance for corporations. This article examines a number of areas in which Australian corporations are already subject to ...Open AccessArticle