Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Does a successor trustee owe a fiduciary obligation to the former trustee not to frustrate their indemnity?
Published 2025The nature of a trustee's indemnity has been the subject of recent appellate judicial treatment in the United Kingdom and in Australia. Owing to the prevalence of the trading trust in Australia, the High Court of Australia ...Open AccessArticle -
Voice Referendum
Published 2023A medium length video account of the historical context for the 2023 Voice referendum proposal, its intended operation and interaction with the existing constitutional system of government in Australia.Audiovisual -
A Code of Conduct for Best Practice in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication (NC3): The Role of International Law and Lessons from Informal International Law-Making
Published 2025-06-06This study examines the current situation regarding State nuclear command, control and communication (NC3). Nuclear command, control, and communication is the framework that governs the process that, as its ultimate end ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
On hope, unintended consequences, and risks: Shedding the Rome Statute’s definition of ‘gender’ in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Published 2025-04-08In the past twenty-five years, the 1998 Rome Statute’s definition of ‘gender’ has been scrutinized in academic circles, in policies and practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and more recently in the United ...Preprint -
Bred ‘Like Cattle’ : Forced Procreation in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Published 2024The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) serves as a compelling case study to extend current thinking about reproductive violence in international criminal law beyond the crime of ‘forced pregnancy’. In ...Open AccessArticle