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Dr Greg Taylor

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Publications

2008

"The Law of the Land: The Advent of  the Torrens System in Canada" University of Toronto Press, Canada, 2008

"The Law of the Land: Canada's Receptions of the Torrens System" (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History/University of Toronto Press, 2008)

"Is the Torrens System German?" (2008) 29(2) Journal of Legal History 253-285

"Refusals of Assent to Bills Passed by Parliament in Germany and Australia" (2008) 36(1) Federal Law Review 83-116

"A 'Telephone Exception' to Hearsay?" (2008) 30(3) Australian Bar Review 318-336

"Justice Callinan's Conrtibution to the Law of Torts" (2008) 27(1) University of Queensland Law Journal 91-117

"Upper House Reform in Germany: The Commisssion for Modernisation of the Federal System" (2008) 17(1) Constitutional Forum Constitutionnel 253-285 

"Subsidiarity in Germany - A Slow Death?" (2008) 6 International Journal of Constitutional Law (forthcoming)

"Parliament's Power to Require the Production of Documents - A Recent Victorian Case" (2008) 13 Deakin Law Review (forthcoming)

Review of Waugh, First Principles: The Melbourne Law School 1857 - 2007 (2008) 30 Australian Bar Review 132

Review of Rabe, Die foderale Entwicklung in Australien und Deutschland: ein Rechtsvergleich (2008) 11 Constitutional Law and Policay Review (forthcoming)

2007

"Bericht - Australien" in Tellenback (ed.), Die Rolle der Ehre im Strafrecht (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007)

"Two Refusals of Royal Assent in Victoria" (2007) 29 Sydney Law Review   85

"How Did the Torrens System's Get to Canada?" (2007) 29:1 Law Society Review (S.A) 12

"State and Territory Constitutional Law - Still an Important Topic" (2007) 10 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 8

"The Torrens System's Migration to Victoria", (2007) 33 Monash University Law Review 323

Review of Schumer, Die Stellung des Ministerprasidenten in den Bundeslandern im Vergleich (2007) 17 European Business Law Review 1205

Review of Bennett, George Higinbotham: Third Chief Justice of Victoria (2007) 81:7 Law Institute Journal (Victoria) 83

Letter to the Editor of the "Age", 7 March 2007

Expert commentary: "Age", 21 November 2007, p.4

Book Review - George Higginbotham: Third Chief Justce of Victoria, Law Institute Journal, vol 81, issue 7, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, p. 83

Book Review - The Order of Canada: Its origins, history and development, Adelaide Law Review, vol 27, issue 2, Adelaide Law Review Association, The University of Adelaide South Australia, pp.341-344

Book Review - European Business Law Review, vol 18, issue 5, Kluwer Law International Ltd, London UK, pp. 1205-1207

2006

"Characterisation in Federations : Six Countries Compared" (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2006)

"The Constitution of Victoria"(Federation Press, Sydney 2006)

“The Subsidiarity Principle in German Constitutional Law” (2006) 4 International Journal of Constitutional Law 115

“Structured Problem-Solving : Against the ‘Step-By-Step’ Method” (2006) 11 Deakin Law Review 89

"Curiosities of Victorian Evidence Law" (2006) 80(8) Law Institute Journal  56-59

Review of McCreery, The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development (2006) 27 Adelaide Law Review341

"The Supreme Parliament: An Australian Perspective on the Ideas and Realities of Parliamentary Supremacy" Eighth Annual Public Law Forum, Wellington, New Zealan, 20 March 2006)

 

2005

A Great and Glorious Reformation: Six Early South Australian Legal Innovations" (Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2005)

“Bericht – Australien” (forthcoming, Max-Planck-Institut fur ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2005)

“Judicial Reflections on the Defence Case in the Summing-Up” (2005) 26 (70)  Australian Bar Review

Review of Swenden, Federalism and Second Chambers : Regional Representation in Parliamentary Federations – the Australian Senate and German Bundesrat Compared (Peter Lang, Brussels 2004) (2005) 54 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 534

"Two English Hearsay Heresies" (2005) 9 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 110

"Rape with Mitigating Circumstances" (2005) 20 Journal of Law and Religion 397

“German Courts Decide who is Jewish : On The Agreements Between the German State and Jewish Groups,and the Resulting Litigation”(2005) 20 Journal of Law and Religion 397

Review of Esposito, Die Entstehung des australischen Grundstücksregisterrechts (Torrenssystem) – Eine Rezeption Hamburger Partikularrechts? (Tenea, Berlin 2005)(2005) 26 Adelaide Law Review 359

“Four Curiosities of Victorian Evidence Law" (2006) 80:8 Law Institute Journal (Victoria) 56

"Hamburger to go?: The German Contribution to the Torrens System Examined" (Conference on the German Presence in South Australia, Adelaide, 30 September 2005)

2004

“Concepts of Intention in German Criminal Law” (2004) 24 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 99

“The Intention Debate in German Criminal Law” (2004) 17 Ratio Juris 346

“Scientology in the German Courts” (2004) 19 Journal of Law and Religion 153

“Is Addiction to Gambling Relevant in Sentencing?” (2004) 28 Criminal Law Journal 141

“The Victorian Criminal Code” (2004) 23 University of Queensland Law Journal 170

“John Baker’s Act : The South Australian Origins of Australian Claims-Against-The-Government Legislation” (2004) 27 University of New South Wales Law Journal 736

2 letters to the editor of the "Sunday Age", June/July 2004

Letter to the Editor, "Quadrant", July-August 2004

2003

“The Origins of Associations Incorporation Legislation – The Associations Incorporation Act 1858 of South Australia” (2003) 22 University of Queensland Law Journal 224

“The New Gay and Lesbian Partnerships Law in Germany” (2003) 41 Alberta Law Review 573

2002

“The Effect of the Constitution on the Common Law as Revealed by John Pfeiffer v. Rogerson”, (2002) 30 Federal Law Review 69

“Dr Pennefather’s Criminal Code for South Australia”, (2002) 31 Common Law World Review 62

“Should Addiction to Drugs be a Mitigating Factor in Sentencing?” (2002) 26 Criminal Law Journal 324

“Privacy, Injunctions and Possums : An Analysis of the High Court’s Decision in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v. Lenah Game Meats”, (2002) 26 Melbourne University Law Review 707 (with Mr David Wright)

“The Horizontal Effect of Human Rights Provisions, the German Model and its Applicability to Common-Law Jurisdictions”, (2002) 13 King’s College Law Journal 187

“Why the Common Law Should be only Indirectly Affected by Constitutional Guarantees : A Response to Stone”, (2002) 26 Melbourne University Law Review 623

The Accused Persons Evidence Act 1882 of South Australia : A Model for British Law?” (2002) 31 Common Law World Review 332

2001

Ehren- und Persönlichkeitsschutz im australischen Common Law : Ein Vergleich mit dem deutschen Recht (Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2001)

“South Australia’s Judicature Act Reforms of 1853 - the First Attempt to fuse Law and Equity in the British Empire”, (2001) 22 Journal of Legal History 55

“The United States Supreme Court Re-Considers its View of the Commerce Clause”, [2001] Public Law 281

“The Grand Jury of South Australia”, (2001) 45 American Journal of Legal History 468

“The Commerce Clause : Commonwealth Comparisons”, (2001) 24 Boston College International & Comparative Law Review 235

“Implied Terms in Licences over Land”, (2001) 21 University of Queensland Law Journal 178

“Casting the Net too Widely : Racial Hatred on the Internet”, (2001) 25 Criminal Law Journal 260

“Citizenship Rights and the Australian Constitution”, (2001) 12 Public Law Review 205

2000

Commonwealth v. Western Australia and the Operation in Federal Systems of the Presumption that Statutes do not Apply to The Crown”, (2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review 77

“Devolution and the Applicability of Statutes to The Crown in the Inter-Governmental Context”, [2000] Public Law 7

“Why is there No Common-Law Right of Privacy?”, (2000) 26 Monash University Law Review 235

“Retrospective Criminal Punishment under the German and Australian Constitutions”, (2000) 23 University of New South Wales Law Journal 196

“Public Law, Private Rights : A Comparative View of the Theory behind Recent Changes in Defamation Law to Make it Reflect Constitutional Values”, (2000) 11 Public Law Review 274

 
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