It seems that there are countless social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube and LinkedIn, just to name a few.One common feature of all of these platforms is that they all enable online sharing – the sharing of thoughts, ideas, photographs, videos and handiworks. So what is intellectual property (IP) law and just how do we protect our … [Read more...]
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Law For Non-Lawyers Course: Torts In Sports
In August this year, there was a news report relating to the 20-year suspension of a Queensland Australian Rules Football player who kicked a fellow player in the head during a football match. It appeared from the video footage of the match that the offending player delivered the kick intentionally to a player who had already been knocked to the ground. The incident squarely … [Read more...]
Law For Non-Lawyers Course: Are We Over-Regulated?
You cannot access news without being inundated with broadcasts relating to crime – we, as a society, seem fixated on crime and punishment: what crimes have been committed and what cases are being prosecuted. Crime and politics Given this societal fascination, it is perhaps unsurprising that news of crime and punishment is often accompanied by political news: what are our … [Read more...]
Law For Non-Lawyers Course: Curtailing Freedom Of Contract
The law is often required to find ways of balancing competing interests; hence the frequent imagery of scales in the law. One of the overarching principles of contract law is the concept of ‘freedom of contract’, which essentially protects a person’s right to enter freely and voluntarily into any contract of his or her choosing. The law is not there to protect you from making a … [Read more...]
