Australian Law Books

New and Published Books

1. International Trade Law and the WTO

   By Indira Carr, Shawkat Alam, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

   The book discusses some notable debates in the arena of international trade law and globalisation. It looks at the basic structure of the WTO, its function, and decision-making, and explores key economic and legal concepts underpinning the WTO, including Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment and National...

   Published June 13th 2013 by Federation Press
2. Securities Over Personality

   Published May 19th 2013 by Federation Press
3. Dowling's Select Cases

   1828 to 1844

   Published May 19th 2013 by Federation Press
4. Construction Claims

   By Davenport Phillip, Helen Durham

   Statutory compulsory rapid adjudication has now spread to all States, the Northern Territory and the ACT. The number of construction claims determined by adjudicators far exceeds the number determined by courts. This has been an important consideration in the writing of this third edition. In the...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Federation Press
5. Government Contracts

   Federal, State and Local

   By Nicholas Seddon

   Government Contracts 5th edition is the new edition of a work that has now been in existence for some seventeen years. It is Australia’s definitive legal text on all levels of government contracting, which focuses on the legal issues that may arise in connection with government contracts and...

   Published April 23rd 2013 by Federation Press
6. The New Work Health and Safety Legislation

   A Practical Guide

   By Francis Marks, Deborah Dinnen, Lauren Fieldus

   The new Work Health and Safety uniform laws impose extensive obligations on those who conduct a business or undertaking to ensure the safety of anyone who may be affected by the operation of the business or undertaking. These obligations are not confined to the safety of employees and will cover...

   Published April 23rd 2013 by Federation Press
7. Consumer Law and Policy in Australia and New Zealand

   By Justin Malbon, Luke Nottage

   This book examines the 2010 'Australian Consumer Law' reform package in broader context. It considers parallel re-regulation of consumer credit and other financial markets impacting on consumers. It also compares recent reform initiatives in New Zealand, Australia’s closest economic and...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Federation Press
8. Funding the Future

   Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure Finance in Australian Local Government

   By Brian Dollery, Michael Kortt, Bligh Grant

   For the past several decades, Australian local government has faced relentless financial pressures. In attempting to maintain service levels, most local authorities have invested too little in local infrastructure maintenance and renewal. The main symptom of this malaise has been a burgeoning...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Federation Press
9. Stewart's Guide to Employment Law

   4th Edition

   By Andrew Stuart

   This new edition includes extensive references to the outcomes of the 2012 Fair Work Act Review. It details changes already made by the Fair Work Amendment Act 2012 (including the renaming of Fair Work Australia as the Fair Work Commission) and explains further reforms proposed by the Review that...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Federation Press
10. Tax Effective Writing

    By T Pagone

    This book is for the tax practitioner who needs to be effective when writing. It identifies the key laws, rules and expectations which affect the form and content of the main documents tax practitioners need to write. Tax Effective Writing aims to show how the tax practitioner can write those...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Federation Press