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Equality and Law
I stumbled upon an interesting idea in one of my law lectures today: substantive equality is impossible. I say substantive (as opposed to formal) equality in the sense that measures are taken to reduce pre-existing negative social offset by actively promoting disadvantaged persons or sectors of the community. It is not possible because we cannot… Read more →
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Internet Defamation Trial Date Set
In what promises to be a landmark case for internet publishers, Gutnick v Dow Jones will be heard in Melbourne on 3 October, 2003. This case concerns the appeal of one Joe Gutnick, a miner who claims he was defamed by the Wall Street Journal, in which [edit to avoid innocent repetition: certain defamatory imputations… Read more →
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Settling In
The second day back has not proved nearly as tiresome. The repetitive drudgery of attending classes and travelling to and fro is beginning to impress itself upon me, and already the memories of entire days spent frollicking in the meadows are fading into oblivion; to be replaced by due dates, timetable clashes, and the insistent… Read more →
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Adjectival Conjoinment
Here’s something that’s been keeping me amused for the past couple of days. The voice acting is above par, the flash animation is of a high calibre, and the antics of this Mexican boxing mask may (or may not) have you in stiches: http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html Read post. Click on link. Hilarity ensues! Read more →
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First Day Back
I was insouciant as I walked through the university gates, this morning. I hadn’t even opened my books since the last class of the previous semester, let alone done any study – not out of laziness or disinterest, but purely due to difficult reprioritisation necessitated by a multitude of tasks all requiring my attention. Nor… Read more →
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Second Semester Begins
1.25am and it’s first day of second semester here in blustery Melbourne. As bleary-eyed university students across the nation sleep soundly in their beds (or procrastinate, like I am, well into the night), the refuse bins in university grounds everywhere are, no doubt, being emptied in preparation for the hordes of first-week students that will… Read more →
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Site goes live
As far as test posts go, this one should hopefully rank among the more unusual ones. A majority of first weblog posts will wax lyrical about what may or may not be later viewed as an historic occasion for the creation of yet another new discourse about the life and times of Bob’s Cat. Others… Read more →