Conferences and Seminars

Past Conferences and Seminars

2008

25 June 2008: Law and Regulation of Virtual Worlds 
Seminar held at the Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
Business and communities of users are increasingly operating in virtual worlds, such as Second Life. But doing business in virtual worlds raises many complex, novel legal issues. Already, potentially landmark cases have come before US courts. This seminar featured well-known experts and legal academics in this rapidly-emerging area.

Please click on the following speaker presentations:

• Gary Hayes, The Sex, the Violence and the Dirty Money: The Truth about Social Virtual Worlds
• Dan Hunter, Property, Intellectual Property and Virtual Worlds: What Do Virtual Worlds Tell Us About Property
• Melissa deZwart, Beyond the Terms of Service: Legal Issues in Regulating Virtual Worlds
• David Lindsay, Copyright Protection of Buildings and Artistic Works in Virtual Worlds: Comparative Legal Analysis
  

20 February 2008: Domain Name Law and Regulation
Seminar and book launch held at the Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
The Domain Name System (DNS), which matches computer addresses to human- friendly domain names, has given rise to novel legal issues including the international arrangements for regulating the DNS and disputes invloving the use of trade marks as domain names. This seminar addressed the latest developments in this rapidly-moving filed.

Please click on the following speaker presentations:

• David Lindsay
• Bruce Tonkin
• The Honourable Neil Brown QC
• Peter Gerrand (book launch speech)
  

2007

19 July 2007: Reducing the Regulatory Burden: Challenges for Victoria
Held at the Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
This was the second in a series of seminars hosted by the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies which focused on the Victorian environment and examined successful overseas models to reduce administrative burdens. In addition, a number of case studies were examined, along with challenges in applying new approaches.

16 March 2007: The Endogeneity of Law: Are Compliance Systems a House of Cards?
Presented by Professor Lauren B Edelman, University California, Berkeley, USA at Monash University Law Chambers, Bourke Street, Melbourne. The presentation outlined the implications of a theory of law as endogenous, where law is generated within the social releam that it seeks to regulate.

2006

15 November 2006: Rethinking Regulation Forum
Held at the Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne. This forum's purpose was to seek common ground for effective regulatory reform across the disciplines of law, politics, public management and regulatory theory.

14 July 2006: Financial Services Reform second anniversary – Where next?
Presented by the Department of Business Law and Taxation, Corporate Law and Accountability Research Group, at Monash University Law Chambers, Bourke Street, Melbourne

6 June 2006: Electronic Conveyancing: Who Benefits [PDF]
Presented by Dr Pam O'Connor, Faculty of Law, at Monash University Law Chambers, Bourke Street, Melbourne

17th May 2006: Gary Banks, Chairman of the Productivity Commission and the Regulatory Taskforce gave a public address  and presentation [PDF] at the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies, on  Rethinking Regulation, a report containing recommendations for regulatory reform.

For further information please contact Meli Voursoukis at  regulatory.center@law.monash.edu