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• On 20 October 2009, CAPLUS hosted a cocktail function and seminar with the NSW Branch of the Australia Indonesia Business Council (AIBC). The speaker was Rod Morehouse, Senior Trade Commissioner, ASEAN, Australian Embassy Jakarta. The October edition of the AIBC News is available here.
• On 9 July 2009, Vivienne Bath was interviewed by the 7.30 Report on the ABC regarding the arrest of Stern Hu, the general manager of Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in China. The transcript is available here and the video here. Dr Luke Nottage has also commented on the case on his blog on Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific.
• On 7 July 2009, CAPLUS, in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), held a seminar titled: 'Social Instability in China: Governance, Uncertainty and Rights in Contemporary China – Between Rigid and Resilient Stability'. The speaker was Professor David Kelly, Professor of China Studies at the China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney.

Stephen FitzGerald (AIIA), Professor David Kelly and Vivienne Bath (CAPLUS)

• On 18 June 2009, Professor Gillian Triggs, Dean of Sydney Law School, invited guests to join Vivienne Bath, Robin Burnett, Luke Nottage and Kent Anderson to celebrate the launch of their new books. The books were Law of International Business in Australasia by Robin Burnett and Vivienne Bath, and Corporate Governance in the 21st Century: Japan's Gradual Transformation edited by Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff and Kent Anderson. The books were launched by The Honourable James Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of NSW. A copy of Chief Justice Spigelman's address is available here.

Vivienne Bath, Kent Anderson, Luke Nottage, Wan Sang Lung and Geread Dooley

The Honourable James Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of NSW and Professor Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School

• CAPLUS offers one internship position to Sydney Law School students in each semester of the academic year and is now calling for applications for the internship position in Semester 2, 2009. Both undergraduate and postgraduate Sydney law students are encouraged to apply. Interns must be available to work one day per week for the duration of one semester. Interns are involved in the full range of the Centre's activities, including research, hosting public seminars and conferences, organising the Shanghai and Kyoto Winter Schools, drafting policy submissions and so on. There are also some administrative duties. Interns report to the Centre Director and will work closely with the Director, the Administrator and the Associates of the Centre. Interns interested in Japan may also be invited to work with the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) on projects agreed with CAPLUS. Applications close Friday 3 July 2009. Further information is available here. (Posted 17 June 2009)
• A new book by Vivienne Bath (with co-author Robin Burnett) titled Law of International Business in Australasia was recently published by Federation Press. The book provides a comprehensive discussion of the international and domestic law regime in Australia and New Zealand relating to international business transactions. It deals with international contracts for the sale of goods, international carriage of goods, financing, the multilateral and bilateral regime regulating trade in goods and services, issues relating to operating in foreign markets and resolution of international disputes. The book can be purchased from the Co-op Bookshop or direct from Federation Press. (Posted 28 May 2009)
• Dr Luke Nottage has initiated a blog on Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific, overlapping with the broader East Asia Forum blog. Readers are most welcome to post comments. (Posted 14 May 2009)
• A new book by Assoc Prof Luke Nottage (with co-editors Leon Wolff and Kent Anderson) titled Corporate Governance in the 21st Century — Japan’s Gradual Transformation was recently published by Edward Elgar Publishing. (Posted 9 April 2009)

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6 July 2007: Law Reform and Business Efficiency: China and Indonesia

Set out below are links to the PowerPoint presentations and papers given on 6 July at the Law Reform and Business Efficiency Conference. A number of the presentations were based on papers prepared as part of the “Attractivité Économique du Droit (Economic Attractiveness of Law)” program, which have been published online. The links to these papers are also provided below.

Assoc Prof Timothy Fisher & Dr Mark Melatos: Measuring Law: The Economics of Doing Business. The full paper entitled “Economics of Doing Business in China, Indonesia and Thailand” can be found here.

Vivienne Bath: Regulation and Change in China and Australia – Starting a Business. The full paper entitled “The World Bank Doing Business Reports – Regulation and Change in China and Australia” can be found here.

Mary Ip: World Bank Reports and Chinese Bankruptcy. The full paper entitled “Applicability of World Bank Reports on doing business for the case of Bankruptcy in China” can be found here.

Judge He Bo: Beijing High court: Decision-making processes in Commercial Courts in China

Geoff Nicholl: Dispute Resolution in Australia/China Trade & Investment Disputes

Assoc Prof Ross McLeod: “Franchising” and corruption – the problems for law reform in Indonesia. The full paper entitled “Doing Business in Indonesia: Legal and Bureaucratic Restraints” can be found here.

Dr Simon Butt: The Approach of the Indonesian Constitutional court to Corruption Laws

4 July 2007: Resolution of commercial disputes in China – a Judge’s view

Judge He Bo: Commercial Law Proceedings in Beijing; Creating an Attractive Investment Environment

Vivienne Bath: Resolution of Commercial Disputes in China

1 August 2005: Vivienne Bath has given evidence to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Australia's Relationship with China. Read the discussion.