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Publications

Work in Progress:
  • (With Roger Clarke)How effectively protected are Australia’s online consumers?

Published & Forthcoming Books:

  1. Svantesson on the Law of Obligations 2nd Ed., Scribblers Publishing (2009, Revised 2010)
  2. Internet & E-Commerce Law, Oxford University Press (2007)
  3. Private International Law and the Internet, Kluwer Law International (2007)
  4. Svantesson on the Law of Obligations, Pearson Education SprintPrint (2007)

Published & Forthcoming Book Chapters:

  1. National Report for Australia, in Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (ed.) Consumer Protection in International Private Relationships (CEDEP, Asunción, 2010); pp. 17-30
  2. The not so ‘borderless’ internet: Does it still give rise to private international law issues?, in R. Gavvala (ed.) International Law and Jurisdiction, Amicus Books The Icfai University Press (forthcoming 2010), (this chapter is an adaptation of my article with the same name)
  3. Protecting Privacy on the ‘Borderless’ Internet – Some Thoughts on Extraterritoriality and Transborder Data Flow, in G. Usha (ed.) Cyberspace Privacy and security, Amicus Books The Icfai University Press (2009), (this chapter is an adaptation of my article with the same name)
  4. “Imagine there’s no countries...” – Geo-identification, the law and the not so borderless Internet, in P. Rani (ed.) Cyber Jurisprudence, Amicus Books The Icfai University Press (2009), (this chapter is an adaptation of my article with the same name)
  5. Geo-identification and the Internet – A New Challenge for Australia’s Internet Regulation, in G. Usha (ed.) Internet Governance: Techno-Legal Solutions, Amicus Books The Icfai University Press (2009), (this chapter is an adaptation of my article with the same name)
  6. Borders on, or border around –  The future of the Internet, in L. Padmavathi (ed.) Cyber Torts, Amicus Books The Icfai University Press (May 2009), (this chapter is an adaptation of my article with the same name)
  7. B2C sales and consumer protection , in R. Polčák (ed.) Introduction to ICT law - selected issues (2007)
  8. An Introduction to Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace, in C. Vidya (ed.), Cyber Jurisdiction: A Legal Vision, Amicus Books, The Icfai University Press (2007) 
Published & Forthcoming Articles, Case Notes, etc.:
  1. (With Loren Holly) An Overview and Analysis of the National Unfair Contract Terms Provisions, Commercial Law Quarterly 24(3) (2010); pp. 3-14
  2. “Sexting” and the law – how Australia regulates electronic communication of non-professional sexual content, Bond Law Review 22(2) (2010); pp. 41-57
  3. Privacy, the Internet and transborder data flows – An Australian perspective, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010); pp. 1-20
  4. (With Roger Clarke) Privacy and consumer risks in cloud computing, Computer Law & Security Review, Vol.26 No. 4 (July 2010); pp. 391-397
  5. A Brief Note on the CLSR 25th Anniversary Seminar - 'The Significance and Protection of Identity in the Online World', Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 27 Issue 1 (February 2011); pp. 1 – 3
  6. Information management, customer trust and the law – the importance of a ‘privacy strategy’ in e-commerce, Internet Law Bulletin Vol 13 Issue 7 & 8 (2010); pp. 151 – 152 
  7. (With Terrance Sak) Consent – the key concept that simply does not work, Privacy Law Bulletin, Vol. 7 No. 2 (2010); pp. 22 – 24
  8. Consent – the weakest link in online privacy protection, Internet Law Bulletin, Vol 13 Issue 5 (2010); pp. 88 – 90
  9. Review: Cross-Border Judicial Cooperation in Offshore Litigation, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Issue 36(2), (2010); pp. 397 – 398“
  10. Sexting” and Australia’s regulation of child pornography, Internet Law Bulletin, Vol 13 Issue 2 (2010); pp. 34 – 35
  11. What is contract law?, The National Legal Eagle (Autumn 2010); pp. 16 – 17
  12. (With Roger Clarke) A best practice model for e-consumer protection, Computer Law & Security Review Vol.26 No. 1 (January 2010), pp. 31-37
  13. The Choice of Courts Convention – How will it work in relation to the Internet and e-commerce?, Journal of Private International Law Vol 5 No 3 (December 2009), pp. 517-535
  14. Review: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law by James Gordle and Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Issue 36(1) (forthcoming 2010, accepted 3 December 2009)
  15. (With Paul White) Entering an era of research ranking - Will innovation and diversity survive?, Bond Law Review 21(3) (2009), pp. 173-191
  16. International ranking of law journals – can it be done, and at what cost?, Legal Studies, Vol. 29 No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 678-691
  17. Can you read an employee’s private email? Addressing the legal concerns, Internet Law Bulletin, Vol 12 Issue 7 (2009), pp. 98-100 (Also republished in Privacy Law Bulletin, Vol. 6 No. 2 & 3 (2009), pp. 18-21)
  18. The Right of Reputation in the Internet Era, International Review of Law, Computers & Technology Vol. 23, No. 3 (2009), pp. 169-177
  19. Reputation or Goodwill as a Form of Online Property, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009), pp. 187-190
  20. Telemedicine without frontiers: does the internet change medical licensing requirements?, Internet Law Bulletin, Vol 12 Issue 1 (2009), pp. 10 – 12
  21. Review: Electronic Commerce and International Private Law: A Study of Electronic Consumer Contracts by Lorna E Gillies, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol 10 Issue 1 (2009), pp. 407 – 410
  22. Cross-border Telemedicine – New Area, same Legal Challenges?, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009), pp. 227-238
  23. Codifying Australia’s Contract Law – Time for a Stocktake in the Common Law Factory, Bond Law Review 20(2) (2008), pp. 92-117
  24. The times they are a-changin’ (every six months) – The challenges of regulating developing technologies, Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table (Online Spring 2008)
  25. Business-to-consumer e-commerce: the EU and Australia compared, Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 11 Issue 4 (2008), pp. 61 – 64
  26. From the Airport to the Surgery to the Courtroom – Private International Law and Medical Tourism, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Issue 34(2) (2008); pp. 265 – 276
  27. How does the accuracy of geo-location technologies affect the law?, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008), pp. 11-21
  28. Internet Law and Policy in the People’s Republic of China, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2007); pp. 109 – 120

  29. E-commerce tax: How the taxman brought geography to the “borderless” Internet, Revenue Law Journal Vol. 17(1)

  30. Conflict of laws issues associated with a tort of privacy, Computer Law & Security Report Vol 23 No 6; pp. 523 – 528

  31. Geo-identification and the Internet – A New Challenge for Australia’s Internet Regulation, Murdoch E-Law Journal Vol 14, No 2, 2007; pp. 155 – 177

  32. Geo-location technologies, Internet gambling and the law, Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 10 Issue 4 & 5 (August 2007), pp. 55 – 58

  33. Protecing privacy on the "borderless" Internet - Some thoughts on extraterritoriality and transborder data flow, Bond Law Review 19(1) 2007; pp. 168-187

  34. Some Observations on the Regulation of Misleading or Deceptive Conduct, The National Legal Eagle (April, 2007); pp. 17-20

  35. "Imagine there's no countries..." - Geo-identification, the law and the not so borderless Internet, Journal of Internet Law Vol. 10 No. 9 (2007); pp. 1 & 18-21

  36. The Legal Implications of Geo-identification, Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence special edition (2006) Vol. 9; pp. 279 – 287
  37. The Relation between Public International Law and Private International Law in the Internet Context , Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence special edition (2006) Vol. 9; pp. 154 – 160
  38. Internet Jurisdiction in the People's Republic of China , Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 9 Issue 8 (November 2006), pp. 98 - 100
  39. Geo-location technologies increasing online security - How, and to what extent, do they work? , Security Solutions Magazine 43 2006; pp. 70 - 74.
  40. Borders on, or border around - the future of the Internet , Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology Vol. 16 No. 2 (2006); pp. 343 - 381.
  41. An Introduction to Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace , Journal of Law and Information Science, Vol 15 (February 2006); pp. 50 - 74.
  42. The Impact of Geo-location Technologies on Internet Licensing - Let the Cat and Mouse Game Begin , Intellectual Property Forum, Issue 63 (December 2005); pp. 24 - 30.
  43. Who's fingerprints, and with what flavour, would you like today? , Privacy Law & Policy Reporter, Vol. 11 No 7 (August 2005); p. 201.
  44. Amlink Technologies Pty Ltd and Australian Trade Commission [2005] AATA 359 - Software finally recognised as "goods" , Trade Practices Law Journal, Vol 13 No 4 (December 2005), pp. 232 - 234.
  45. "Place of Wrong" in the Tort of Defamation - Behind the Scenes of a Legal Fiction , Bond Law Review 17(2) (December 2005), pp. 149 - 180
  46. In defence of the doctrine of forum non conveniens, Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol. 35 Part 2 (2005); pp. 395 - 420
  47. Geo-location technologies and other means of placing borders on the 'borderless' Internet,John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Vol XXIII, No 1, Fall 2004; pp. 101 - 139.
  48. Geo-identification - Now They Know Where You Live Privacy Law & Policy Reporter, Vol. 11 No 6 (April 2005); pp. 171 – 174.
  49. The characteristics making Internet communication challenge traditional models of regulation - What every international jurist should know about the Internet, International Journal of Law and Information Technology Vol. 13 No. 1 (March 2005), Oxford University Press; pp. 39 - 69
  50. An Update on the proposed Hague Convention on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements , Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 21 Issue 1 (March 2005), Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. ISSN 0267 3649; pp. 22 - 29
  51. Geo-identification - Legal Requirements Forcing Borders onto the Internet , ELSA Synergy No. 37/1 2005, p. 27
  52. < A bulletin board is a bulletin board (even if it is electronic) - certain intermediaries protected from liability after all , Bond Law Review 16(2) (December 2004), pp. 169 - 175
  53. A Very Expensive Box - What Exactly do you get when Buying Computer Software "Off-the-Shelf"? , The National Legal Eagle (October 2004), pp. 7 - 9
  54. The 'Place of Action' Defence - A Model for Cross-Border Internet Defamation, Australian International Law Journal (2003) pp. 172 - 198
  55. Dow Jones v Gutnick - update on the High Court appeal, Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 5 Issue 3 (September 2002), Prospect Media, Sydney, Australia. ISSN 1035-2155; pp. 25 - 31
  56. Kanitz v. Rogers Cable Inc - Time to rethink Article 4 of the proposed Hague Convention?, Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 18 Issue 5 (September/October 2002), Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. ISSN 0267 3649; p. 340 - 344.
  57. At the Crossroads - The proposed Hague Convention and the future of Internet defamation , Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 18 Issue 3 (May/June 2002), Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. ISSN 0267 3649; pp. 191 - 196
  58. The Gutnick v. Dow Jones decision - Which questions were answered and which were not? , Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 4 Issue 7 (May 2002), Prospect Media, Sydney, Australia. ISSN 1329-9735; pp. 73 - 78
  59. 'Consent' - How much can the meaning of a word change in four months? , Privacy Law & Policy Reporter, Vol. 8 No 6 (October 2001), Butterworths, Sydney, Australia. ISSN 1321-3563; pp. 112 - 113.
  60. What should Article 7 - Consumer contracts, of the proposed Hague Convention, aim to accomplish in relation to e-commerce? , Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 17 Issue 5 (September/October 2001), Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. ISSN 0267 3649; pp. 318 - 325.
  61. Gutnick v Dow Jones - A Gordian Knot, Thomson's e-law site (August 2001), Australia.
  62. Optimising the potential of e-commerce: a win-win solution , Internet Law Bulletin Vol. 3 Issue 10 (June 2001), Prospect Media, Sydney, Australia. ISSN 1329-9735; pp. 136 - 138.
Published Conference Papers:
  1. “Sexting” and the law – 15 minutes of fame, and a lifetime of shame, keynote at Cyberspace 2010: Normative Framework (November 2010), Brno Czech Rep.
  2. Privacy, the Internet and transborder data flow – An Australian perspective, Cyberspace 2009: Normative Framework (November 2009), Brno Czech Rep.
  3. Cross-border Telemedicine – New Area, same Legal Challenges?, Cyberspace 2008: Normative Framework (December 2008), Brno Czech Rep.
  4. The times they are a-changin’ (every six months) – The challenges of regulating developing technologies, Oxford Round Table, The Regulation of Cyberspace: Balancing the Interests (March 2008), Oxford England
  5. How does the accuracy of geo-location technologies affect the law?, Cyberspace 2007: Normative Framework (December 2007), Brno Czech Rep.
  6. Internet Law and Policy in the People’s Republic of China, Cyberspace 2006: Normative Framework (November 2006), Brno Czech Rep.
  7. The not so 'borderless' Internet - Does it still give rise to private international law issues, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (July 2006), Victoria University Australia.
  8. To be, or not to be, borderless - the future of the Internet, Cyberspace 2005: Normative Framework (November 2005), Brno Czech Rep.
  9. The Legal Implications of Geo-identification, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (July 2005), Hamilton New Zealand.
  10. The Relation between Public International Law and Private International Law in the Internet Context, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (July 2005), Hamilton New Zealand.
  11. Geo-location Technologies - A Brief Overview , Cyberspace 2004: Normative Framework (October 2004), Brno Czech Rep.
  12. The Place of Action Defence - A Defamation Defence for the globalised world of the 21 st Century , Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (July 2004), Darwin Australia.
  13. Jurisdictional Issues and the Internet - A Brief Overview , Cyberspace 2003: Normative Framework (October 2003), Brno Czech Rep.
  14. Legal liability for Internet based cross-border provision of medical advice, information and products , 9 th Greek/Australian International Legal and Medical Conference (June 2003), Rhodes Greece.
  15. The 'borderless' Internet and the proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, International Dimensions of Internet and e-Commerce Regulation, University of New South Wales (CLE) and Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre (October 2002), Sydney Australia.
  16. (Co-written with Dr. Lee Bygrave): Jurisdictional issues and consumer protection in cyberspace: the view from 'down under', Cyberspace regulation: E-commerce and Content, University of New South Wales (CLE) and Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre (May 2001), Sydney Australia.

Unpublished Conference Papers:
  1. The Gutnick v. Dow Jones decision - Which questions were answered and which were not? , Law, Culture & Social Change, University of Sydney (November 2001), Sydney Australia.