Dr Judith Bannister

Biography/ Background

Judith graduated from the Adelaide Law School and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1993. After admission, she was a legal officer and consultant with the Australian Copyright Council and a solicitor with a Sydney firm in personal injury litigation. Judith taught at the University of Western Sydney Nepean and Flinders University before joining Adelaide Law School in 2009. She was also a law librarian for many years. Judith teaches Intellectual Property and Administrative Law. Her research interests lie in intellectual property, specifically copyright and confidential information, and the regulation of information access, specifically freedom of information. She has a PhD from the Australian National University in the field of information law.

Qualifications

BA (SAIT), LLB (Hons)(Adel), PhD (ANU)

Teaching Interests

Intellectual Property
Administrative Law

Research Interests

Information law
Copyright
Privacy / confidential information
Freedom of Information

Publications

Books

David Rolph, Matt Vitins and Judith Bannister, Media Law; cases, materials and commentary (Oxford University Press, 2010)

Andrew Stewart, Philip Griffith and Judith Bannister, Intellectual Property in Australia (Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 4th ed, 2010)

Judith Bannister and Gabrielle Appleby,  Government Accountability; Australian Administrative Law, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2014). 

Book chapters

Chapter 21 ‘Indigenous Cultural Heritage’ in Matthew Rimmer (ed) Indigenous Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (Edward Elgar, forthcoming February 2013).

'FOI Chapter' Cambridge Companion to Administrative Law (Cambridge University Press) edited by Dr Matthew Groves  Faculty of Law, Monash University (forthcoming 2013). 

Chapter 13 ‘Freedom of Information’ in Clark, David, Principles of Australian Public Law (LexisNexis, 2nd ed 2007)

Refereed journal articles

‘Open Government: From Crown Copyright to the Creative Commons and Culture Change’ (2011) 34 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1080.

“Before the High Court; The Paradox of Public Disclosure: Hogan v Australian Crime Commission” (2010) 32 The Sydney Law Review 159

‘Public Access to Copyright Works Submitted to Government: Copyright Agency Ltd v New South Wales and the Implications for Information Access’ (2008) 36 Federal Law Review 383.     http://ssrn.com/author=1657487

“A tale of two tax stories; Freedom of Information and the public interest in Australia and the United Kingdom” (2008) 4 (1) Open Government: A Journal on Freedom of Information www.opengovjournal.org

‘McKinnon v Secretary, Department of Treasury: The Sir Humphrey Clause - Review of conclusive Certificates in Freedom of Information Applications’ (2006) 30 Melbourne University Law Review 961

“Crossing the public/private divide: rethinking the concept of ‘publication’ in an electronic environment” (2000) 18 Copyright Reporter 152

Other publications

Australian Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, revised copyright commentary, Butterworths Loose Leaf Service, 2005

Legal Services Commission of South Australia, The Law Handbook online edition, 2004. Entry on Copyright Law

“The public / private divide: Personal information in the public domain” (2002) 8 (8) Privacy Law and Policy Reporter, 157-163

 

Professional Associations

Copyright Society of Australia
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
Australian Institute of Administrative Law

Entry last updated: Friday, 2 Nov 2012