Civil Law

Student presentation to connect the histories of lotteries and marijuana reforms

The second student presentation in this week’s Marijuana Law and Policy seminar at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law explores parallels between the history of the lottery and the history of marijuana reforms. Here is how he explains his topic and his selection of background reading:

In my presentation, I will be discussing the global history and modern-day regulation of the lottery in the United States, while comparing its history and current status to that of marijuana. I will begin

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Civil Law

Will Australians connect with the right to disconnect?

The right to disconnect has been in the media a lot. But if we look behind the headlines, what impact is it actually going to have?

The new laws give employees a limited right to ignore work-related contact outside of working hours. This right is limited by what is reasonable. It does not:

  • outlaw reasonable out-of-hours contact; or
  • give employees rights to unreasonably ignore work-related communications.

Given the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) has always prohibited unreasonable additional work outside … Read the rest