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Model Rules of Interpretation for legal documents
While the interpretation of legislation is often governed by an Interpretation Act, such as the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), there is no corresponding simple set of principles at common law. Accordingly, many contracts and other legal documents contain lengthy sets of boilerplate provisions, setting… »
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A survey of eBook lending at Victorian public libraries
Unlike the US, where OverDrive has a near-monopoly on eBook lending, eBook lending among Australian public libraries is fragmented among a number of platforms. While competition is most certainly good, Australian libraries' eBook offerings are often more limited than their American counterparts. As a consequence,… »
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Rules of order rant: ‘That the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question’
In traditional Australian and UK meeting procedure, a curious procedure takes place when an amendment is proposed to omit words from a motion, including to omit words and substitute other words. Traditionally, the question proposed from the Chair, in either case, is:
That the words
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Some statistics on Pickles government vehicle auctions
I collected information on sales at three Pickles ‘Victorian Government & Council Vehicles’ auctions on 13, 20 and 27 August 2019. I collected data on ‘personal vehicles’, which I defined as vehicles with a sedan, wagon, hatchback or liftback body type. I compared winning bids… »
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Rules of order rant: Prior amendments
In Australian and UK meeting procedure, there is a rule relating to the order in which amendments may be moved, known as the ‘prior amendment’ rule. Citrine's The ABC of Chairmanship describes this as follows:
when an amendment has been moved to alter the latter
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Investigating a MIDI music DRM system (c. 1998)
Background
This post concerns a DRM system used in a proprietary JavaScript-based music player. The music is sequenced locally in the client based on instrument and note data, à la MIDI. The music player does not have any export capabilities, but like the previous instalment… »