Refining the definition of death for Australian legislation

In the article Mr. Smith considers the need for reform in the area of defining when death occurs and the various approaches that exist to define death. He then analyses the stages of the developments in the various Australian jurisdictions and discusses the substantive content of the basic definition adopted and the practical implications of any enactment. The author suggests that the concept of death should be legislatively enacted in relevant pieces of legislation which call for a resolution of the question at the present time and a more general separate statement defining death should be avoided at the moment. Conceptually death should be defined as the permanent and irreversible loss of consciousness of the individual as determined by irreversible cessation of the brain stem function. The actual operational criteria of death should form the subject of a circular published by the relevant statutory health authority for the guidance of medical practitioners in relation to the specific problems they face.     

谈电子商务中消费者隐私权的法律保护

电子商务以互联网为交易平台,而互联网对现行的隐私保护制度的根本影响则主要体现于它使个人隐私的经济价值得到极大的提升,从而使得现代社会对包括个人隐私在内的信息的需求与个人需要保护隐私之间的矛盾更加突出,以至于对现行消费者隐私权益的法律保护带来严重冲击。文章在对电子商务背景下消费者隐私权益保护中出现的问题进行深入分析的基础上,适当借鉴国外立法经验,以期对将来相关立法有所裨益。