Inside Commercial Law

About Inside Commercial Law

Inside Commercial Law is a podcast brought to you by the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law at the Melbourne Law School. In this series we talk to experts from all aspects of commercial law, policy and regulation to connect you with the latest innovations and best practice in commercial law.

Publisher

Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Oct 2023

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Learning from William Ah Ket, Victoria's First Chinese Australian Barrister

   In this special crossover episode of Asian Law Voices and Inside Commercial Law, Professor Andrew Godwin discusses with Dr Ben Hopper the beautiful recently published book, William Ah Ket: His Life and Times, about Victoria’s first barrister of Chinese ethnicity, William Ah Ket (1876-1936). The book was written by William’s daughter, Toylaan Ah Ket, and co-edited by Professor Godwin. They discuss: Andrew’s involvement in the project; William’s journey from growing up in the country town of Wangaratta to studying law at the University of Melbourne; William’s fights for social justice, including against discriminatory anti-Chinese laws like the Factories Acts; family life in upper-middle class Melbourne in the interbellum period between the two world wars; and what we can learn from William’s unique and rich life and philosophy today. The book is available for purchase via the following link: ⁠scholarly.info/book/william-ah-ket-his-life-and-times/⁠ (https://scholarly.info/book/william-ah-ket-his-life-and-times/) Asian Law Voices presents interviews with an array of expert voices on legal issues throughout Asia, covering the law and its myriad connections with politics, culture, art, society and the everyday. Asian Law Voices is a podcast of the ⁠Asian Law Centre (ALC)⁠ (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/alc) and the ⁠Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS)⁠ (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/cilis), at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. You can find out more about the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law and the Inside Commercial Law podcast on their website: ⁠law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mccl⁠  (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mccl) We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we record, learn, and live.

2. 

   6 Sept 2026

   Bankruptcy: a view through the lens of colonial literature

   Fortunes being made and lost as the world changes are very much front of mind today as AI continues its march. Yet, as Dr Lucie O’Brien tells Matthew Bell in this episode of Inside Commercial Law, financial precarity potentially leading to bankruptcy has a very long history in Australia. Giving a taste of her Rare Books Lecture at Melbourne Law School, she takes us back to the gold rush time in colonial Victoria through the lens of literary portrayals of bankruptcy; especially, the remarkable series of novels by Ethel (Henry Handel) Richardson collected as The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. A recording of Lucie’s lecture (29 July 2026) is here: https://youtu.be/0bk2Vbpc8nE?si=kfBd3ohefiAwxR8w (https://youtu.be/0bk2Vbpc8nE?si=kfBd3ohefiAwxR8w) Further information about the Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law can be found here: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mccl (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mccl)

3. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Introducing the Asian Law Voices Podcast: Fan Fiction, Copyright and Personality Rights in China

   In this special crossover episode, we bring you a conversation from the new Asian Law Voices (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/alc/engagement/podcast-asian-law-voices) podcast hosted by our colleagues at the Asian Law Centre (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/alc) and the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/cilis) at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne. In this episode, the Asian Law Centre’s Director, Sarah Biddulph, talks to Ben Hopper about fan fiction and legal issues in China. They discuss: what is fan fiction; why fan fiction poses challenges for China’s copyright laws and laws protecting personality rights; China’s first (and thus far only) fan fiction copyright lawsuit between renowned Chinese action fantasy (wuxia) author, Jin Yong, and fan fiction writer, Jiang Nan; the “227” incident that broke out on February, 27 2020 in which a fan fiction writer posted a serialised novel that contained a fictionalised romance between two actors in the TV show, The Untamed. Ben would like to thank Jiacheng Gong, Tina Yao, and Alice Boer-Endacott for helpful discussions on fan fiction in the lead-up to the recording of this podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, we encourage you to subscribe to Asian Law Voices wherever you get your podcasts. Recommended further reading: Gladys Mac, Chinese Fanfiction is Entering Into (and Upsetting) the Mainstream (Online article, 10 December 2020) <https://radii.co/article/chinese-fanfiction (https://radii.co/article/chinese-fanfiction)>, archived at <https://perma.cc/JR5P-R78B (https://perma.cc/JR5P-R78B)>. Xu Xinming, Settlement Reached in Landmark “Jin Yong v. Jiang Nan Fanfiction Case” (Online article, 13 October 2025) <https://www.ciplawyer.com/articles/157722.htm (https://www.ciplawyer.com/articles/157722.htm)l>, archived at <https://perma.cc/ZCS5-8M2D (https://perma.cc/ZCS5-8M2D)>. Note that this settlement took place, and this article was published, after this episode of Asian Law Voices was recorded. Asian Law Voices presents interviews with an array of expert voices on legal issues throughout Asia, covering the law and its myriad connections with politics, culture, art, society and the everyday. The theme music is by Melbourne Community Gamelan (https://melgamelan.com.au/). We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we record, learn, and live.

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