History is often written backwards. We look for order and meaning in the past to make sense of some present-day problem or issue. But this method of looking at history varnishes over the contingency and agency, indeed the very haphazardness of the actual past. Richard Price has provided a valuable window into this history in his discussion of Indigenous-state relations in Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century.

Price has written a fascinating account of the humanitarian moment in the British Empire when Christian moralism and policy making across the British empire converged over the issue of the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and South African colonies. He focuses on the mentalities and policies that inform this project in a manner that gives an intellectual and ethical heft to historic law and policies that are often simply described and justified as directed at restraining settler violence in the literature.

Among the profound challenges related to family law and child custody conflict has been the impact of globalization on the consequences to children from marriage and divorce, and nonmarried parental separation. Most nations implemented family justice courts decades ago where one judge, within an adversarial fact-finding system, applied that nation's variation on the "best interests of the child" factors to parents who resided in that country with their child. As child custody conflict and removal of a child without consent from both parents became more transnational in the 1970s, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Convention) was developed and eventually adopted by 1980. By treaty, signatory nations consent to a process which utilizes each nation's family justice courts as the means for the return of children to their "habitual residence." This article, however, argues that the Convention may not have originally bound Indigenous groups, with their own treaties and contracts, within nation-states. Even if the Convention was binding on Indigenous populations within nation-states, the Convention should protect fundamental and human rights established by the signatory nation, including protecting culture and language. For purposes of this analysis, this paper examines the 2022 New Zealand trial court opinion, Mercer v. Mercer.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulation and sustainable development in Bangladesh.

It is widely accepted that FDI-induced development is essential for the growth of undeveloped economies, but it can create a conflict between the investors' goal of profit maximisation and the host state's pursuit of economic gains. FDI-induced development is especially important for the economy of Bangladesh, the focus of this book, which argues that a balanced regulatory approach is necessary to ensure that FDI benefits all stakeholders. In examining Bangladesh's FDI regulatory regime, the authors reveal that it is investor-centric and lacks a development-oriented approach. They discuss the relevant laws, practices, mechanisms, and institutions that govern the entrance regulations and incentives for foreign investment, as well as the protection of the environment and human rights, with special attention to labour rights, involuntary displacement, and the protection of both the investors and the state in which they invest. From this analysis, the book recommends reforms to introduce development as a primary goal while maintaining Bangladesh's appeal as an FDI destination.

The book will be of interest to researchers, students, and academics in the fields of economics, politics, sustainable development, and economic growth. It will also be of great interest to FDI strategists, policymakers, negotiators, administrators, and legislators in creating a balanced regulatory regime to attract FDIs for development.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris demonstrated the continuing importance of sports events as an aspect of public diplomacy and soft power. France used the event to reflect the French commitment to diversity and equality while demonstrating its continued great power status. The recent endorsement by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a National Rugby League Team for Papua New Guinea (PNG) is proof that Australia continues to use "sports diplomacy" as one element in its foreign policy toolkit.