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Opinion pieces
Largely academic opinion pieces from The Conversation
Pre-2020
2019
➤ Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?
Samuel Becher, 'Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?' (The Conversation, 1 March 2019)
➤ Fines that’ll hurt. ASIC’s powerful, if ill-fitting, teeth
Elise Bant and Jeannie Marie Paterson, 'Fines that’ll hurt. ASIC’s powerful, if ill-fitting, teeth' (The Conversation, 27 February 2019)
➤ Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding
Samuel Becher, 'Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding' (The Conversation, 4 February 2019)
2018
➤ That contract your computer made could get you in a legal bind
Mark Giancaspro, 'That contract your computer made could get you in a legal bind' (The Conversation, 11 April 2018)
➤ Comic contracts and other ways to make the law understandable
Camilla Baasch Anderson, 'Comic contracts and other ways to make the law understandable' (The Conversation, 19 January 2018)
2017
➤ Like it or not, you’re getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?
Jeannie Marie Paterson, 'Like it or not, you’re getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?' (The Conversation, 23 October 2017)
2016
➤ Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation
Leanne Wiseman, 'Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation' (The Conversation, 25 November 2016)
➤ Explainer: what is contract theory and why it deserved a Nobel Prize
Hongyi Li and Anton Kolotilin, 'Explainer: what is contract theory and why it deserved a Nobel Prize' (The Conversation, 12 October 2016)
Last updated: 15 June 2026