By Christoph Antons. Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2000. ISBN: 9041198032.

This work constitutes the most comprehensive overview of Indonesian intellectual property law since the substantial legislative changes enacted from 1997 onwards. It offers a detailed overview of the Indonesian law and regulation on copyright law, patent law, trademark law, and unfair competition, and analyses the position of Indonesia with regard to the international conventions for the protection of intellectual property.

By John Glynn, Martin O'Shannessy and Rob Goodfellow. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2000. ISBN: 1865084611 (PB).

If you are thinking about Australia as a place to do business, this book is for you! It gives you the background you need to understand Australian business culture and the many opportunities that are available.

This concise guide provides useful, up-to-date facts about the Australian business scene: its developments and infrastruture, the role of government, relevant laws, marketing to “Aussies”, and the many factors you need to consider when setting up a business in Australia.

There are real-life insights into the practices of successful Australian businesspeople, who explain the Australian business mindest and networking practices.

This book will enable you to make better, well-informed decisions about investing in Australia. Most importantly, it will introduce you to a new world of business opportunity.

By Peter Kell. Pluto Press, 2000. 197pp. ISBN: 1864030763.

Is sport the great leveller and the unifying force as claimed by sports junkies?Good Sports puts the boot into the myth of the fair go in Australian sport.Peter Kell delves into how the media covers our national obsession, and reveals a harsh sporting culture of racism, sexism and homophobia.

• Why is sprinter Matt Shirvington described as the fastest white man in the world?
• Are the Chinese women swimmers the only ones taking dope, or are they being painted as the proverbial Chinese dragons out to get innocent Aussies?
• Why are Australian cricket contests with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all spiced up with chucking, betting scandals and dodgy food?
• Why is racial vilification of Aboriginal sports identities by TV personalities so pervasive?

Good Sports critically analyses Australia's sporting heritage and challenges the myth that sport gives everybody the opportunity of the fair go, looking at the way sport has recycled, revived and sustained racism in Australia. It looks at recent coverage of some sporting “stories” and “celebrities” in terms of race and identity and argues that Australia's sporting image needs a change which departs from Australia's racist past as we stage our second Olympics and move towards a republic.

Good Sports will interest the fans and those puzzled about why Australians are obsessed with sport and so fanatical about the Olympic games. Some of our favourite sporting personalities make winning appearances: Shane Warne, Mark Phillippoussis, Pat Rafter, Cathy Freeman, Evone Cawley, Nicky Winmar, Mark Taylor, Dawn Fraser, Newk and Rochie. Side show acts like John Howard, Alan Bond, Phil Coles, Arthur Tunstall and Sam Newman make guest appearances for the amusement of the fans. The book looks at chucking scandals, cricket betting, doping scandals, corrupt Olympic officials, the hero factor and racial blow ups in sport.

By Philip Kitley. Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 2000. 392pp. ISBN 0896802124 (PB).

The culture of television in Indonesia began with its establishment in 1962 as a public broadcasting service. From that time, through the deregulation of television broadcasting in 1990 and the establishment of commercial channels, television can be understood, Philip Kitley argues, as a part of the New Order's national culture project, designed to legitimate an idealized Indonesian national cultural identity. But Professor Kitley suggests that it also has become a site for the contestation of elements of the New Order's cultural policies. Based on his studies, he further speculates on the increasingly significant role that television is destined to play as a site of cultural and political struggle.

By Thomas D. Musgrave. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. ISBN: 0198298986 (PB).

The concept of self-determination has played a very important role in the shaping of the international commuity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is closely linked in a numberof different ways to the status of minorities and minorities frequently make claims to self-determination as a right for themselves. This meticulously research book explores the relationship betweens self-determination and minority rights in international law. It is highly detailed in its treatment of the subject, discussing very recent events, such as the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, in a valuable historical context. The author's analysis of the issues provides the reader with a signnificant clarification of the legal issues involved, epseically since the establishment of the UN and the development of international norms of human rights. As such, the book will hold particular appeal for all those who are interested in international law and politics, as well as students of modern history wishing to be informed on this much debated issue.

Edited by Adrian Vickers and I Nyoman Darma Putra with Michele Ford. Bali Post, Denpasar, 2000.

In honor of the often outspoken anthropologist of Bali, Professor I Gusti Ngurah Bagus, nine leading scholars of Bali from around the world have produced this series of essays on social and cultural change. Taking Professor Bagus's path-breaking essays as their staring point, these scholars examine the media, history and society in this rapidly changing part of Indonesia.