By Dr Brendan Clift

Books

Rodrick S; Clift B; Ireland J; Power L, 2021, Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, Sydney

Clift B, 2018, Anti-discrimination Ordinances Commentary and Annotations

Book Chapters

Clift B; Bosland J, 2025, 'Introduction', in Taylor Swift: Law, Culture and Power, LexisNexis, pp. 1 - 3

Clift B, 2024, 'Foreign Relations', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 89 - 394

Clift B, 2024, 'Tort', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 157 - 885

Clift B, 2023, 'Religion', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 341 - 653

Clift B; Ng L, 2022, 'Defamation', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 45 - 268

Clift B, 2022, 'Weights and Measures', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 187 - 227

Clift B, 2021, 'Commercial Contracts: Boilerplate Clauses', in Lord Millett (ed.), The Hong Kong Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, LexisNexis, pp. 1 - 636

Clift B; Rodrick S, 2021, 'Confidentiality and Sources of Information', in Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 533 - 602

Clift B, 2021, 'Defamation', in Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 43 - 182

Clift B, 2021, 'Free Speech', in Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 13 - 42

Lee A; Clift B, 2021, 'From Fair Dealing to User-Generated Content: Legal La La Land in Hong Kong', in Balganesh S; Ng-Loy WL; Sun H (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, Cambridge University Press, pp. 364 - 376

Clift B, 2021, 'Negligence', in Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 837 - 862

Clift B, 2021, 'Privacy', in Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 603 - 700

Christie A; Clift B, 2020, 'Circuit Layouts', in Kirby M (ed.), The Laws of Australia, Thomson Reuters Legal, pp. 1 - 54

Clift B, 2020, 'Entertainment, Hotels, Sport and Tourism', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis

Clift B, 2020, 'Intellectual Property: Passing Off, Registered Designs and Patents', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 97 - 634

Clift B, 2020, 'Intellectual Property: Trade Marks, Copyright and Plant Varieties Rights', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 88 - 655

Clift B, 2020, 'Logistics: Carriers', in Lord Millett (ed.), The Hong Kong Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, LexisNexis, pp. 1 - 859

Clift B, 2019, 'Statutes', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 923 - 1079

Clift B, 2017, 'Intellectual Property: Copyright', in Lord Millett (ed.), The Hong Kong Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, LexisNexis, pp. 1 - 613

Clift B, 2017, 'Media and Communications', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 65 - 968

Clift B, 2011, 'Preface', in Bokhary K (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. xi - xiv

Clift B, 2008, 'Weights and Measures', in Litton H (ed.), Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong, LexisNexis, pp. 1 - 35

Edited Books

Clift B; Bosland J, (ed.), 2025, Taylor Swift: Law, Culture and Power, LexisNexis

Journal articles

Clift B, 2022, 'China's National Security: Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law? Edited by Cora Chan and Fiona de Londras Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020 368 pp. £42.99 ISBN 978-1-50995-589-3', The China Quarterly, 251, pp. 945 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741022000911

Clift B, 2022, 'Mandating Symbolic Patriotism: China’s Flag and Anthem in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region', Asian Journal of Law and Society, 9, pp. 500 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/als.2020.31

Whitsed W; Bosland J; Clift B, 2022, 'Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022', Australian Law Journal, 96, pp. 227 - 230

Clift B, 2021, 'The AG’s Gambit: National Defamation Reform Enters its Middlegame', Australian Law Journal, 95, pp. 88 - 93

Clift B, 2020, 'Hong Kong’s Made-in-China National Security Law: Upending the Legal Order for the Sake of Law and Order', Australian Journal of Asian Law, 48, pp. 1 - 23, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3749674

Clift B, 2018, 'Malice through the Looking Glass', Hong Kong Law Journal, 48, pp. 11 - 22

Clift B, 2010, 'Rights in Primary Legal Materials in Hong Kong: Proprietary or Prerogative, Private or Public?', Hong Kong Law Journal, 40, pp. 659 - 686

Reports

Witzleb N; Ng Y-F; Pittard M; Paterson M; Clift B; Richardson M, 2023, Submission in response to the Attorney-General’s Department’s Privacy Act Review Report 2022

Bosland J; Clift B; Witsed W, 2022, Submission to the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department in response to the Exposure Draft of the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021

Theses / Dissertations

Clift B, 2024, Political Dissent, Law and Legitimacy in China's Hong Kong

Clift B, 2010, Rights in Primary Legal Materials: Proprietary or Prerogative, Private or Public?

Media

Clift B, 2024, With all these defamation lawsuits, what ever happened to free speech?, https://theconversation.com/with-all-these-defamation-lawsuits-whatever-happened-to-free-speech-238312

Clift B, 2024, With more lawsuits looming, should politicians be able to sue for defamation?, https://theconversation.com/with-more-lawsuits-potentially-looming-should-politicians-be-allowed-to-sue-for-defamation-237026

Clift B, 2024, Robert Irwin wanted to sue One Nation for using his likeness. We don’t really have laws for that, https://theconversation.com/robert-irwin-wanted-to-sue-one-nation-for-using-his-likeness-we-dont-really-have-laws-for-that-232902

Clift B, 2024, Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins and dismisses Network 10 defamation case. How did it play out?, https://theconversation.com/judge-finds-bruce-lehrmann-raped-brittany-higgins-and-dismisses-network-10-defamation-case-how-did-it-play-out-225891

Clift B, 2023, Bounties on exiled Hong Kong activists show the ambitious reach of China’s political repression, https://theconversation.com/bounties-on-exiled-hong-kong-activists-show-the-ambitious-reach-of-chinas-political-repression-209029

Clift B, 2021, Why defamation suits in Australia are so ubiquitous—and difficult to defend for media organisations, https://theconversation.com/why-defamation-suits-in-australia-are-so-ubiquitous-and-difficult-to-defend-for-media-organisations-157143

Clift B, 2021, With mass arrests, running for office in Hong Kong is now not only futile, it can be criminal, https://theconversation.com/with-mass-arrests-running-for-office-in-hong-kong-is-now-not-only-futile-it-can-be-criminal-152755

Clift B, 2020, ‘Killing the chicken to scare the monkey’: what Jimmy Lai’s arrest means for Hong Kong’s independent media, https://theconversation.com/killing-the-chicken-to-scare-the-monkey-what-jimmy-lais-arrest-means-for-hong-kongs-independent-media-144206

Clift B, 2020, Hong Kong activists now face a choice: stay silent, or flee the city. The world must give them a path to safety, https://theconversation.com/hong-kong-activists-now-face-a-choice-stay-silent-or-flee-the-city-the-world-must-give-them-a-path-to-safety-141880

Other

Clift B, 2025, Sentencing of Hong Kong democrats just the latest legal blow, https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/01/03/sentencing-of-hong-kong-democrats-just-the-latest-legal-blow/

Clift B, 2024, Hong Kong carving its own path of repression, https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/01/26/hong-kong-carving-its-own-path-of-repression/

Clift B, 2023, Another blow to Hong Kong’s fading rule of law, https://eastasiaforum.org/2023/02/08/another-blow-to-hong-kongs-fading-rule-of-law/

Clift B, 2021, Political repression and authoritarian legalism in Hong Kong, https://eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/18/political-repression-and-authoritarian-legalism-in-hong-kong/

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