The pressure for universities to take action on free speech may be more about politics than anything else.
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The 2001 federal election was a watershed moment for Australian national security that has set a policy agenda for almost two decades.
Islamic dispute resolution is a way of avoiding court but resolving disputes under Islamic law. Other countries use this approach. But is it right for Australia?
Because judges have a secondary audience when issuing jury directions - appeal court judges - the language used has become too wordy and confusing. It needs to change.
The author and academic makes some valid points about rape, but to decriminalise it, as she suggests, fails to recognise bodily autonomy as a key marker of humanity to which women are entitled.
Not all false beliefs arise from malicious misinformation. Some legal precedents rest on the status of everyday ‘common knowledge’, since shown to be false, but embedded in our law nonetheless.
Government and judicial interventions into the decisions of parole boards display a progressive loss of faith in these independent bodies.
George Pell’s current committal hearing engages the principle of ‘open justice’ and some of its most important exceptions.
How Australian courts might interpret consent in situations like this is far from clear, and needs to be sorted out.
Upholding victims’ rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.
In an article published in the lead up to Australia Day, WA Liberal Party policy committee chairman Sherry Sufi said “native title can only exist if Australia was settled, not invaded”. Is that right?
Many of the questions that would arise if Australia wants to become a republic have been successfully tackled elsewhere.
The charges against a Sydney man for allegedly acting as an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea are set against the background of recent tougher UN sanctions against the rogue nation.
New laws aiming to crack down on foreign interference in Australian politics suggest the concept of ‘national security’ is continually expanding.
That it has taken more than five months and a compulsory declaration procedure for some MPs’ dual citizenship issues to come to light reflects extremely badly on them.
There are some online child sex abuse offences in Australia for which a defendant’s claim that they were purely fantasising could excuse criminal liability.
Now that the battle for marriage equality has been won, the fight over the legislation to enable it will heat up.
Bob Brown’s successful High Court challenge to an anti-protest law in Tasmania will cause many states to review their own protest laws.
Modern courts may be flexible in working out what your will is after you die, but that doesn’t mean you should be complacent.
Australia has a reputation for swearing. Yet this sits at odds with laws that criminalise offensive words.
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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