The trial of the former shock jock on indecent assault and sexual touching charges is taking place without a jury and in a closed court. Here’s why.
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Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in 1975. The high-profile legal case over her parents’ wish to remove her ventilator shapes American patients’ rights today.
The case in Victoria is among the first to rule on religious vilification at protests. It reckons with some of the nation’s most hotly-debated questions.
The legal system can be complicated and many victims of sexual violence aren’t sure what to expect from it. Here’s how it works.
Stephen ‘Shorty’ Jamieson has been behind bars since 1988. Fresh research critically examines the confession that put him there.
The WA Supreme Court found in favour of the former senator in the high-profile defamation case. Here’s how it played out.
Since the news broke in 2023, the ‘mushroom case’ has taken on a life of its own. What made it so compelling?
The police officer avoided jail time for the manslaughter of 95 year-old Clare Nowland. The case shows what the community thinks about how much is too much force.
Now that he has been re-elected as president, many of Donald Trump’s legal cases are likely to disappear, or at least be postponed until his term is over.
In Tickle vs Giggle, the court had to consider where gender identity sits in the Sex Discrimination Act. The landmark decision sets up a precedent to protect transgender people nationally.
The meanings we carry around in our heads seem so natural and inborn that we fail to realise other people can have quite different understandings.
Among the expert witnesses in our justice system, astronomers play a surprising role. This astronomer provides evidence to several cases per week.
Communicating your intentions and expectations during your lifetime is key.
IPCC reports are often used as legal tool for bringing the powerful to account. And the more Australia’s governments and businesses lag on climate change, the more litigation we’re likely to see.
Even famous Supreme Court rulings like Brown v. Board of Education haven’t necessarily pushed US society forward in a linear direction.
Forensic linguists are called as expert witnesses in court cases to provide linguistic analysis of legal documents and other forms of oral and documentary evidence – including emojis.
A record number of immigrant children are being detained in the US. Here’s what you need to know.
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Social Policy, University College Dublin
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Postdoctoral research fellow (Forensic Linguistics/ Language and Law), University of the Western Cape
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Senior Consultant/Professor Emeritus, Dept of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Law Lecturer and Transitional Justice Academic, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Domestic and Family Violence, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor of Linguistics, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland
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Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate in Forensic Linguistics, The University of Melbourne