We all want to know if a guilty party actually regrets what they’ve done, but how can we tell? Well, we sort of can’t.
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A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
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.
Both the prosecutors and Patterson herself are continuing legal action, but for very different reasons. They could extend the case, or come to nothing at all.
Police across the country have been put on notice after the lead plaintiff in a class action has been awarded $93,000, with thousands more pay outs likely.
Researchers found more than 80 cases of generative AI use in Australian courts so far – mostly by people representing themselves. That comes with serious risks.
Courts and universities should distinguish between students who won’t pay and those who can’t – and help them to pay.
The government will pay hundred of thousands of robodebt victims more than $500 million. But we may never know if public servants knowingly acted unlawfully.
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 jury has delivered its unanimous verdict in one of the most-watched court cases ever. Here’s what was at play legally and what happens now.
An Arizona court allowed a deceased victim to ‘speak’ as an AI avatar during a sentencing hearing. Could Australian courts do the same thing?
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.
A new report has recommended courts have independent lawyers for victims of sexual violence. Here’s how it would make the judicial system safer.
One child said: ‘I should have been allowed in the courtroom and been allowed to say what I wanted.’
Australia’s highest court has ruled judges are immune from being sued for damages. Is it good public policy?
While few people have received an apology from a Murdoch-owned publication, Prince Harry now has. But if you think this is the end of the long legal saga, you may well be wrong.
Trial lawyers, like artists, have to connect with different audiences and push them to look at legal issues, people and ideologies in new ways.
If you’re convicted of sexual abuse, your friends and family can tell the court how good you are, with the hope of a more lenient sentence. There are calls for this to change.
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Associate professor, Bond University
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow Bond University/ Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Registered Forensic Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University