Courts face growing challenges in assessing digital evidence in international crime trials. A new guide aims to help judges verify online information.
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Judges at the ICC are mulling over whether to issue arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel.
Calls to return Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, from India are growing, but is this a feasible outcome?
A collection of essays, edited by a former Queensland police officer, contains eyewitness accounts of systemic racism, homophobia, misogyny and institutionalised toxicity.
Restrictions that seem reasonable during life can backfire after death.
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.
Laws may use complex syntax to indicate their special status, in much the same way magic spells use rhyme or archaic words.
Lobbyists for Australia’s gambling sector argue advertising isn’t normalising the practice to children and that any ban would force people to bet illegally. Results here and globally say otherwise.
Many jurisdictions treat pet theft like property theft, assigning dogs dollar values and failing to account for their emotional importance.
Even the most careful trust planning is no substitute for family harmony.
While it’s easy to demonise environmentalists for using the courts to further their causes, a fundamental part of any democracy is access to the legal system.
By injecting hidden risk into the financial statements of the listed companies monitored by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court may have set the stage for the next recession.
The couple are the first to be charged under Australia’s new espionage act, which was revamped in 2018.
The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling could create new risks for unwary investors – and a new reason for them to invest in index funds.
Small and medium-sized family businesses are more innovative than you might realize.
Our research shows the smallest of appearance changes are enough to lead to mistaken identifications in a police line-up. It doesn’t bode well for the justice system.
Data from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows alarmingly high rates of sexual violence perpetration. Here’s what is shows.
In pleading guilty to one count under the US Espionage Act as part of a plea deal, the WikiLeaks founder’s case has left some large legal concepts unresolved.
Julian Assange may be heading for home and freedom, but how high a price has he had to pay for releasing government secrets? And what message has his punishment sent?
Police efforts to sort through online child sexual exploitation material are being hampered by the rise in AI-generated imagery. Here’s how they’re working to combat the problem.
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