Centuries ago, women could “plead the belly” - argue they were pregnant to avoid the death penalty. It gave rise to the female jurors in Australian courtrooms.
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The future of the blockbuster drugs could hinge on a trial in Pennsylvania.
Irwin’s legal team threatened to sue Pauline Hanson’s party for defamation, but no legal proceedings have been initiated. Australia’s patchy laws in this area likely put a stop to it.
The ‘small claims’ court process is supposed to help workers pursue unpaid wages and entitlements without needing a lawyer. But the system isn’t working for migrants.
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
Banning political donations may sound like a good idea, but Peter Malinauskas’ plan raises political and legal risks.
Human bondage was big business in the antebellum US, and men weren’t the only ones cashing in.
The ACT is allowing nurse practitioners to assess people’s eligibility for voluntary assisted dying. But the latest law is unique in other ways.
For the first time, a person has been cryopreserved in Australia, in the hope of being reanimated in the future. The process opens up a possible legal minefield, however.
The AI train has left the station. Now, guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.
The ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders that are suspected of committing war crimes in Gaza.
The diss tracks released by rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar raise interesting questions about defamation in music lyrics.
Public focus on, and anger about, the horrifyingly high rates of violence against women is at fever pitch. What have the country’s leaders agreed to, and will it fix the problem?
Gender violence has captured the attention of policy makers and the public. There’s many things that can be done, both in the short and long term.
In the rest of the UK, a person who causes the loss of pregnancy can be charged with ‘child destruction’.
The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
Mexico is seeing a spate of public lynchings that show no sign of abating.
New Irish prime minister takes over as the republic faces challenges that include a wave of xenophobia.
The debut novels of two forceful, intelligent journalists are bold, brash stories of powerful women at the top of their game. One details a horrific sexual crime, the other ugliness in the art world.
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
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