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Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.
People from many different cultures across the globe and across millennia largely agree about which body parts are most valuable – and how much compensation they warrant when injured.
Australia’s patchwork of criminal appeal laws creates an uneven playing field. Here’s what they are and how the system can be made more equitable.
The referendum result left states and territories to pick up the mantle of agreement-making with First Nations people. While there’s been some progress, many efforts have stalled or gone backwards.
New Irish prime minister takes over as the republic faces challenges that include a wave of xenophobia.
Deepfake pornography raises questions about consent, sexuality and representation. The issue is more complicated than online misogyny — new criminal laws are not our best response.
Stopping someone against their will can be false imprisonment or even kidnapping. There are laws that determine who is acting as a hero and who is acting as a vigilante.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
Traditionally seen as an American holiday, more Australians are preparing to celebrate Halloween. Here’s what we know about costumes, cosplay and copyright, just in time for the spooky season.
The bill, yet to be debated in parliament, is ripe for amendment.
Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
We need a way for our laws to protect both humans and nature when it comes to bushfire risk
What people consider to be fair and just today are in line with the laws of ancient Mesopotamia and the Tang Dynasty in China – suggesting that these intuitions are part of human nature.
‘No body, no parole’ laws may at first appear to be in the public interest. But there’s a lack of evidence they work and a risk they may disproportionately penalise the wrongfully convicted.
If the crisis worsens, more people will ask, how did this happen? The answer will be simple: governments made good laws, but they did not enforce them.
The shooters in the Buffalo and Uvalde massacres were both 18, and legally purchased assault rifles. This is fueling calls to raise the age when someone can purchase this weapon from 18 to 21.
Current HIV criminal laws increase HIV stigma and discrimination against marginalized people – and negatively affect public health.
Parties who design the technologies and platforms on which mobile apps are built and marketed must be brought within the legal accountability framework to close the privacy loop.
Students of color are largely missing out on paid internships working for lawmakers on Capitol Hill, new research has found.
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