Two legal challenges threaten to overturn the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas project. A legal expert considers their prospects.
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The undermining of democracy across the Americas, especially in the U.S. and Peru, has been occurring via attempts to use laws solely for political gain.
Decades have passed and yet the issue of financial compensation for the remaining “survivors” of the thalidomide tragedy has, in many instances, remained unresolved.
The government is set to restrict green groups’ right to challenge environmental approvals in court. But the law isn’t doing its job in protecting Australia’s plants and animals anyway.
By challenging the courts, King Dalindyebo is testing the degree of impunity with which traditional leaders can get away.
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PhD candidate in Political Science, University of Glasgow
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Adjunct Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Department of Legal Studies, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta
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Professor of Law, Deakin University