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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.
Morals and laws are not binaries. They complement each other to enable harmonious coexistence.
A social scientist argues that in the absence of strong government action, people took it upon themselves to work out conduct to stem the spread of virus.
Over one-third of America’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents. Employee policies, particularly for low-paid aides, have sharply raised the risk.
The US has bought up most of the world’s supply of remdesivir. This type of treatment nationalism is nothing new, though.
Laws enabling citizens to apprehend suspects, which date back to medieval England, were historically used in the US to suppress slave revolts.
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland; International Distinguished Fellow, the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University., The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer - Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Associate Dean, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
