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Race relations with the US police are again under focus. Erik S Lesser/EPA

July 12, 2016

Can policing by consent involve remote control bombs and pre-emptive strikes?

David Hastings Dunn, University of Birmingham

Technology poses a challenge to how we treat suspects and police society.

Reporter Scott McIntyre lost his job with SBS following several controversial tweets on Anzac Day – but does the Fair Work Act protect the right to political expression? Dave Hunt/AAP

May 19, 2015

Scott McIntyre vs SBS will test employees’ right to be opinionated

Joellen Riley, University of Sydney

Scott McIntyre's legal challenge against being sacked by SBS will be an interesting test of whether the Fair Work Act offers any safe haven for employees to maintain a personal and political identity.

New laws need to strike a balance between justice and prompting an influx of litigation. AAP

December 3, 2014

Tort wars: class actions set to increase as laws wind back

Michael Legg, UNSW

In the early to mid-2000s governments throughout Australia introduced reforms restricting rights to claim for negligence. The tort of negligence and other statutory causes of action, including the prohibition…

The heart of the matter. The container port at Long Beach. sunslate

November 7, 2014

Europe faces weapons of legal destruction in USA trade talks

Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University

Efforts to build a more effective trading regime between Europe and the USA can reasonably be called positive, both for growth and the ease of doing business. Currently, however, negotiations include proposals…

Street photography is almost as old as the camera itself. Daniel Lee

May 27, 2014

Is it OK for people to take pictures of you in public and publish them?

Jessica Lake, University of Melbourne

In Brisbane, at one of the city’s main intersections, a local photographer gets into position to take snaps of the city’s passing parade. In photographing people who make their way along city streets…

Top contributors

Michael Legg
Associate Professor of Law, UNSW
Kevin Albertson
Professor of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Jessica Lake
Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
Joellen Riley
Dean and Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
David Hastings Dunn
Professor of International Politics and Head of Department, Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham