Canadian courts are increasingly holding governments accountable for violating their citizens’ human rights by not doing enough on climate change.
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Among the expert witnesses in our justice system, astronomers play a surprising role. This astronomer provides evidence to several cases per week.
Courts have no army or police force to enforce their decisions. Their power rests on their legitimacy in the public eye. How does scandal affect that?
Mexico’s crime epidemic continues to worsen, as poverty and inequality also grow in the country.
To protect communities, we must improve the likelihood that accused people can comply with their bail conditions by offering greater support on several fronts, from social services to law enforcement.
All criminal matters start in the local court. The more serious ones work their way up to the higher courts for sentence or trial.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
‘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.
A new study reveals a reliable pathway to make U.S. courtrooms – and senior-level positions – more diverse.
Complicating things is the fact the prosecution plans to call Wilkinson as a witness in the trial.
Are the same forces that threaten the right to abortion in the United States coming to Australia?
Intimate partner violence can take many forms – and it doesn’t always fit society’s stereotypes.
The death of a 22-year-old man in a ‘no-knock’ raid in Minneapolis has sparked fresh concern over the associated risk to the public and police alike.
After five days of deliberations, a jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of five counts relating to the sexual abuse of girls.
Donald Trump asked former aides not to testify before a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The Department of Justice has now charged one over that refusal.
The former R&B star faces the possibility of life in prison after being found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. The trial exposed the role of enablers within his inner circle, too.
Unlike other professions dealing with human trauma, criminal lawyers are very rarely offered psychological support. New research aims to learn how best to improve this.
Polish-born Holocaust survivor paved the way for atheists to refuse pledge to God in citizenship oath. But discrimination against nonreligious Americans remains.
When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Arie Freiberg é um amigo do The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Journalism and Social Media, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer – Criminal Law, Procedure, Digital Criminology, University of Sydney
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Academic position - Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne
