Governments can do much to ensure mass vaccination of their citizens, particularly in the name of public health. But there needs to be careful examination of where that might breach human rights.
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A patchwork of state and federal laws cover the surveillance of private conversation. But, in all cases, there is a "public interest" defence.
Courts have had to consider whether an eggshell, a tractor fender, a petticoat hem, graffiti on a wall, and a poem might be valid wills. They've shown surprising flexibility in judgment.
Extradition laws are based on the idea that offenders, or alleged offenders, should not be able to evade justice by fleeing to another country. But the case of Malka Leifer shows just how difficult that can be.
The 2001 federal election was a watershed moment for Australian national security that has set a policy agenda for almost two decades.
Islamic dispute resolution is a way of avoiding court but resolving disputes under Islamic law. Other countries use this approach. But is it right for Australia?
Because judges have a secondary audience when issuing jury directions - appeal court judges - the language used has become too wordy and confusing. It needs to change.
The author and academic makes some valid points about rape, but to decriminalise it, as she suggests, fails to recognise bodily autonomy as a key marker of humanity to which women are entitled.
Not all false beliefs arise from malicious misinformation. Some legal precedents rest on the status of everyday 'common knowledge', since shown to be false, but embedded in our law nonetheless.
Government and judicial interventions into the decisions of parole boards display a progressive loss of faith in these independent bodies.
George Pell's current committal hearing engages the principle of 'open justice' and some of its most important exceptions.
How Australian courts might interpret consent in situations like this is far from clear, and needs to be sorted out.
Upholding victims' rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.
In an article published in the lead up to Australia Day, WA Liberal Party policy committee chairman Sherry Sufi said "native title can only exist if Australia was settled, not invaded". Is that right?
Many of the questions that would arise if Australia wants to become a republic have been successfully tackled elsewhere.
The charges against a Sydney man for allegedly acting as an 'economic agent' for North Korea are set against the background of recent tougher UN sanctions against the rogue nation.
New laws aiming to crack down on foreign interference in Australian politics suggest the concept of 'national security' is continually expanding.
That it has taken more than five months and a compulsory declaration procedure for some MPs' dual citizenship issues to come to light reflects extremely badly on them.
There are some online child sex abuse offences in Australia for which a defendant’s claim that they were purely fantasising could excuse criminal liability.
Now that the battle for marriage equality has been won, the fight over the legislation to enable it will heat up.
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Departmental Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Course Co-ordinator, International Law Clinical Program, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Law, Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
