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The European Union has a deep, and maybe unbreakable reach into our sporting life.
German criminal law has not recognised rape unless the victim physically resists the attack. But a high-profile trial could be about to change that.
What seems to be a simple question of banks’ responsibilities is actually a major issue playing out where social security, banking, property, criminal and constitutional law intersect.
For law faculties, the transformative vision embodied in South Africa’s constitution provides a potent driver for change. So what does a transformed law faculty look like?
South Africa’s Constitution enjoins government to act “reasonably” in ensuring that basic socioeconomic rights are progressively realised. But the government has limited resources.
Church cover-ups are extremely serious. Child victims are especially vulnerable and often suffer long-term psychological harm.
Whistleblowers need better incentives, compensation and protection under Australian law, especially those in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
By confronting powerful record companies and streaming services, Prince paved the way for other musicians to demand artistic freedom and their fair share of profits.
Is it defamatory to ‘name and shame’ alleged rapists? Absolutely, according to South African law – and those who share that information on social media are liable too.
Imposing significant restrictions on the liberty of a person found not guilty subverts the ordinary criminal justice process.
Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.
Composers and musicians wouldn’t have created many masterpieces if the current copyright laws had always been around.
What Wales needs if it’s to have a separate system and why it needs to do so.
Many of us will be able to vote for police chiefs next month, but has the system managed to soothe the concerns of its critics?
Banning pedestrians from using their phones seems a natural extension of the prohibition against mobile phone use while driving.
A “judicial activist”, it seems, decides cases in favour of a preferred (non-“mainstream”) litigant or interest, to reach a result that is inconsistent with a conservative worldview.
It isn’t just the ‘bad guys’ who are exposed to restrictive powers and tougher penalties. Anyone whose behaviour is regarded as a public safety risk is potentially in the frame.
Proponents of tax havens would argue tax evasion may not be moral, but isn’t criminal. History suggests this is a slippery slope.
The royal commission’s recommendations seek a complete transformation of Victorian family violence services, and the state’s prevention of and response to family violence.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor emerita, University of Sydney
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Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Global Legal Studies, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
