Magna Carta and Human Rights
Magna Carta and Human Rights What is the relationship between the Magna Carta and Human Rights?...
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Double Jeopardy and the Bowraville murders
A teaching resource for legal studies students and teachers on double jeopardy and the Bowraville murders.
Read MoreInternational Investment Arbitration and the Rule of Law
In the second post of 2017 in our ongoing collaboration with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Marina Kofman examines the pros and cons of international investment arbitration.
Read MoreThe Rule of Reason and the Rule of Law
How does the law handle questions about what is a reasonable or unreasonable use of power? Unsurprisingly, this question about power and reasonableness is integral to the rule of law. Jack Maxwell explains…
Read MoreNSW Parliament passes crime bills with serious RoL concerns
NSW Parliament has passed two crime bills that raise serious rule of law concerns.
Read MoreJudicial Discretion and the Rule of Law: Police v Dunstall
Judicial discretions to exclude evidence improperly or unfairly obtained – a win for rule of law...
Read MoreMedia Mashup – Recent Discussions about Control Orders in Australia
Attorney General Brandis is planning on introducing new legislation to Federal Parliament to amend...
Read MoreFIFA and the Rule of Law
The Rule of Law Institute has compiled an education resource ‘FIFA and the Rule of...
Read MoreDevelopments on Organised Crime Laws in Queensland
The Rule of Law Institute applauds the creation of an Inquiry into Organised Crime in Queensland...
Read MoreMash Up – Indefinite Detention and the Rule of Law in Australia 2014
The legal issue of indefinite detention has been the subject of debate recently. This mash...
Read MoreRule of Law, Asylum Seekers and the High Court 2014
The legality of the events of the past few days regarding action taken by the Australian Navy to...
Read MoreHCA delivers formidable judgment against unlawful use of Crime Commission evidence
“The High Court has delivered a formidable judgment in Lee v The Queen upholding the fundamental...
Read MoreJury Trials and ‘the exclusionary rule’
“Finality is a good thing, but justice is a better” per Lord Atkin in Ras Behari Lal v King-Emperor (1933) Privy Council decision. The High Court in its decision dated 12 February 2014, Smith v the State of Western Australia...
Read MoreThe Year So Far: High Court Decisions and Rule of Law
Rule of law issues have featured significantly in a number of High Court judgments over the past weeks. In Monis v The Queen [2013] HCA 4, handed down on 27 February 2013, a range of views were expressed by members of the High...
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