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In the seventh post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Laura Hugh looks back on the Truman Proclamation and its impact on the law of the sea.

The President of the Rule of Law Institute, Robin Speed, has been an active participant in the NSW parliamentary committee inquiry into ICAC and the ICAC Inspector’s report to the Premier earlier this year, drawing the committee’s attention to the case of former SES commissioner Murray Kear.

A couple of weeks ago, the High Court handed down an important judgment about the powers and jurisdiction of courts. William Shrubb has a look.

Today marks the twelfth anniversary of an important High Court decision on the principle of legality. Jack Maxwell examines the principle.

In the sixth post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Marina Kofman looks at the IBA’s latest program on judicial corruption.

In the fifth post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Louisa Spiteri examines the ICC’s sentencing of a Congolese warlord.

Today, the Rule of Law Institute attended a roundtable hosted by the NSW Department of Justice, to discuss the state’s high risk offender post-sentence supervision and detention regime, together with representatives from Legal Aid NSW, the Aboriginal Legal Service, the Law Society of NSW, the NSW Bar Association, the NSW DPP, the Public Defenders Office, and the NSW Police Force.

In the fourth post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Robert Size examines Muhammad Ali’s brush with the rule of law.

Today marks the 45th anniversary of Operation Demetrius, the British Army’s controversial dawn raids in Northern Ireland. William Shrubb looks back on the torture and imprisonment without trial that characterised the raids.

Robin Speed responds to former ICAC Commissioner David Ipp’s submission to a NSW Parliamentary review into ICAC.

In the third post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Joshua Wood examines the Indian annexation of Goa in 1961.

Victorian serial offender Adrian Bayley had a rape conviction overturned last week, but his legal team was forced to work for free after Victorian Legal Aid refused to fund his appeal. William Shrubb asks why.

Yesterday, a Dutch arbitral tribunal issued its final award in the long-running legal battle between the Philippines and China over territorial claims in the South China Sea. William Shrubb has a look.

Last week, the Queensland Parliament’s Agriculture and Environment Committee tabled its report into the ‘Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016’. William Shrubb has a look.