Case Note – Consumer Law
Consumer Law – Dishwasher Tablets and Stuck-on Food Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty...
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Case Note – Human Rights and Migration Law
AYX18 v Minister of Home Affairs[2018] FCA 283 A recent decision by Justice Perram in the Federal...
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Case Note – Environmental Protection
Newcastle Port Corporation v MS Magdalene Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH [2013] NSWLEC 210 This case...
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Rule of Law Perspectives in Southeast Asia – Phillipines
The Business Mirror – an online business publication from the Phillipines recently published...
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The Rule of Law and Customary Law
Cultural Burial and the Law The law in NSW is found in legislation (laws made by Parliament) and...
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Judicial Independence and Sentencing – Case Note
Sentencing decisions of judges are often commented on by the media. In particular, judges are...
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Legal Literacy Resource
Developing Legal Literacy A key principle of the rule of law is ‘knowing the law’. By...
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Rule of Law Update – Living the Law 2018
Living the Law – Legal Studies Day Jackie Charles, our Education Manager has the pleasure of...
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The Rule of Law and Deferred Prosecution Agreements
A proposed DPA scheme was introduced in Australia by the Attorney-General’s Department in March 2017. The Institute has an interest in this scheme and the enactment of DPA’s as there is a potential that certain elements of DPA’s erode the rule of law
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Student Explainer – Citizenship of Parliamentarians
Section 44 of the Australian Constitution which sets out the legal framework under the rule of law that disqualifies a person from sitting in Parliament
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Judicial Review: The Graham Case
A central point of contention in Australian case law on the subject of civil liberties over this...
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Australian Constitution – Citizenship of Parliamentarians – Media Mash-up
Section 44 of the Australian Constitution which sets out the legal framework under the rule of law...
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Young Lawyers on the Rule of Law
We are pleased to publish Young Lawyers and the Rule of Law, a joint initiative of the Rule of...
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Courts and the Future of the Rule of Law
Her Honour Justice Michelle Gordon of the High Court of Australia recently addressed the Centre...
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Human Rights Law – BEAQ Conference Brisbane 2017
Jackie Charles our Education Manager presented on the topic of teaching Human Rights Law to...
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The ICC and challenges to international rule of law
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a pillar of the international rule of law but in recent months, the ICC has been rocked to its core.
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LSA NSW 2016 State Conference
Download the resources from the Legal Studies Association of NSW State Conference 2016
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Justice and the Rule of Law in The Hague: The Trial of Ratko Mladić
In her second blog of the series, Uzma Sherieff examines the importance of due process to the rule of law in conducting international trials and the prosecution of Ratko Mladić.
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Courts and Social Media
Why would courts use social media? What are some of the issues they face in joining the ever changing 24 hour new-media cycle? Robert Size takes a look.
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The ICTY and the Rule of Law
In her first post in a new series, Uzma Sherieff examines the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and discusses its legacy as its work nears completion.
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