by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Feb 10, 2014 | All Posts
Don’t attack the lawyers Mandatory sentencing and Bills of Attainder ASADA and the Rule of Law Don’t attack the lawyers Judges and juries determine guilt, not barristers and solicitors. Legal representation of a defendant is critical to a fair trial. Without it,...
by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Feb 5, 2014 | All Posts, Education
This post explains the function of the new offence in the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – Assault causing death – for students in NSW studying law reform issues. We also suggest looking at our post explaining the rule of law objections to mandatory sentencing...
by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Jan 31, 2014 | All Posts, Education
“What is needed is an understanding by both governments and the people that elect them that adherence to rule of law principles…is not negotiable” Kate Burns RoLIA CEO The impact of the so called ‘bikie’ laws introduced in Queensland in...
by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Jan 30, 2014 | All Posts
Today in NSW new mandatory minimum jail terms of up to eight years to deal with drunken violence and so-called “coward’s punches” were introduced. These changes, which affect the role of intoxication in forming intention and/or mitigation of penalty...
by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Jan 30, 2014 | All Posts, Education
Law Reform to deal with violent assaults Introduction NSW Govt. Toughens Laws for Intoxicated Offenders The Rule of Law and Mandatory Sentences Do Mandatory Sentences Provide Just Outcomes? Questions and Activities See also our post explaining the assault causing...
by RuleofLawInstitutePerson | Jan 29, 2014 | All Posts
In the last days of the Parliament in 2013, Senator Nick Xenophon introduced a Private Members Bill to the Senate to make the “Harming Australians” offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code retrospective. The Harming Australians Division of the Criminal...
