The reluctance to use written legal documentation isn’t primarily rooted in Confucian values, as scholars have commonly argued. It’s a response to structural inequality.
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When prosecutors’ caseloads increase, so do dismissal rates.
Countries including the US, UK, Canada use consistent sentencing guidelines. Is it time that New Zealand follows suit?
Failing to recognise when one has been raped contributes to miscarriages of justice for thousands of victims each year.
There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.
Trump and Biden have issued pardons at a faster clip than their predecessors. Many of their decisions appear to have been political or personal in nature.
Researchers found more than 80 cases of generative AI use in Australian courts so far – mostly by people representing themselves. That comes with serious risks.
The government has provided little information about its allegations or about the criminal charges it is seeking to pursue against transgender care providers.
Too many burnt out judges could mean shortages, a clogged court system and lower quality judgments.
Avoid using the handshake emoji ‘🤝’ if you’re ever unsure. And always keep any business-like arrangements on a more formal footing.
A major new study of Australian lawyers shows workplace culture is critical to improving staff wellbeing.
As an expert in both criminal and medical law, I am concerned with how prosecution teams gather expert evidence in these cases.
Recent political attention might imply gender-affirming care is risky, controversial, perhaps even new. But Australian law views it as a legitimate medical treatment.
Civil forfeiture laws and unexplained wealth orders seem to be less about crime control than an exercise in public funding.
For the first time, a person has been cryopreserved in Australia, in the hope of being reanimated in the future. The process opens up a possible legal minefield, however.
To convict Alec Baldwin of manslaughter for the on-set deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecution will need to show that the actor was either reckless or criminally negligent.
Given how much young people have achieved in the fight against climate crisis it’s crucial their voices are really heard at COP27.
The court appears split over the future of vaccination mandates, with conservative justices skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to enforce requirements.
The legal uncertainty surrounding telemedicine services is not without consequences. Patients may not have access to public protection remedies.
‘Show trials’ by dictatorships have repeatedly been shown to have no basis in law.
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