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The dangers of pre-recorded evidence: As soon as practicable? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-10 Georgia Crocker
This article examines the impacts of giving pre-recorded evidence on complainants in family violence matters in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The use of pre-recorded evidence in the ACT was enabled in 2015 by the Crimes (Domestic and Family Violence) Legislation Amendment Act, which aimed to protect family violence complainants from being further traumatised by this element of the criminal
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Corrigendum to “Are we OPCAT ready? So far, bare bones” Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-11
Laura Grenfell and Steven Caruana. Are we OPCAT ready? So far, bare bones. Alternative Law Journal. Epub 23 January 2022. DOI: 10.1177/1037969X211065185
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Sexual harassment in the legal profession: An analysis of the current legislative framework Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Alana Moretti
This article examines sexual harassment as it affects the legal profession, weighing up the efficacy of the legislative provisions in Australia in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA). The article considers the recommendations for reform made by various reviews in recent years and the 2021 amendments to sexual harassment provisions. Following consideration of the alternate legislative drafting
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Law and design thinking: Preparing graduates for the future of legal work Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Rachel Hews, Judith McNamara, Zoe Nay
The rapidly evolving legal landscape is changing the nature of law and increasing the need for lawyers to acquire new skills and capabilities suited to the future of legal work. Australia’s first dedicated design thinking unit in undergraduate law – Queensland University of Technology’s (QUTs) Law and Design Thinking – teaches students to respond to legal challenges in innovative and creative ways
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Declining memberships and Australia’s political party registration test: Legal doubts and democratic principles Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Michael Head
In recent decades, membership of established parties in parliamentary democracies such as Australia has been in marked decline. This has been accompanied by the regulation of political parties, featuring membership tests for the registration of non-parliamentary parties. This article raises questions about both the legality and democratic credentials of the ‘membership testing process’ applied by the
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A beginner’s guide to academic integrity and legal referencing using the AGLC Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Anita Mackay, Lola Akin Ojelabi
This article is for beginning law students (both undergraduate and graduate). It aims to provide them with an accessible guide to academic integrity requirements (including the implications of academic misconduct for admission to legal practice), legal referencing and the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) rules they encounter early in their studies.
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The Anthropocene Judgments project: A thought experiment in futureproofing the common law Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-26 Nicole Rogers, Michelle Maloney
We introduce here a new critical judgments project: the Anthropocene Judgments project. The project is intended to be an interdisciplinary, collaborative, visionary initiative, a collective effort on the part of legal scholars, writers of speculative fiction, literary scholars and climate scientists to anticipate what may lie ahead. Participants will engage in futuristic modelling and write judgments
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Are we OPCAT ready? So far, bare bones Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-23 Laura Grenfell, Steven Caruana
After ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in December 2017, Australia has had four years to prepare its National Preventive Mechanisms. Noting the deadline of January 2022, this article surveys the OPCAT-readiness of Australian jurisdictions. OPCAT aims to prevent ill-treatment in closed environments
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Dobbing: Australia’s favourite emergency pastime Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-27 Catherine Bond
While ‘dobbing’ is arguably viewed negatively, this behaviour has been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on examples from the First World War and the pandemic, this article argues that this increased activity is typical of the Australian community during emergencies, facilitated by extensive legal frameworks that encourage this type of reporting.
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Richardson v Oracle more than half a decade on: Did the ‘ground break’ for victim compensation? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-26 Joshua Taylor, Alice Taylor
In 2014, the decision in Richardson v Oracle significantly increased compensation awards for victims of discrimination and sexual harassment. Commentators referred to the decision as ‘ground-breaking’ and hypothesised that the floodgates would open for sexual harassment and discrimination cases. This article reviews these claims seven years on and asks: did the floodgates open? Case law review and
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The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act: Potential implications for Australia Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Dan Svantesson
The European Union (EU) published its proposed Regulation laying down harmonised rules for Artificial Intelligence (the Artificial Intelligence Act) on 21 April 2021. Once it comes into force, this Act will impact upon Australia. It is therefore important that Australians take note of the proposal at this relatively early stage. This article brings attention to the key features of the EU’s proposed
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A jurisdictional collision? Responses to family violence and family law in the ACT Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Patricia Easteal, Lorana Bartels, Shannon Dodd, Jessica White
There has long been concern about the dynamics and inadequacies that may arise when the federal family law system intersects with state and territory civil responses to family violence. We explore the intersection of these two legal regimes in this article. Our findings are part of a larger project examining the Family Violence Act 2016 (ACT) that included interviewing both professional stakeholders
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NSW parliament’s oversight of human rights in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Joseph Cho
New South Wales (NSW) relies on a robust application of the Westminster system of government for its human rights protection. In 2020, the system was subjected to a major stress test via the COVID-19 pandemic, with new public conditions imposed on previously unregulated individual freedoms. The author examines the extent to which human rights featured in NSW parliament’s oversight of the 2020 pandemic
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Corporal punishment in New South Wales: A call for repeal of section 61AA Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-15 Laetitia-Ann Greeff
Corporal punishment is lawful in the home in all Australian states and territories. In early 2021, the Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People called for a repeal of s 50 of the Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas) which permits the use of corporal punishment in the home, noting that society had moved on from the regular canings of the early 20th century when the law was passed. This article supports
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New limits on the right to freedom of expression from Hamzy v Commissioner of Corrective Services Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Alexandra Grey, Alice Strauss
This article examines a 2020 NSW Supreme Court judgment upholding the legality of English-only rules for communications by ‘extreme high risk restricted’ prison inmates. The article focuses on the reasoning regarding claims to human rights to freedom of expression and from racial discrimination. It explains that the decision provides a rare insight into problematic Australian judicial thinking about
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Helping jurors to understand: Misconceptions about delay in making a complaint Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-14 Greg Byrne
In a sexual offence case, jurors may have misconceptions that inappropriately affect their evaluation of a complainant’s evidence, for example, where the complainant has not complained at the first reasonable opportunity to do so. In Victoria, a judge may assist jurors to understand why a complainant may not have complained earlier by providing examples that are not drawn from the evidence. The Victorian
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What does a social justice lawyer need to know? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-14 Simon Rice
Social justice lawyers work to address social phenomena such as inequality, disadvantage, discrimination, marginalisation, oppression and abuse, addressing the immediate needs of a client, or the structural causes of those needs, or both. But social justice lawyers are rarely explicit about the specific knowledge and qualities that their lawyering demands, and that they demonstrate. Across doctrine
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The (very) secret garden Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-14
If you’re ready to dive into the fantasy world of our cover artist, Nicola Gower Wallis, then hold your breath and suspend disbelief.
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Lightbulbs and ducks: The power of tech platforms to make waste disappear Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Michael Guihot
Large technology platform companies have created data centres, filled with banks of data storage and processing equipment to collect, store and process the data created in the last two decades. These consume vast amounts of electricity and emit proportional amounts of heat as waste. This article considers the power of the big technology platforms to direct attention away from these by-products. The
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The COVID-19 border closure to India: Would an Australian Human Rights Act have made a difference? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-31 Bruce Chen
In late April 2021, the Commonwealth government determined to prohibit overseas travellers who had been in India from returning to Australia, subjecting them to heavy penalties for breach. This measure was controversial and unprecedented in Australia’s response to COVID-19, drawing sharp criticism for breaching human rights. This article analyses the human rights issues arising under the Health Minister’s
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Bail, prisons and COVID-19: An Indian perspective Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-16 Sakshat Bansal, Shruti Sahni
This article explores the implementation of the right to bail for prisoners during COVID-19. Using data from a sample of 50 advocates collected through a face-to-face questionnaire, the article probes lawyers’ perceptions of the functioning of the mechanism of bail in the pandemic. The article also evaluates the efficacy of measures taken to decongest prisons by critically reviewing the criteria identified
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Postmodernism and judicial notice: How common is common knowledge? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-17 Harry Sanderson
This article considers how postmodernist thought can illuminate the doctrine of judicial notice. Specifically, it considers how postmodernist critiques of empiricism have challenged the idea of ‘indisputable’ facts which inform judicial decision-making. It argues that, while the practical realities of judicial administration must be borne in mind, increased sensitivity to the arbitrary nature of notorious
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State and territory legislative vulnerabilities and why an Indigenous Voice must be constitutionally enshrined Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-17 Dani Larkin, Sophie Rigney
This article sets out the background to what has occurred since the issuing of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and provides an overview of the Indigenous Voice Co-Design Interim Report and its Voice design options. In doing so, we discuss the possible progression of Local and Regional Voices and other sub-national legislation on First Nations issues. We analyse how those efforts might be limited
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The necessity defence and anthropogenic global warming protests: The times they are a-changin’ Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-13 Michael Brogan
The Extinction Rebellion protests of 2019 and 2020 resulted in peaceful protesters being charged for a range of minor, non-violent criminal offences. The defence to those charges is necessity, a defence tightly restricted in its use by the courts. This article argues that in the specific context of minor criminal offences committed during anthropogenic global warming (AGW) protests, necessity must
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Improving Indigenous family engagement with the coronial system in New South Wales Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-11 Lindsay McCabe, Allen George
This article explores the barriers experienced by Indigenous Australians that prevent adequate engagement with the coronial system in New South Wales. The findings presented here are the result of a qualitative study involving key legal professionals and advocates in the coronial jurisdiction. A number of significant shortcomings are identified, including inadequate funding, a lack of information and
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Access to algorithms post-Robodebt: Do Freedom of Information laws extend to automated systems? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-04 Andrew Ray, Bridie Adams, Dilan Thampapillai
This article analyses how current Freedom of Information (FOI) laws apply to automated decision-making systems. The authors argue that while current law may extend to automated systems, its application is unclear, both to practitioners and government. Instead, amendments to the FOI Act 1982 (Cth) could clarify how the law operates with respect to automated systems and better balance the underpinning
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Making international law, making carbon markets Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-04 Nicola Silbert
This article presents an exploratory discussion of Antony Anghie’s history of the making of international law. It provides an accessible introduction to the text and some of the debates surrounding its key arguments. The article goes on to explore Anghie’s arguments in the context of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Anghie’s arguments are used to foreground the colonial encounter in carbon market
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Dousing threats and the criminal law in Queensland: Do we need a new offence? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-04 Joseph Lelliott, Phylicia Lim, Maeve Lu
This article examines dousing threats as criminal conduct and a form of domestic and family violence. It points to recent cases of dousing and highlights concerns that the low penalties of applicable offences in Queensland may not reflect the gravity of the harm caused nor the culpability of offenders. The article analyses the current legal framework and argues that a new dousing offence in Queensland
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The Rule of Law: From unconscious unawareness to conscious awareness (and beyond?) Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-02 Paul Burgess
The recent deployment of ‘the Rule of Law’ by the Prime Minister and Attorney-General relies upon a shared notion that the Rule of Law is a good thing. While everyone is in favour of it, do we really know what it is? Even if we do, is it the case that we take it to mean the same thing as other people? By adopting a critical view of Rule of Law conceptions that are accepted as constituting the meaning
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Australia and pandemics v BLM: No, Love Lost (at the High Court) Part I Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Asmi Wood
Whatever else may have been their shortcoming with respect to coloured people, the founding fathers clearly did not view Indigenous peoples as aliens. They made it clear that Indigenous peoples were a state issue and that their regulation was to be local. The founding fathers also did not (or probably could not) ethnically cleanse the continent and did not appear to attempt to do so. In seeking to
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Protest, policing and law during COVID-19: On the legality of mass gatherings in a health crisis Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-25 Greg Martin
This article considers the legal status of protest rights in Australia during the COVID-19 public health crisis. It discusses jurisprudence of the New South Wales Supreme Court regarding the legality of mass gatherings for the purpose of protest during the COVID pandemic. Balancing protest rights with risks to community safety posed by possible coronavirus transmission at public assemblies, the Court
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30th Anniversary of the RCIADIC and the ‘white noise’ of the justice system is loud and clear Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-08 Eddie Cubillo
It's been 30 years since the tabling of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and for Indigenous people things are worse than they have ever been when dealing with the justice industry.
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Frameworks for evaluating law and justice development assistance: Lessons from Australia’s involvement in PNG Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-08 Adrian Guy
For over 20 years Australia has provided assistance to Papua New Guinea in the development of their law and justice sector. The Justice Services and Stability for Development program is the most recent of such law and justice development assistance programs. Much like its predecessors, while it made some achievements, efforts have ultimately underperformed due to an inadequate and donor-centric monitoring
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Constitutionally entrenched Voice to Parliament: Representation and good governance Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-30 Dani Larkin, Kate Galloway
In 2017, the Uluru Statement from the Heart provided a consensus position on constitutional reform derived from Regional Dialogues drawing on experiences, views and aspirations of First Nations people. Among its recommendations is a constitutionally entrenched Voice to Parliament. While the government supports a watered-down Voice, this article identifies the key features of constitutional enshrinement
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A novel year for human rights in Queensland Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-17 Sean Costello
In a year of challenges from the novel coronavirus, the new Queensland Human Rights Act was applied in unexpected ways. Its new complaints process was particularly tested by hotel quarantine restrictions. Nonetheless, geographic and demographic differences between Queensland and other human rights jurisdictions are also emerging as especially relevant to how human rights protection will be applied
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Indigenous corporations: Lessons from Māori business forms Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-05 Akshaya Kamalnath
The economic and political empowerment of Indigenous people are linked although the issue of economic empowerment is often overlooked. This Brief analyses the corporate governance model and business structures used by Māori in New Zealand along with some developments in Canadian Indigenous businesses. Based on this, the Brief makes suggestions for proving the regulatory support and options available
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Regulatory oversight, mental health and human rights Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-04 Simon Katterl
Regulatory oversight is crucial to ensure human rights are protected in closed environments. In Victoria, evidence continues to surface that suggests oversight of the public mental health system is failing consumers. There are, however, several lessons for regulators on how to ensure consumers enjoy equal protection of the law.
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Perceptions of LGBTQI+ diversity in the legal profession: ‘It's happening slow, but it’s certainly happening’ Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-28 Aidan Ricciardo, Stephen Puttick, Shane Rogers, Natalie Skead, Stella Tarrant, Melville Thomas
This article reports on a qualitative study aimed at understanding how LGBTQI+ law students and recent graduates perceive and experience the legal profession. While we found that several participants self-censor in interactions with the profession, others considered their LGBTQI+ identity as advantageous, enabling them to benefit from ‘diversity hiring’. Despite this, many participants regarded the
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Designing an Indigenous Voice that empowers: How constitutional recognition could strengthen First Nations sovereignty Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Jason O’Neil
This article considers how a First Nations Voice to Parliament, if carefully designed, could strengthen the land-based sovereignty and autonomy of First Peoples in Australia. It critiques the proposals presented in the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process' Interim Report released January 2021 for its emphasis on the role of government and existing structures. It responds to Indigenous critiques of the
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The Voice to Parliament proposal and ‘the people’ of the Constitution Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Elisa Arcioni
The concept of ‘the people' in the Australian Constitution is at the heart of our system of representative government. The Voice proposal in the Uluru Statement from the Heart is consistent with the way in which ‘the people’ have been understood by the High Court – both their identity and their political roles under the Constitution. This consistency is one of the many reasons to support constitutional
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Prison art programs: Art, culture and human rights for Indigenous prisoners Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-21 Brigid Horneman-Wren
This article argues that prison art programs are central to the human rights of Indigenous detainees. It examines how these programs are most commonly understood in terms of their rehabilitative value, an approach which fails to fully capture the right of Indigenous detainees to participation in them. It argues that a human rights framework should be applied to prison art programs. This recognises
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Due process implications of law enforcement agencies using Investigative Genetic Genealogy to solve serious crimes Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-15 Rhanee Rego, John Anderson
Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) has opened up new frontiers in the search for the perpetrators of serious crimes. The pool of data held by consumer DNA databases has enabled law enforcement agencies to undertake database matching to find biological relatives of an unknown perpetrator. This relatively new forensic practice is not, however, without concerns when benchmarked against established
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A false memory trap: Verbatim vs gist memories on trial Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-14 Chris Brook
Research shows that memory for conversation is poor. People generally remember gist rather than verbatim and recalled memories of specific sentences are reconstructed to reflect gist memories. Memories of specific sentences that are reconstructed from gist memory are almost certainly not accurate. This study explores a case in which the court nevertheless considers verbatim memories to hold more weight
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Against wellbeing: The problem of resources, metrics and care of the self Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Brendon Murphy
This article critically engages with the concept and practice of ‘wellbeing’. Over the last decade, managerial practices have broadly introduced ‘wellbeing’ policies into the workplace, including the legal workplace. While these practices, in principle, can offer important forms of support for staff under professional stress, they can also be counterproductive, and have the effect of escalating stress
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Identifying victims of sexual harassment in the age of #MeToo: Time for the media to prioritise a victim’s right to privacy Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-25 Alexandra Gronow
This article explores the practice of the media to unreasonably intrude on victims' privacy in Australia by reference to three women whose sexual harassment grievances were published by the media without their consent. This article argues that the protection of a victim’s privacy is a fundamental human right which should trump competing public interest considerations in the Australian context. In the
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Are work experience participants protected against sex discrimination or sexual harassment? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-22 Anne Hewitt, Rosemary Owens, Andrew Stewart, Joanna Howe
More and more young Australians are undertaking periods of work experience as a part of their study or independently to facilitate their transition into employment. They are often subject to a significant power disparity compared to others in the workplace, and need the placement to finish a course, and/or to get practical experience, connections and industry references. This makes them vulnerable
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Our Father who art in Town Hall: Do local councils have power to pray? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Luke Beck
Many local councils in Australia commence their meetings with prayer. Case law in the United Kingdom holds that English local councils do not have power to commence their meetings with prayer. This article argues that the reasoning of the UK case law applies with equal force in Australia with the result that the practice of many Australian local councils of incorporating prayers into their formal meetings
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Vicarious trauma: Strategies for legal practice and law schools Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Kelley Burton, Amanda Paton
We examine the effect of vicarious trauma on various stakeholders in the legal profession. Criminal lawyers are likely to experience higher levels of vicarious trauma than other lawyers. Additionally, lawyers are at a heightened risk of vicarious trauma compared to other helping professionals such as mental health workers. We identify a range of strategies that can be implemented at an organisational
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Is there still a need for abortion-specific laws? The capacity of the health framework to regulate abortion care Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-08 Judith Dwyer, Mark Rankin, Margie Ripper, Monica Cations
After prolonged periods of criminalisation, 20th and 21st century law reform has now moved abortion care closer to being regulated as health care in all Australian jurisdictions. However, no jurisdiction has yet tested the proposition that specific laws for abortion care are unnecessary. This article analyses the capability of health law, policy and ethics to regulate abortion comprehensively, without
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Trump, truth and the 25th Amendment: Australian reflections on presidential inability and removal Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-08 Jemimah Roberts
This article critically assesses a key question raised repeatedly during the tenure of US President Donald Trump – could (or should) the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution have been invoked to suspend him from office? Although moot in a practical sense following the 2020 US presidential election, exploring this question from an Australian perspective provides the opportunity to reflect on fundamental
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Australia’s incipient eviction crisis: No going back Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Chris Martin
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was facing an incipient eviction crisis, the gravity of which had been obscured by inadequate data and the gradual mounting of systemic problems of unaffordability and insecurity. This article reviews the legal framework around tenancies and evictions and the sparse data it produces. Tribunal data obtained by the author shows that Australia’s two largest jurisdictions
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Integrated domestic violence services: A case study in police/NGO co-location Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Trish Mundy, Nan Seuffert
Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, launched in 2010, has emphasised the need for integrated responses across government agencies, specialist domestic and family violence services and the justice system. This article presents an evaluation of an integrated, community-based domestic and family violence response service that uses a rare model of co-location
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Certification marks for Australian native foods: A proposal for Indigenous ownership of intellectual property Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-24 David J Jefferson
Recently, interest in ‘bush tucker’ foods has surged. Indigenous Australians should be empowered to determine how their knowledge is used when these products are commercialised. To exercise control over the development of the native foods industry, Indigenous Australians could establish a certification regime to ensure that their knowledge is appropriately converted into commercial products. This could
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A problem-solving approach to criminalised women in the Australian context Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-24 Megan Beatrice
The upward trend of incarceration rates persists among women in Victoria, with increasingly punitive sentencing and onerous new bail laws. At the same time, the complex needs of women in the criminal justice system are becoming the focus of greater study and documentation. This article presents the case for a specialist women’s list under the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria jurisdiction, based in principles
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The culture of non-disclosure and miscarriages of justice Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-24 Michele Ruyters, Gregory Stratton, Jarryd Bartle
This article considers key non-disclosure cases in the United Kingdom and Australia and the potential for prosecution disclosure failings to lead to miscarriages of justice. The authors discuss disclosure obligations in the context of the police–prosecution relationship and aspects of police culture that may facilitate practices of non-disclosure. They note that cultures of non-disclosure can place
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Protecting the rights of LGBTIQ people around the world: Beyond marriage equality and the decriminalisation of homosexuality Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Paula Gerber, Senthorun Raj, Cai Wilkinson, Anthony Langlois
Discussions about the human rights of LGBTIQ people tend to centre around two vastly different issues, namely, marriage equality and the criminalisation of same-sex sexual conduct. However, looking only at these two high-profile issues ignores the many pressing concerns facing LGBTIQ people around the world. This article identifies and analyses eight other human rights issues that urgently need addressing
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Beauty in the bestiary Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Deb Candy
Long before fantasy fiction was ‘a thing’, and The Hobbit and Game of Thrones popularised mythical beasts on screens around the world, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges compiled his own bestiary, The Book of Imaginary Beings, brimful with fabulous animals. They were ‘fabulous’, of course, because they were the stuff of fables – often based on tales from long ago and far away. Mythical creatures
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Legal Studies: Bicycle helmet laws: More harm than good? Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Robert Corr
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Over-regulation of Indigenous law? The Burial and Cremation Bill 2019 (NT) Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-22 Stephen Gray
The Northern Territory’s Burial and Cremation Bill 2019 has been criticised as a gross form of disrespect to traditional Aboriginal law, with Indigenous people arguing that the Bill criminalises th...
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Trailblazing women still needed Alternative Law Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Margaret Thornton
Both ‘women in law’ and ‘women and law’ have assumed great significance over the last century. Women have not only struggled to be admitted to the legal profession and to be accepted as members of the jurisprudential community, but they have also sought to change the myriad laws relegating women to subordinate status within the broader society. Substantive equality for women nevertheless remains elusive