The Principle of Legality Twelve years ago today, the High Court handed down its decision in Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers’ Union, now remembered for Chief Justice Gleeson’s seminal discussion of the principle of legality. The principle of...
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. The judiciary plays a fundamental role in safeguarding the rule...
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. A crucial element of fairness in the criminal justice system is...
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. The roundtable included representatives from Legal Aid NSW, the Aboriginal...
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. A key principle of the rule of law is that ‘the law is applied equally...
