RoLIA CEO, Kate Burns, wrote in the Australian today about the Queensland Government’s anti-bikie legislation and the worrying trend in criminal law to sacrifice fundamental rule of law principles in the name of “political toughness”. From a...
Recent events in NSW have focused attention on mandatory sentencing. This post brings together relevant information about current mandatory sentencing debates in Australia. Click on the links below to view material for the relevant jurisdiction: New South Wales...
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia today welcomed the announcement by the Attorney-General that the Government would be referring to the Australian Law Reform Commission the task of auditing legislative encroachments which have undermined fundamental individual...
“Building on the rule of law in the global engineering sector” James Polkinghorne Evident in Aristotle’s writings which stated “law should govern”, the rule of law is not a concept or discussion limited to modern times, but an ideology that has been...
Tim Fuller, former NRL player, now sports lawyer and sports law lecturer at the University of Queensland, will be the third speaker at RoLIA’s conference on Sports, Drugs and the Rule of Law on Friday 15 November. Tim will discuss the role of the rule of law in the...
