NSW Economics and Business Educators Legal Update Conference on 2 August 2013 on freedom of speech, the rule of law and political debate in Australia. The paper is available and the links below provide a guide to some of the relevant cases and media discussed. General...
First Prize: Brydie Parle The Cathedral College Rockhampton Teacher: Mrs Karen Lester Brydie’s essay discussed the importance of jurors understanding judge’s instructions and beyond reasonable doubt in criminal trials. She discusses how juror’s struggling with...
This weekend RoLIA is at the Business Educators’ Association of Queensland state conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The winners of the Queensland Rule of Law Essay Prize will be announced and we will be running an exhibit at the...
The Hon Kevin Lindgren AM QC, former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, spoke on the 18 July 2013 at the Sydney Law School based on his paper The Rule of Law and Some Current Aspects of the Legal Scene in Australia. The paper is available as a PDF. Some...
The Rule of Law Institute welcomes the publication of Lexis Nexis Australia’s newsletter Advancing Together: Rule of Law Updates and Perspectives from Australia. This issue features an interview with RoLIA’s Chief Executive Officer, Kate Burns. The...
