Today marks the 801st anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede in England. The Institute was heavily involved in the octocentenary celebrations across Australia last year, and is currently working on two exciting projects this year: a permanent...
For teachers and students: see the end of this post for some before, during and after reading questions designed to assist in discussion and understanding this post. Next month, the High Court will hear an appeal from the Queensland Court of Appeal concerning a...
The NSW Ombudsman’s statutorily-mandated review of the 2012 consorting laws is now more than a year overdue. The controversial consorting laws – introduced by the Crimes Amendment (Consorting and Organised Crime) Act 2012, and publicly opposed by many,...
The President of the Institute, Robin Speed, has drafted and lodged a submission with the NSW parliamentary committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption, arguing that a new approach is needed. The Committee is conducting an inquiry on the issues raised...
Today marks the 95th anniversary of the High Court’s judgment in In re The Judiciary Act 1903-1920 and In re The Navigation Act 1912-1920 (1921) 29 CLR 257, often abridged as In re Judiciary Act. Perhaps as a result of its unwieldy name, this case has often been...
The Balance between Robust Constitutionalism and the Democratic Process A public lecture by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the Republic of South Africa Hosted by the Rule of Law Institute of Australia, UNSW Law, and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law....
