This year Australian Legal Philosophy Students Association (ALPSA) will be running an essay competition for all Australian University students – undergraduate and postgraduate! Write on any jurisprudence topic you like – from the rule of law in Australia today (see...
Nicholas Cowdery AM QC’s paper: ‘Mandatory Sentencing: Getting Justice Wrong’. See the live tweet and excerpts from the paper below. Podcast coming soon! Want to know more? The Sydney Morning Herald has highlighted Mr Cowdery’s point...
The case of Kable raised constitutional questions in which the High Court had to consider whether the Community Protection Act 1994 (NSW) required a court to exercise non-judicial power in breach of the doctrine of separation of powers. The High Court also had...
The rule of law requires an open, transparent and consistent legal system. This means that courts should be open to the public and people accused and convicted of crimes able to challenge their conviction, be given reasons for a court’s decision and be given a clear...
The High Court of Australia, as the highest appeal court, is a bulwark of the rule of law in Australia. Its decisions can have wide-ranging implications and determine how legislation is to be interpreted in the context of the particular case. The High Court is the...
