Security, Surveillance and the Rule of Law Prize value: $1500 [pl_button type=”inverse” link=”http://www.ruleoflaw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Essay-Prize-Security-Surveillance-and-the-Rule-of-Law1.pdf” target=”blank”]Download...
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 Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee called for sumbissions on the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013. RoLIA’s submission made the following recommendations on the bill: RoLIA welcomes the legislation and emphasises the importance of...
RoLIA awarded three students from the University of Technology, Sydney, with prizes for their essays on the rule of law and regulation of the media. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Theo van Leeuwen, and RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart...
In the past 20 years, the world has been unprecedentedly swept by the rhetoric, and at times the reality, of democracy and the rule of law. Alongside these revolutions, mass media have undergone their own transformations, bringing with them new sets of possibilities,...