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Up to Speed? Dissecting Regulations on the Use of Artificial Intelligence
Using AI to draft documents for trial? You may want to think again with regulatory changes to the Supreme Court Practice Notes and the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules…
Ad Aeternitatem: Out of Context
The clock shall tick eternally / warning that we should not be
Temporarily Permanent Legislation
There seems to be one common theme in the ethical systems around the world, whether they're secular or religious — the neighbour principle; that is, to love your neighbour as yourself.
The Law of the Land
The Treaty of Waitangi is now considered to be a constitutional document of New Zealand. How much did this help? Who did it affect? What can we learn from this?
Slow Laws in a Fast Age
A cyber attack on Optus in September 2022 led to almost 10 million people’s data being stolen, including details of their driver’s licences, passports, and Medicare cards.
The Visible Hand of the Market
With the world bound to keep spinning, it appears that ESG is here to stay.
The End of Law
I think, therefore I legislate. We are born, we enact laws, and then we die.
Big Tech v. Antitrust, per US Courts
Cases against Big Tech companies are important first steps, but they also illuminate the long road ahead.
A Workable Work-Life Balance
The Closing the Loopholes Act reflects a major shift in Australia’s industrial relations as the legislation of the employee’s right to disconnect reflects an important step to facilitating work-life balance.
Industrial Manslaughter in NSW
The Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2024 represents a significant step towards stronger accountability for workplace safety in NSW.
Law Students and Mental Health: A Crisis
‘Vulnerability’ is not typically a word associated with law students. Instead, law students are seen as ‘privileged’, ‘successful’ and 'intelligent'. But the danger of falling into this pattern of thinking is that the concerns, particularly those surrounding mental health, of law students are easier to dismiss.
The Australian Homelessness Crisis
The 2021 Australian census estimated that more than 122,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Australia.
Sex Workers and Consent: Unblurring the Lines
Sex workers across Australia have had to ask themselves: Do fraudulent payments from clients constitute sexual assault?
Ceci n’est pas une loi: Out of Context
Is this a pipe? Do they exist? / Within this foggy, lawless mist?
How to Panic Productively
Knowing you the way I do, I know that you are aware that your challenges, uncertainties, and questions are not unique, and that other people have felt the same way and have survived. In fact, they have been rather successful.
Australia and Child Sex Tourism
Australia has a vital role in protecting children from child sex tourism domestically and internationally.
How I Learnt to Love the Law
Commercial lawyers draw upon contract law, prosecutors will consider criminal procedure every day, and constitutional lawyers are bound to admin law principles; but legal philosophers seem to sit in a realm of their own.
Can Justice Speak Justly?
Imagine you are standing before the King’s Magistrate in Athens in 399 BC when you witness Socrates, weeks before his trial, ask the following of Euthyphro: ‘Is something pious because it is loved by the gods, or is it loved by the gods because it is pious?'