AI in the dock over fake cases

A combination of lazy lawyers and hallucinating AI have seen a slew of invented cases presented as fact to exasperated judges.

Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – The law unto itself

The law should protect the weak from the strong, but all too often the opposite is the case, benefitting those who practice the law rather than those it should protect. If we truly believe in justice, it’s time for a radical overhaul.

Rethinking the death penalty

Fifty years after the last execution in Australia, is it time to revisit the arguments about capital punishment and consider its reintroduction for the most extreme offences?

An Australia unified through the pursuit of self-interest

Noel Pearson delivered an optimistic “Declaration to Australia”, along with a series of “uncomfortable but necessary truths”, to a packed theatre at UNSW Sydney during this year’s Hal Wootten Lecture.

I can see clearly now! Tech innovation in law enforcement

The rapid acceptance of new technology into our lives creates new risks as well as opportunities and requires a more innovative approach from enforcement and regulatory agencies.

How Australia got so many law schools

Law is cheap to teach and promises high career rewards, but Australia’s boom in law schools after policy changes in the 1980s left too many students chasing too few careers.

Pursue drug harm reduction, not a punitive response

A Melbourne roundtable organised by Australia21 argues that the social and personal toll of drug use should be tackled through harm reduction measures rather than prosecution and imprisonment.