Administrative justice can make countries fairer and more equal – if it is implemented properly
Dec 16, 2018 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
There is a little known, but hugely important, justice system which impacts everyones life administrative justice. Made up of various different bodies (including courts, tribunals, complaint handlers and more), it is...
In 2019, women's rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution
Dec 16, 2018 12:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Over nine decades, efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to recognize womens rights have faced major challenges. Congress finally passed such legislation, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1972. The amendment...
Lessons from the massive Siemens corruption scandal one decade later
Dec 16, 2018 10:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Ten years ago a colossal corruption scandal involving Siemens, one of the worlds largest electrical engineering companies, shocked the world. The scale of it marked it out as the biggest corruption case of the time. A...
Role reversal: China cites human rights in spat with Canada
Dec 15, 2018 16:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
When Chinas government recently protested the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, it used something rarely heard from Beijing the language of individual human rights. The detention...
Cyntoia Brown needs support, not 51 years in prison
Dec 15, 2018 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently confirmed that Cyntoia Brown must serve 51 years in prison for shooting and killing a man in 2004 when she was just 16. News stories and social media have widely reported and shared...
Jay-Z's $200-million clothing battle could be game changer for black lawyers the world over
Dec 10, 2018 02:45 am UTC| Entertainment Law
Millionaire rapper Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, has proved yet again why he is larger than life. He is embroiled in a contractual dispute over the US$204m (159m) sale of his clothing brand to Iconix Brand Group a decade...
Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans
Dec 04, 2018 16:28 pm UTC| Law
Last week, the Western Australian Government lifted its state-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Unconventional gas industries were given the green light to develop on existing petroleum leases, especially...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects