Married by default? Why Alberta's proposed new law is misguided
Dec 03, 2018 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Imagine that you move in with your intimate partner. Three years later, you get a letter from the province: Congratulations! From now on, we view you as a married couple. While you might not actually find such a letter...
Nov 26, 2018 17:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a small victory for those fighting against the creeping demands of the UK governments immigration system, an NHS data service has withdrawn from an agreement in which it provided information on suspected irregular...
Using religion and culture to fight terrorism: lessons from the Philippine military
Nov 26, 2018 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Philippine government is recruiting Muslims into the military in an attempt to counter terrorism through a mixture of religious and security approaches. The Philippines faces increasing security pressure since the...
No-fault divorce or no reason at all – how divorce law is changing
Nov 26, 2018 17:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many of us will be familiar with terms such as irretrievable breakdown or unreasonable behaviour, which are often heard in high-profile divorce cases being petitioned in the courts. Perhaps, too, the idea of fault where...
Drugs and alcohol complicate sexual consent, but context can make things clearer
Nov 26, 2018 17:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Sexual consent is an important, complex and often awkward topic to talk about. And when people have been consuming alcohol or other drugs, it makes negotiating sexual consent even more complicated. Indeed, drawing the line...
Can pay reporting help reduce the gender pay gap?
Nov 26, 2018 17:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
From the first week of November, women in the United States, Ireland, UK, and around the world are effectively working for free as the gender gap in average pay earnings accounts for remaining two months salary of the...
It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too
Nov 26, 2018 16:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
We dont often think of older women being victims of sexual assault, but such assaults occur in many settings and circumstances, including in nursing homes. Our research, published this week in the journal Legal Medicine,...
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