Colonel Chepiga: who really identified the Skripal poisoner and why it matters
Oct 04, 2018 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Where exactly does our news come from? And are those who unearth it getting fair credit? As media consumers, these are questions we should be asking on a regular basis. Take the case of Colonel Chepiga. The BBC reported...
Zimbabwe: troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices
Oct 04, 2018 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign policy decisions if it is to change the countrys fortunes. For so far no major foreign...
Civil partnerships extended to heterosexual couples – the legal protections explained
Oct 04, 2018 14:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Heterosexual couples in England and Wales will soon be allowed to enter into civil partnerships, formerly reserved for same-sex couples. Announcing the change, prime minister Theresa May explained that the change to the...
Middle class cocaine users are Sajid Javid's scapegoat for ineffective drugs policy
Oct 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
British home secretary, Sajid Javid, linked middle-class cocaine use with the recent increase in violent crime, especially among young people. During his speech at the Conservative party conference, Javid announced that...
South African law needs a zero tolerance approach to racist utterances
Oct 04, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A selfie video rant has landed a South African man, Kessie Nair, in hot water. Nair faces six counts of crimen injuria and two of incitement to public violence after recording himself spewing racist language at the...
Three simple steps to fix our banks
Oct 01, 2018 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Here are three simple steps to address the widespread misconduct revealed in the interim report of the banking royal commission, arising out of research I have undertaken with my colleague Associate Professor Jeannie...
How the laws of ancient Rome could help victims of sexual harassment in Australia
Sep 30, 2018 21:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The recent report by the Human Rights Commission that 71% of people have been sexually harassed at some point in their lives raises the question of why there appears to be no effective legal remedy for such conduct in...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects