Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?
Aug 13, 2017 23:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its hard to go a day in Canada without hearing about at least one of two types of drugs but for vastly different reasons. One class of drug opioids kills four people a day in British Columbia. The other cannabis will...
US Lawmakers Resist FCC’s Attempt To Dismantle Net Neutrality, Congressional Hearing Scheduled
Aug 08, 2017 15:48 pm UTC| Technology Law
For months now, the American people felt like they were fighting the battle to preserve Net Neutrality against the machinations of those who would destroy it on their own. In this instance, the head of the Federal...
The grand jury's role in American criminal justice, explained
Aug 08, 2017 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Grand juries play a major role in the U.S. criminal justice system. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has called upon a federal grand jury to help him investigate Russias role in the 2016 election. It is a logical step in...
Bottom of the canal: Pfizer's billion-dollar tax ploy
Aug 07, 2017 16:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has engaged in a series of paper transactions to create a A$936 million loss in Australia. It is, for all intents and purposes, a billion-dollar exercise in tax avoidance. Pfizer and its...
Technology drives the need to rethink sex work industry regulations
Aug 07, 2017 15:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
The emergence of online markets in the sex work industry requires us to rethink how the industry is regulated. There is abundant evidence that decriminalising sex work safeguards the human rights of sex workers, while...
Cartel case shows not all corporate misbehaviour goes unpunished
Aug 07, 2017 15:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A first of its kind Australian conviction of a Japanese company for cartel conduct shows reforms in this area of the law are starting to work and these cases can be prosecuted successfully. Japanese shipping company,...
Stigma and stereotypes about sex work hinder regulatory reform
Aug 03, 2017 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Although sex workers around the world lobby for decriminalisation, sex work law remains controversial. This article is part of a series exploring sex work and regulatory reform. Mention the word prostitution and...
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
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight