Restructuring alone won't clean up the banks' act

Jul 12, 2018 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law

Many entrenched motivations for misconduct in the banking sector have been uncovered by the ongoing royal commission. Not least are the conflicts of interest inherent in the major Australian banks providing financial,...

Rethinking the penalties for rape

Jul 12, 2018 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The past few years have seen intense bouts of media coverage of high profile sexual assault and harassment cases. However, the #MeToo movement has achieved the kind of momentum and longevity that has rarely been...

Why New Zealanders are feeling the hard edge of Australia's deportation policy

Jul 12, 2018 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Deportations of foreigners on temporary visas have been on the rise in Australia since the government amended its immigration law in 2014 to give the Minister for Home Affairs the power to expel people they view as a risk...

Murder investigation to find the source of a second Novichok poisoning

Jul 10, 2018 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Police in the UK are still hunting the source of a Novichok poisoning as they investigate the murder of a woman exposed to the deadly nerve agent. This is the same type of nerve agent that was used in March in the...

Poland's judges forced into retirement purgatory – another blow to justice

Jul 09, 2018 14:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

It was always going to be a hard task to rebuild judicial independence in Poland. Throughout some 40 years of communist rule, an independent justice system was incompatible with the way the state was governed. For example,...

Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy undermined in a polarized age?

Jul 09, 2018 14:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

When I learned Justice Anthony Kennedy would retire, my thoughts went immediately to the confirmation of the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch. The Senates confirmation of Gorsuch was unprecedented in the history of the...

Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles

Jul 09, 2018 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics

Poets, writers and bloggers have recently been on the receiving end of political crackdowns in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland. Surges often occur around elections, and most recently due to assertive...