Senior Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia
Dr McIntyre is legal theorist specialising in judicial studies and public law. After initially practicing law in South Australia, he moved to the UK to study at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral thesis examined the nature of the judicial role, and how that role is both protected and constrained. He has held teaching roles in Australia, Canada and the UK.
Some people think income tax is illegal. It's pseudolaw, and it's damaging the legal system
Oct 31, 2023 09:15 am UTC| Economy
Judges have described it as gibberish, obvious nonsense, largely incoherent, if not incomprehensible and gobbledygook. It involves grand claims like Magna Carta means you do not need to pay your mortgage, or the...
CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here's why that's a bad idea
Jan 21, 2020 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Most of our laws are dense, obscure and effectively unintelligible for most people (even some lawyers). In a country where, every year, 25% of the population face serious legal issues yet often cannot afford to protect...
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