What two legal scholars learned from studying 70 years of Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Mar 21, 2016 14:14 pm UTC| Law
Joe Biden called them a kabuki dance. Elena Kagan called them a vapid and hollow charade. So Supreme Court confirmation hearings are worthless, right? Wrong. Our research moves beyond the conventional wisdom...
A law professor assesses the EU plan to send asylum seekers back to Turkey
Mar 21, 2016 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The EU and Turkey have finally reached an agreement to reduce the number of migrants and refugees coming to the European Union. The central pillar of the deal is that anyone arriving in Greece across the sea from Turkey...
Fizzy drinks tax alone won't solve childhood obesity nightmare
Mar 21, 2016 13:42 pm UTC| Health Law
George Osbornes sugar levy on soft drinks seems to acknowledge, at long last, that the food industry should be regulated to help consumers adopt healthier diets. A substantial body of evidence strongly supports a soda tax....
The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region
Mar 21, 2016 04:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime will hold a full ministerial meeting in Bali this Wednesday. The meeting will bring together ministers from 45 member countries...
Penalty rate cut will hurt economy without helping business: Labor
Mar 20, 2016 15:59 pm UTC| Law Business
The federal opposition says that reducing penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors would widen the gender pay gap across the economy and hit consumption without bringing the claimed benefits to business and...
Workers would benefit from lowering company tax: Sinodinos
Mar 20, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Politics Law
Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos has made a strong pitch for giving priority to a company tax cut cut in the coming budget as the best way to boost growth, with a significant flow on for workers. As the budgets tax...
Corporation tax: the progressive case for getting rid of it
Mar 18, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
George Osborne, the UK chancellor, announced that corporation tax will be cut to 17% in 2020. But why stop there? Theres a very good case for thinking the unthinkable and getting rid of corporation tax altogether. For...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects