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Youth injustice: Does our justice system cause young people to offend?

Published on: 11 June 2021

Professor Tamara Walsh finds that for some children, the basic comforts available in youth detention facilities make their incarceration far more appealing than life in the sometimes disadvantaged homes they were fleeing.

South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

Published on: 12 May 2021

South Sudan’s Chief Justice, Chan Reec Madut, has been implicated in serious corruption allegations since independence. As a consequence, the constitutional lines of power have become blurred as his overreach interferes with the separation of powers.

UQ Law School professor on the front line of family law reform

Published on: 5 May 2021

A parliamentary inquiry has endorsed Professor Patrick Parkinson’s proposal for a multidisciplinary tribunal to manage parenting disputes for those unable to afford legal representation.

Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Professor Peter Greste standing side by side

Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

Published on: 30 April 2021

Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws, according to University of Queensland academics.

Julian Assange's extradition victory is cold comfort for press freedom

Published on: 5 January 2021

Professor Peter Greste reflects on the latest Assange extradition ruling, asking if this is a victory for Assange and his supporters, or a blow to those who believe this case to be about protecting press freedom?

Journalists and security agencies don't need to be friends

Published on: 17 March 2021

Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other? Peter Greste writes for The Conversation.

police tape at crime scene saying do not cross

Tipping point for press freedom

Published on: 29 April 2021

FEATURE | As World Press Freedom Day approaches, discover more about the legislative threats to press freedom in Australia and the reforms required now.

Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Role of Law

13 October 2022 5:00pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Carolyn Evans, Vice-Chancellor and President, Griffith University, with Professor Patrick Parkinson, UQ Law, commenting and the Hon Justice Sarah Derrington, Federal Court of Australia, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission chairing.

Common Law Relief from Penalties: When Did it All Begin?

19 May 2022 5:00pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Peter Turner, with Professor Warren Swain, University of Auckland, commenting and the Hon Justice Peter Flanagan, Supreme Court of Queensland chairing.

Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

10 June 2021 5:00pm–6:45pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

The Main Problems with Australian Responses to Forensic Science and Medical Evidence. Presented by Professor Gary Edmond (UNSW) with Saul Holt QC commenting and the Hon Justice Peter Applegarth AM chairing.

Youth injustice: Does our justice system cause young people to offend?

South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

UQ Law School professor on the front line of family law reform

Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

Julian Assange's extradition victory is cold comfort for press freedom

Journalists and security agencies don't need to be friends

Tipping point for press freedom

Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Role of Law

Common Law Relief from Penalties: When Did it All Begin?

Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

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