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L’état, c’est moi!
Brett Evans
18 December 2024
A new documentary featuring leaked interrogation footage shows Israel’s PM under pressure
Books & arts
Jury #2
Jeremy Gans
25 November 2024
SBS’s
The Jury: Death on the Staircase
goes further than most courtroom experiments, and the results are all the more interesting
Books & arts
A chasm of need
Alecia Simmonds
4 October 2024
A new account of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial focuses on the victims of an unfathomed perpetrator
Essays & reportage
Gaza at The Hague
Sophie Rigney
13 September 2024
What the International Court of Justice says about Israel’s treatment of the occupied territories and what it means for Australia
International
The politicisation of American justice
Lesley Russell
6 June 2024
Donald Trump’s conviction might not have a major impact on the election but it does point to grave flaws in the justice system
National affairs
Judging Kathleen Folbigg
Jeremy Gans
15 November 2023
A High Court decision has added to concerns about jury behaviour that were passed over by a series of appeal judges
Books & arts
This house of Grieve
Jeremy Gans
7 November 2023
A murder case looks different close-up for a journalist with worries of his own
Books & arts
Unfriendly fire
Mark Baker
12 July 2023
Two new books go behind the scenes with the reporters who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s actions in Afghanistan
International
One step forward, three steps back
Lesley Russell
11 July 2023
Despite an encouraging decision on voting laws, the US Supreme Court has continued attacking Americans’ rights
Essays & reportage
Scott’s justice
Jeremy Gans
16 June 2023
Thirty-five years and five judgements after Scott Johnson’s body was found, can we be sure justice has been served?
National affairs
The translator
Tim Rowse
5 April 2023
A capacity to enable fruitful cross-cultural interaction was among the strengths of Yolngu leader Yunupingu, who died last weekend
Essays & reportage
Timor gaps
Hamish McDonald
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Essays & reportage
Twelve vexed Canberrans
Jeremy Gans
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
National affairs
The podcast’s trial
Jeremy Gans
4 September 2022
Did
The Teacher’s Pet
hinder the conviction of Chris Dawson?
Essays & reportage
Friendless in the courtroom
Alecia Simmonds
14 May 2021
Women’s full right — and responsibility — to sit on juries came late to Australia
Books & arts
Scales of justice
Rick Sarre
21 September 2020
Books
| Lawyer Andrew Boe’s heartfelt memoir of a life in the law
Essays & reportage
The enemy within
Jeremy Gans
26 June 2020
The alleged actions of former justice Dyson Heydon sit oddly with his judgement in a contentious High Court appeal
Books & arts
Literary censorship’s last gasp
Amanda Laugesen
2 June 2020
Books
| A compelling account of a significant cultural moment
Essays & reportage
“Don’t ever expect anything from me”
Mark Baker
27 April 2020
How Malcolm Turnbull turned himself into an international figure
From the archive
Pell in purgatory
Jeremy Gans
13 April 2020
If the High Court is right about the evidence on timing, what went wrong during the prosecution and hearings?
Essays & reportage
Game of shells
Jeremy Gans
25 March 2020
How the communists saved Josh Frydenberg
National affairs
Gap year
Lesley Russell
13 February 2020
The latest Closing the Gap report brings cause both for scepticism and for guarded optimism
National affairs
If Setka is shaming Labor, is Labor shaming the law?
Graeme Orr
30 August 2019
A Victorian judge has gone against a quarter-century’s treatment of political parties
Essays & reportage
A judge’s doubts
Jeremy Gans
29 August 2019
Did all three judges overstep the mark in deciding George Pell’s appeal?
National affairs
Judging Vasta
Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
6 August 2019
What can we learn from this widely criticised member of the judiciary?
National affairs
How to sentence a priest
Jeremy Gans
19 March 2019
The Pell sentencing raises challenging questions about cases involving authority figures
National affairs
Pell’s freeze is over
Jeremy Gans
27 February 2019
In this case, above all, justice needed to be seen to be done
National affairs
Don’t mention the law
Jeremy Gans
10 December 2018
If judges don’t have a clear idea of how police should behave, where does that leave everyone else?
National affairs
Reasonable doubts
Jack Waterford
30 November 2018
The AFP made a mess of investigating the murder of Colin Winchester and other crimes, so why is it the only Australian police force to have avoided an external inquiry?
National affairs
The Great Assenters
Jeremy Gans
1 May 2018
Are we all the losers in the High Court’s quest for consensus?
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