Law students dig up dirt on Supreme Court JusticeA US University law class pieced together a 15-page dossier of private information about US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He’s none too pleased.
Legal affairs
Abu Ghraib guards take the Nuremberg
With the release of the CIA torture memos, guards jailed for their treatment of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison plan to appeal on the grounds that they were “scapegoats” for the Bush Administration.
Conman Peter Foster’s untold stories of Tony and Cherie Blair
Conman Peter Foster intends continuing a Supreme Court action against London’s Daily Mail.
Pirate Bay judge accused of bias
The judge who found file sharing site Pirate Bay guilty of copyright breach has been accused of bias, after revelations that he is a member of several pro-copyright groups.
Fawcett to sue Tele over those ‘Hanson’ pics
It seems the notorious Pauline Hanson fake nude photos saga is headed for a delicious postscript.
Queensland’s ‘antiquated and repressive’ abortion laws
The incoming Queensland government should follow the lead of Victoria and send the abortion laws to the Law Reform Commission for review, writes Dr Caroline de Costa.
Police officer’s Facebook frolics dredged up in court
Note to members of Facebook’s “I secretly want to punch slow-walking people in the back of the head” group: it can and will be used against you in a court of law.
We need more like Frank Costigan
Frank Costigan was a great Australian, but unfortunately he will always be remembered in the context of his conflict with Kerry Packer.
Facebook: how to defame someone without really trying
Tasmanian politician Paula Wriedt is the latest high profile victim of Facebook attacks, but why aren’t the proprietors of social networking sites doing more to prevent their use for harrassment?
Karadzic v Guantanamo Bay detainees: two very different trials
Karadzic is being tried by a UN War Crimes Tribunal. There have been no suggestions of torture at this tribunal. Guantanamo Bay detainees aren’t so lucky, argues Irfan Yusuf.
Justice French II: continuing Rudd’s Liberal penchant
It seems that Kevin Rudd is developing a penchant for appointing former Liberal and National Party members, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.
High Court concedes influence of stolen generations apology
Yesterday’s High Court decision in Northern Territory of Australia v Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust is one of those left-field events that can disrupt the entire political narrative of the nation, writes Bernard Keane.
Justice French I: wresting back the High Court
The Rudd government has at last begun the task of wresting the High Court back from the conservatives who have dominated the bench for the last decade, writes Greg Barns.
Banning n-ked kids would make the law an ass
To legislate to criminalise the conduct of any artist, publication, gallery or even website would make the law what it is clearly not mean to be – an ass. Greg Barns explains.
Tabloid journalists and the presumption of innocence
Some journalists are quick to see accused deprived of their rights, without realising that their hysterical reporting threatens the rights of all of us — journos included, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Queensland media froths over paedophilia case
The media is howling over the release of a man from prison after a Queensland District Court judge issued a permanent stay of his trial on paedophilia charges. What hypocrisy! Peter Faris QC laments.
Law firms revealed as discriminatory sweatshops. Shock.
A new report suggests law firms still discriminate against women and that those who work in them have little control over their work environment, writes Greg Barns.
Civil litigation goes a fee too far
Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls has lifted the lid on the scandal that is civil litigation, writes Greg Barns.
The US Supreme Court Judges who back Henson
It is now almost two weeks since the Police raided and removed the Henson pictures after vigilante moralists demanded they do so, writes Greg Barns.
Should Justice Reeves excuse himself from NT Intervention case?
Northern Territory-based Federal Court judge John Reeves had a direct involvement in the Intervention. So why is he hearing a case that involves it, asks Sophie Black.
“The Admiral” takes the wheel at the NSW Court of Appeal
Justice James Allsop is a controversial choice for president of the NSW Court of Appeal, writes Alex Mitchell.
Smoldering Underbelly starting to smell flyblown
By the time the Supreme Court suppression order that prohibits screening or distribution in Victoria of the true crime TV series Underbelly is finally lifted - they may have stopped making television sets, writes the Kooka Brothers.
