DPPs are privileged with enormous power but they must be accountable at all times for the way it is used. Power, as we know, is a dangerous thing when not used wisely, writes Greg Barns.
Legal profession
Crime too complex for trial by jury
Are juries in the modern age are up to the task, asks Greg Barns.
Legal voices missing in action in NT
John Howard’s extraordinary suspension of the rule of law in the Northern Territory should have the legal profession manning the barricades. But where are the Chief Justice of the Northern Territory, Brian Martin, the Northern Territory Law Society, the Northern Territory Bar Association, and even the national bodies — the Australian Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia? So far, nowhere to be seen or heard.
