May 12, 2017 3
The opposition and legal experts are confused by a $12.7 million policy for parental management hearings out of the blue in Tuesday's budget.
January 20, 2015
More Australians than ever are living in apartments and townhouses. But is regulation enough to keep all of these people, living cheek-by-jowl, in line?
March 14, 2013 6
Martijn Wilder is the world's top climate lawyer by some accounts. So does he think the law is letting down the environment when it comes to global warming? And if it is, who's to blame? Read about the lawyer whose management skills and networking have taken him to the top of Australia's low-carbon economy.
February 21, 2013 3
The shadowy figure that used to stand behind a client in court is slowly coming forward, garnering media attention and blurring the line between legal advocate and spin doctor.
October 6, 2011
The longest-serving member of the High Court of Australia is no judicial rock star. Matthew Knott profiles William Gummow, Justice of the High Court of Australia.
June 3, 2011 2
Law firm gossip clearing house Firm Spy is back online today, one day after its account was shut down for unknown reasons.
May 3, 2011
It's much easier for US authorities that Osama resisted arrest and was shot dead. But the laws around assassination are confusing and the public needs to be aware how easy it is for the government to abuse them.
June 18, 2010
The mug shot is a particularly American phenomenon and here's 200 mugshots of local Chicago citizens, arrested for crimes from murder to animal cruelty. But innocent until proven guilty and all that.
May 12, 2010
Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari was thrown into an Iranian prison for 118 days and then sentenced in absentia to 13 years imprisonment and 74 lashes. What did he do to receive such a punishment?