Ensuring that school students know their rights
Is there something remarkable about informing young people about the laws that govern their lives? You might think so from the outcry that has followed the appearance of Know.
Time to re-think legal aid?
The Legal and Constitutional References Committee of the Australian Senate considered the operation of legal aid in Australia, and reported in April 1997. The Committee was given a wide.
Interpreting ‘vilification’ in NSW
In his article ‘Confronting the reality of hate speech’ ((1995) 20(5) AltLJ 231), Luke McNamara noted that after Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Action Group v Eldridge (EOR ¶92-701), questions remain.
Positive discrimination: protecting difference
Discrimination is a tricky issue and, as recent publicity bears out, the McIvers Baths dispute is as tricky as it comes. Correspondents, columnists, photographers and editors have all had.
Chaos theory and an active legal education
Perhaps the best recognised manifestation of chaos theory is the Mandelbrot set, the brilliantly colourful, intensely detailed magnification of images that demonstrates the infinite process of repetitive patterns in.
An interview with Richard Chisholm
Richard Chisholm was for many years a professor of law at the University of New South Wales, and Judge of the Family Court. He is an expert in family.
‘Community Legal Centre’: A Statutory Definition
Buried in the much publicised Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 (NSW) is section 48H: Community Legal Centres. CLCs, fringe dwellers in the structure of the legal profession, are now.
A judge’s impatience with statutory interpretation
The perennial and almost populist pursuit of ‘access to justice’ has concentrated, understandably, on process, structures and costs. All manner of barriers are in the way of ready access.
Japanese litigate for a right to a healthy environment
Japan is notorious as a breeding ground for industrial disease: Minamata disease, Itai-itai disease, Yokkaichi disease are the big ones; induced by air and water pollution, crippling and killing.
Community legal centres need to get serious about management
One of the substantial achievements of community legal centres (CLCs) over the past 15 years, and particularly during their proliferation over the past ten, has been their ability to.