People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there's an exception
May 02, 2017 19:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
People are often poor eyewitnesses. Psychologists have been demonstrating this in experiments for years, but the justice system in the UK has been slow to catch on. There have been improvements, but lawyers and judges...
US Court Smacks Conservative-Run FCC Over War Against Net Neutrality
May 02, 2017 08:38 am UTC| Technology Law
Ever since Ajit Pai was appointed as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he has been waging a war against the Net Neutrality rules imposed by the previous administrations FCC. Pai wants to gut Net Neutrality...
Is charter school fraud the next Enron?
Apr 30, 2017 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In 2001, Texas-based energy giant Enron shocked the world by declaring bankruptcy. Thousands of employees lost their jobs, and investors lost billions. As a scholar who studies the legal and policy issues pertaining to...
GST carve-up to be examined by the Productivity Commission
Apr 30, 2017 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has ordered the Productivity Commission (PC) to review how the GST revenue is sliced up, setting the scene for a new round of hostilities...
Here's when British police are legally allowed to shoot under a new policy on lethal force
Apr 30, 2017 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Against a backdrop of increased police militarisation, police chiefs in the UK have announced a more aggressive policy on the use of lethal force. There are now 640 more firearms officers in England and Wales than there...
An energy price cap could kill competition – here's a better idea
Apr 30, 2017 14:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
The Conservatives have announced their manifesto will include a pledge to cap the price of energy bills. This comes just two years after Labour campaigned to freeze household energy prices The Tories are yet to flesh...
How Donald Trump's bull-in-a-china-shop shtick is strengthening international law
Apr 30, 2017 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In his first 100 days, Donald Trumps presidency has ramped up feelings of anxiety in the political and legal arenas of America and beyond, particularly for those with an internationalist view of the world. The first few...
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