Government cracks down on secret company payments to unions
Mar 20, 2017 01:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The government has announced legislation to ban secret payments between employers and unions, with companies facing criminal penalties of up to A$4.5 million for breaches when the payment could have a corrupting...
Could Roe v. Wade be overturned?
Mar 20, 2017 01:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
If you care about the future of abortion rights, now is a good time to worry. A sweeping Supreme Court victory for pro-choice advocates last summer was quickly overrun by worries brought on by the election of Donald...
Street harassment is a public health problem: The case of Mexico City
Mar 20, 2017 01:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
I actually dont remember when I was first harassed on the street, but I do remember when I first experienced it as an abusive act: I was an adolescent traveling with my mom in a crowded underground wagon, where men could...
Mar 20, 2017 01:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
The claim by Sally McManus, the new head of the ACTU, that when the law is unjust, I dont think there is a problem in breaking it, returns us to a deep question in political philosophy: Why should I obey the law and the...
EU court allows companies to ban headscarves. What will be the impact on Muslim women?
Mar 18, 2017 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that interprets EU law issued a landmark judgment on March 14 that upheld the right of private companies in EU member countries to enact policies barring employees from...
Why South Africa’s Constitution is under attack
Mar 18, 2017 07:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
South Africas Constitution, greatly lauded around the world and the product of Nelson Mandelas democratic transition of the mid-1990s, is under attack. Its being blamed in some quarters for the slow pace of socio-economic...
Asimov's laws of robotics aren't the moral guidelines they appear to be
Mar 18, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Technology Law Insights & Views
Seventy-five years ago, the celebrated science fiction writer Isaac Asimov published a short story called Runaround. Set on Mercury, it features a sophisticated robot nicknamed Speedy that has been ordered to gather some...
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