Justice
Politics & Society
Ensuring justice is done and seen to be done
To better promote public confidence, research suggests courts need to reassess the test they use for determining whether a judicial officer could be biased
Health & Medicine
Podcast
Intellectual disabilities and the fight for justice
Prominent UK campaigners George Julian and Chris Hatton on why there are still so many preventable deaths among people with learning difficulties, and what needs to change
Sciences & Technology
How convincing is a Y-chromosome profile match?
A new way of presenting Y chromosome evidence in court clarifies the sometimes misleading DNA arguments used in sexual assault cases
Politics & Society
Book extract
Trial by Ouija Board: When jurors misbehave
In his new book, Professor Jeremy Gans explores a famous case of juror misconduct from the 1990s, and its ongoing implications for the trial-by-jury system
Politics & Society
Podcast
Family violence: Ending the hidden crime
Domestic violence needs to be brought out from behind closed doors if it is going to be addressed
Politics & Society
Suppression orders vs open justice
A recent high-profile criminal case highlights how the wide use of suppression orders in Victoria is undermining open justice and strengthening the case for an open justice advocate
Politics & Society
The ‘Making a Murderer’ effect
A new wave of crime coverage is highlighting miscarriages of justice and changing the way we think about the judicial system.