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Disability: the other person’s problem
Every able-bodied thirty-year-old earning $60,000 per year can acquire a disability, have a child born with a disability or have their best friend...
Religion, politics and school community
This year has produced a number of sobering lessons about the intersection between religion and politics, writes Simon Longstaff. As some will know,...
The irony of Wikileaks
The publication of a mass of leaked diplomatic cables by the organisation founded by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, has prompted an extraordinary...
Why opponents of ethics education in schools are wrong
This year has produced a number of sobering lessons about the intersection between religion and politics. As some will know, St James Ethics Centre...
Pro-choice or pro-life?
Regardless of whether you support or oppose abortion, its criminalisation fails to address the root causes of unwanted pregnancy and is instead...
The path of expanding terror
As I write this piece, the world is still trying to come to terms with the implications of savage attacks launched by terrorists against the people...
Lawyers and money
When China – one of the most tremendous economic powers ever to present its potential as such – applied to join the World Trade...
Balancing of justice and retribution
In Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, Shylock seeks what he claims to be ‘justice’. What are we to make of his absolute...
Law and common people
Baiting lawyers is an easy sport. Because of this, barristers and solicitors routinely attract the barbs of criticism from a cynical public that...
Justice Shaw and the missing blood sample
Justice Shaw is bound by a solemn oath relating to his office. In line with this, I would say that the nature of holding judicial office is such that...
Death of Christopher Skase
Christopher Skase died as he lived for more than a decade - a man accused of serious crime but presumed innocent. His flight from Australia and death...
Is that an ashtray in your underpants, sir?
I was alarmed by Sian Powell's revelation (The Weekend Australian, 11-12 November 2000) that some of the nation's best restaurants are suffering from...
Ethics and the control of crime against business
Contents: An oblique reference Two brief scenarios Maintaining legitimacy The valid exceptions Conclusion An oblique reference The explosion of...
Corporations and the criminal code
Ever since the death of Julius Caesar, people have been warned to “beware the Ides of March”. Corporations might be advised to pay...
A question of conflicts of interest
The problem to be considered in this article relates to the vexed question of what is generally known as 'conflicts of interest'. Naturally enough,...
Adding a carrot to regulatory stick
Hardly a year passes without significant increases in the risk and level of punishment that might be meted out to errant corporations. One need only...
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