Medical law is based on the idea that a patient consents to an intervention that will benefit them. Is that the case here?
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The death of Adam Johnson during an ice hockey match shocked the sporting world. Questions remain about consent and violence in high-risk sport.
As an expert in both criminal and medical law, I am concerned with how prosecution teams gather expert evidence in these cases.
The rare sleep disorder has been used as a defence in several recent sexual assault cases.
The First Amendment might complicate plans to prosecute the people who sent up to 500,000 anonymous messages in November calling Black people ‘slaves,’ among other hate speech.
Australia’s patchwork of criminal appeal laws creates an uneven playing field. Here’s what they are and how the system can be made more equitable.
In the age of social media and evolving expert evidence, judge-only trials have become more popular. But there are simple things that can be done to improve and safeguard trials by jury.
The dissenting judges argued that the Supreme Court’s decision will dramatically expand the president’s powers while in office.
High Court decisions, government announcements and opposition speeches have all discussed migration. It’s become a heated, sometimes panicked conversation.
Attempts to establish justice too early may complicate efforts to achieve peace.
The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
Lehrmann gave evidence in his case against Channel 10, but exercised his right to silence during the 2022 criminal trial. It shows the unfairness
Donald Trump claims support in crucial court cases and historical documents for his assertion that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution. A law scholar says those documents say the opposite.
Deepfake pornography raises questions about consent, sexuality and representation. The issue is more complicated than online misogyny — new criminal laws are not our best response.
In a case that will make legal and political history, the US Supreme Court will consider whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his alleged effort to undermine the 2020 election.
The former president has raised several legal arguments that do not yet have clear answers. A constitutional scholar says they’re questions worth asking.
With co-defendants of Donald Trump accepting plea bargains, an expert in criminal law explains what these legal agreements are and how they work.
A critical race theory scholar explains why it’s problematic to use rap lyrics as evidence of a crime, and what some lawmakers are doing to protect artistic expression.
The indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez is full of lurid details – hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash stuffed into clothes among them. Will they tank Menendez’s career?
Department of Justice prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case. They did much more.
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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King's Counsel, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics, University of South Carolina
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Law and Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
