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Emeritus Professors Stephen Bottomley and Stephen Parker AO introduce law in a critical way to the general public, current students and those thinking of taking up the subject. They explain the Rule of Law, the Adversarial System of Justice, where law comes from, judges, juries, lawyers and many other topics, include problem areas such as access to justice.
Unknown Host hosts Law in Context, a society show with 31 episodes published.
Send us a text message with feedback Universities are created by law as corporations, separate from government and from the people who work and study in them. In the past they were run democratically by academics or facu
Send us a text message with feedback What exactly is a " State"? It's not the same as a country, or a nation, or a government. States do need a government to be recognised as a state, as well as a permanent population an
Send us a text message with feedback The adversarial system of justice came from the English common law and spread. In this one minute snapshot, we contrast it with the inquisitorial system found in non-Anglo democracies
Send us a text message with feedback Your gowned crusaders explore the concept of agency, its legal implications, and its relevance in everyday life. We discuss how agency allows individuals and companies to engage in co
Send us a text message with feedback Theories abound about why people obey the law, but in this one minute snapshot we highlight how a fair society with clear rules and effective enforcement makes it more likely that peo
Send us a text message with feedback Contracts are at the heart of our economic system. They are also dear to the hearts of many lawyers, who see contract law as embodying the idea that individuals should voluntarily bin
Send us a text message with feedback The Rule of Law is the starting point for understanding Law in democracies. In this one minute snapshot we say what the Rule of Law is, and what it isn't. For more information about y
Send us a text message with feedback Torts basically are civil wrongs. The law of torts provides remedies for people who have suffered some kind of harm at the hands of another - the tortfeasor. The behaviour might also
Send us a text message with feedback For centuries there have been restrictions on suing a judge who has heard your case if you think they got it badly wrong. You could appeal against the decision or, in theory, petition
Send us a text message with feedback No criminal justice system is perfect. Sometimes it "miscarries" and innocent people are convicted. The consequences can be devastating for those involved, and sometimes for society,
Send us a text message with feedback Being the victim of a crime can be highly traumatic. Some argue that the criminal justice system can make the victim re-live that trauma all over again. In this episode we look at how
Send us a text message with feedback Everyone agrees that Crime and Punishment go together. But that's where the agreement ends. There are multiple aims of punishment: to inflict retribution (an eye for an eye); to deter
Send us a text message with feedback Most people are fascinated by crime, at least if they are at a safe distance from it. It is the stuff of popular culture and serious scholarship. Theories abound. Might a certain amou
Send us a text message with feedback Like many countries in the world, Australia is a federation; it has more than one tier of government. In this nail-biting episode, the Two Steves explain how our system came about, wi
Send us a text message with feedback All legal systems of previously colonised countries have grappled with the idea of land rights for the original peoples of those countries and the claims of settlers or conquerors. Au
Send us a text message with feedback You might think the idea of property is straightforward. In a way, it is. Almost anything tangible and many things intangible are capable of being property, under the common law. Even
Send us a text message with feedback It's well known that for someone to be found guilty of a crime, the decision-maker must be persuaded "beyond a reasonable doubt". This is the standard of proof. In civil claims, the s
Send us a text message with feedback Who should I trust? If your answer is no one, the world would be a more difficult and expensive place. Wherever someone does something on your behalf you might have to employ someone
Send us a text message with feedback In this episode we look at the body of judge-made law called Equity, which emerged in England as a separate body of case law from "the common law". Whereas common law focuses on clear
Send us a text message with feedback We keep hearing about "the common law", but what exactly is it? In this episode, we look at three separate meanings. First, the common law describes a whole legal system, such as Aust
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