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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Citizens United and the Crisis of Democracy
In 2010 the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission held restrictions on campaign financing by corporations and other entities were unconstitutional under the First Amendment free speech guarantees. It is a decision that Dr Peter Burdon argues has deepened the crisis of democracy in the United States. In 1975 the Trilateral […]
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CPD – Recent developments in SA planning law
Recently there have been some significant changes to land use planning policy in South Australia and these changes have and will prompt some complementary legislative changes to the State’s planning legislation. This seminar will look at some of the changes which may be of interest to legal practitioners.It will include discussion on the new planning […]
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Can the High Court Save the Murray River?
John Williams and Adam Webster examine the question that all South Australians would like answered – can the High Court save the Murray River? On 28 May 2012, Premier Jay Weatherill described the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Revised Basin Plan as ‘unacceptable’ and argued that ‘it does not return enough water to provide for a […]
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