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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Compulsory voting: lessons for the United Kingdom
Last week, the University of Adelaide’s Public Law and Policy Research Unit and the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre were very pleased to host Professor Sarah Birch from the University of Glasgow. Professor Birch is a leading international scholar in electoral integrity, and the author of Full Participation: A Comparative Study of Compulsory Voting (2009). Professor […]
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Congratulations to student Matt Cowdry
The Adelaide Law School would like to wish Matt Cowdrey OAM (Media and Law student) and the Australian swimming team all the best for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Good luck Matt!
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Research Unit members present at Legal Studies Teachers’ Professional Development Day
Last week, two members of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adam Webster and Kellie Toole, along with A/Prof Melissa de Zwart presented at the Adelaide Law School’s Legal Studies Teachers’ Professional Development Day. The event was attended by Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies teachers from both public and independent South Australian high […]
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RUSSLR 2014 Law and Religion Oration: Equality, Religion and Nihilism
Equality is the master political concept of our age. Its mastery is reflected both in academic discussions and in the stunning speed with which same-sex marriage or marriage equality has been accepted, or imposed, in the United States and elsewhere. This lecture will unravel the relationship between equality and religion. It will reflect on the […]
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Chief Justice’s Shield Quiz Night
The John Bray Law Network hosted the annual Chief Justice’s Shield Quiz night on Saturday 12th July. The evening was a fun night and a huge success with the generosity of sponsors and participants enabling sufficient funds to be raised to support a $5,000 scholarship awarded on academic merit for a financially disadvantaged Adelaide Law […]
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Adelaide PhD student, Manuel Solis, awarded Best Graduate Student Paper at this year’s IUCNAEL
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is an international network of environmental law faculties and research centres across some 56 countries worldwide. The 12th IUCNAEL Colloquium was hosted by Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, from 30 June to 5 July 2014 with the theme ‘Energy for a Fair Society on a Safe Planet’. […]
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2014 John Bray Oration: ‘Pro Bono: Good for the Profession, Good for the Country’
We are pleased to announce the John Bray Law Network will host the 2014 John Bray Oration, ‘Pro Bono: Good for the Profession, Good for the Country’, on Wednesday 24th September 2014 at 5.30pm in Elder Hall. This year’s oration will be delivered by the Honourable Margaret J White AO, retired Justice of the Queensland Court […]
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Adelaide Law student Dwayne Coulthard wins the 2014 NAIDOC Scholar of the Year Award
We are delighted to extend the Law School’s congratulations to our final year LLB student Dwayne Coulthard, the 2014 South Australian NAIDOC Scholar of the Year. The award recognises not only Dwayne’s academic achievements, but his work as a cadet at the Legal Services Commission, and his extensive community involvement including through the Australian Indigenous […]
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The road to Paris: climate barbarism or ethical action?
As the painful United Nations climate negotiations inch along the road to Paris 2015, we are faced with two options: ethical action or a descent into self-interest, writes Peter D Burdon. I doubt I will ever forget the emotional footage that I observed from the 2013 global Climate Change Conference (COP) in Warsaw, Poland. The […]
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FTZK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection: Over-zealous judicial review?
In this post Anna Olijnyk examines the High Court’s recent decision in FTZK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The case involved judicial review of a migration decision made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The High Court’s reasoning subjects the decision of an administrative tribunal to a level of scrutiny more commonly applied to […]
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