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Murder defence should not be linked to “gay panic”
Reforms to South Australian criminal law have been proposed in a new report on the issue of provocation. The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the University of Adelaide, has now finalised stage 1 of a two-stage report into provocation. The current law in South Australia allows the partial defence of provocation, which […]
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Balancing fairness and freedom in SA’s Equal Opportunity Laws
On 30 June 2016, the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the Adelaide University Law School, released its Report, ‘“Lawful Discrimination”: Exceptions under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) to unlawful discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, sexual orientation and intersex status’. This Report is part of the Institute’s wider reference to […]
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Better balance needed in State’s equal opportunity laws
Helping to protect students, patients and employees from unfair treatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity is at the heart of a range of reforms proposed for South Australia’s equal opportunity laws. In the latest report from the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the University of Adelaide, the Institute has […]
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South Australian Law Reform Institute Audit Report: Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Laws
The South Australian Law Reform Institute (‘the Institute’), housed in the Adelaide Law School and under the direction of Professor John Williams and Dr David Plater, has recently delivered a comprehensive Audit Report to the South Australian Government identifying those South Australian laws that discriminate on the grounds of, sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex […]
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Read the School’s Submission to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission was established by the South Australian Government to undertake an independent and comprehensive investigation into South Australia’s participation in four areas of activity that form part of the nuclear fuel cycle. Adelaide Law School’s Public Law and Policy Research Unit made a submission to the Commission, specifically relating to […]
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Audit of Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Laws
The University of Adelaide’s South Australian Law Reform Institute has launched an audit of potential discrimination in the State’s laws on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or intersex status – and is now seeking submissions from the community. The audit, being conducted at the request of the South Australian Government, aims to […]
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