{"title":"Parole populism and hard cases","authors":"A. Freiberg","doi":"10.1177/1037969x231194415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x231194415","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48189236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public orders: The sex crimes of policing","authors":"K. Race","doi":"10.1177/1037969X231196983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X231196983","url":null,"abstract":"This article reflects on the policing of sexual and gender minorities in New South Wales (NSW) in connection with Justin Ellis’ Policing Legitimacy: Social media, scandal and sexual citizenship. Ellis’ book approaches the scandal precipitated by the social media circulation of bystander footage of police assaulting a young gay man at the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a threshold case of ‘sousveillance’ – ‘watching from below’ – and investigates the disruption this practice can make to instituted relations between police, media and other organisations, and its significance for sexual citizenship.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45958404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Would a Juries Advisory Council improve deliberations on deliberators?","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/1037969x231193227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x231193227","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48503522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Juries and the ‘detective juror’: Improving public discussion about juries and jurors","authors":"G. Byrne","doi":"10.1177/1037969X231192184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X231192184","url":null,"abstract":"In a high-profile trial, jury verdicts, jury questions, and the conduct of a so-called ‘detective juror’, may ignite public discussion and criticism of the role of juries in criminal trials. If, in the course of this discussion, a juror or jury is criticised, the voice of jurors is rarely heard in response. Through the examination of several high-profile cases, this article examines the role and limitations of a judge, Juries Commissioner, Attorney-General and academics in promoting informed public debate about jury trials. This article then discusses how a Juries Advisory Council could improve public discourse about juries and juror misconduct.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46113681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forensic DNA analysis and legislative provisions: Balancing rights in a time of scientific advancement","authors":"T. Oosthuizen, L. Howes, Robert O. White","doi":"10.1177/1037969X231190484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X231190484","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers the historical development of DNA-related forensic procedures legislation in Australian jurisdictions from a critical forensic studies lens. It shows that the original intent of such legislation was to balance society’s need for effective crime control against certain rights of the individual, such as privacy and bodily integrity, and the rights of a suspect to due process. The article documents how the initial legislative intent has been eroded. This has occurred because, in conjunction with the continued development of DNA techniques, the use of forensic DNA data has been routinised. The current legislation focuses too much on crime control, while consideration of the suspect's right to privacy, dignity and honour, as required by the initial legislation, has decreased in relative importance.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43653973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Debunking the myth of instant harmonisation and embracing the iterative approach","authors":"Guzyal Hill","doi":"10.1177/1037969X231190485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X231190485","url":null,"abstract":"Calls for federal harmonisation of legislation can result in a heated debate revolving around substantive law and an approach to achieve harmonisation. Some favour a bottom-up approach whereby the state and territory jurisdictions achieve uniform legislation without interference from the Commonwealth. Others favour a top-down approach whereby the Commonwealth achieves uniform legislation. This article argues that these two approaches create a false impression of instant harmonisation. Harmonisation of legislation cannot be treated as a short-term project in which uniformity has to be achieved by a specified deadline; rather, the exercise of harmonisation requires ongoing reforms based on consecutive waves. Therefore, policymakers, law reformers and legislative drafters must adopt a long-term view of harmonisation as an iterative process.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48062054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Australia, ‘the most voter-friendly country in the world’? Examining voting rights for people with physical disabilities","authors":"Ethan Katz","doi":"10.1177/1037969x231190481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x231190481","url":null,"abstract":"Despite Australia’s reputation as a jurisdiction with enviable voter enfranchisement and participation procedures, people with physical disabilities are inadequately catered for by federal and state/territory electoral processes. While alternative voting schemes seek to address this issue, they are either too narrowly constructed, carry election integrity risks, or otherwise provide a voting experience lacking independence. This article examines adequate enfranchisement for people with physical disabilities in the context of Australia’s international human rights law obligations, including the case study of Given v Australia. Barriers to full enfranchisement of people with physical disabilities are considered, including cost, logistics and political will.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41715664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can the legal method produce justice? Contemporary reflections on Mary Jane Mossman","authors":"Jay Nemec","doi":"10.1177/1037969X231189058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X231189058","url":null,"abstract":"As Mary Jane Mossman has identified, and despite it containing ample room for judges to choose, legal method has customarily been used as a tool to preserve the status quo and exclude other perspectives. This Brief combines personal experiences in the law with contemporary cases to demonstrate why justice is still so rare. I argue that it is not possible for justice to be consistently achieved without changing the predominant legal method.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48775599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}