Michael Kirby and the Kirby Cup
Above: Michael Kirby with ALRC staff The Kirby Cup Law Reform Competition is a unique opportunity for Australian law students to consider the role of law reform and law reform agencies in Australia. To enter, law students must provide a written paper (2,000–4,000 words) on a given topic of law reform. The competition is open …
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Read moreALRC Brief | June 2012
View original e-newsletter format >> International outreach This month has seen the ALRC reaching out to some of its international counterparts in the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific region, through a process of professional development and information sharing. We were delighted to host Kaisarina Salesa, Senior Legal Analyst, with the Samoa Law Reform Commission, for a …
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Read more2012 Kirby Cup
The Kirby Cup Law Reform Competition is a unique opportunity for law students to consider the role of law reform and law reform agencies in Australia. To enter, law students must provide a written paper (no more than 4000 words) on a given topic of law reform. This year’s topic is clearly aligned with the …
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Read moreAppendix J: Public Presentations and Articles Written for External Publications
Public Presentations 2010–11 Date Presentation 20 July 2010 The President, Professor Rosalind Croucher attended the Family Law System Conference in Canberra and gave a presentation, ‘Information Sharing—Family Violence and the Challenge of Silos’. 29 July 2010 The President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, gave a keynote address ‘Celebrating Women in the Judiciary’ to the Women Lawyers’ Association …
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Read moreIntroduction
21.1 Disputes of all types are increasingly dealt with by methods of dispute resolution that do not involve a decision by a court or tribunal and instead involve different ‘alternative dispute resolution’ (ADR) models. Part F of this Report examines the use of ADR processes[1] in disputes involving family violence—processes that operate within or alongside …
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Read moreRecognising family violence in homicide defences
14.2 In Chapter 6, the Commissions recommend that, where a state or territory’s criminal legislation expressly refers to the term ‘family violence’—including in the context of homicide defences—the term should be defined consistently with the civil law definition in Recommendation 5–1.[1] In the Commissions’ view, the different policy objectives of the criminal law and family …
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Read moreFractured families, fragmented responsibilities—responding to family violence in a federal system
Presentation by Professor Rosalind Croucher**, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, AIFS Seminar, 9 November 2010 Abstract: The problems of the division of responsibility between the Commonwealth and the states and territories are considerable—and the greatest impact is in relation to children. In 2002 the Family Law Council considered that ‘There is no greater problem in …
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Read moreObituary for Ian Davis 1958–2010
It is with immeasurable sadness that the ALRC acknowledges that its much loved former Commissioner, Ian Peter Davis, passed away suddenly on 15 May 2010, at a swimming event in Noosa. Ian was a distinguished leader in law reform, highly respected for his talents both nationally and internationally. Ian served as a full-time Commissioner of …
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Read morePresident’s Overview
It gives me great pleasure to present my first Annual Report as President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). The past year has been one of significant change, but also one of great productivity and achievement, in fact one of the busiest for the ALRC in recent times. We have released two final Reports …
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Read moreProvocation
421. The Older Law. At common law and under the Codes, murder will be reduced to manslaughter if the act which caused death was done in the heat of passion, involving a loss of self-control which was caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an ‘ordinary person’ of self-control.[24] Provocation was developed as a defence in …
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