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Greater Police Powers And Penalties Threaten Civil Liberties In Nsw For Public Safety, Luke Mcnamara, Julia Quilter
Greater Police Powers And Penalties Threaten Civil Liberties In Nsw For Public Safety, Luke Mcnamara, Julia Quilter
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
The New South Wales government recently introduced two new laws that impose serious constraints on how we use public spaces. They represent just the latest round of expanded police powers and higher criminal penalties justified in the name of “public safety”. The government’s solution is to let police decide who has the right to protest.
Public Controversy And Partisan Deliberation, Brian Martin
Public Controversy And Partisan Deliberation, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Public scientific controversies are often the enemy of deliberation, because debating and winning take precedence over an open-minded examination of options. Nevertheless, forms of deliberation do occur throughout controversies, including what can be called "partisan deliberation" in which campaigners on each side of an issue refine and coordinate their respective positions. As well, there are other opportunities for deliberation created by controversies, though the conditions are far from ideal.
Public Won't Back A 'Politicians' Republic', So Turnbull Needs To Offer A Better Model, Gregory C. Melleuish
Public Won't Back A 'Politicians' Republic', So Turnbull Needs To Offer A Better Model, Gregory C. Melleuish
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
The word republic has many meanings - but they can probably be reduced to two. The first simply means a political order in which there is no king or queen at its apex. The Romans who invented the term res publica (public matter) were adamantly opposed to the idea of having a king. Julius Caesar was assassinated because it was believed he wished to make himself king. The second describes a political system composed by individuals motivated by an idea of virtue and by a series of institutional arrangements through which power is divided so it is not concentrated in …