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Orla Kelleher: New Developments in Climate Litigation and Human Rights
As the climate crisis continues to damage our world, how has environmental litigation evolved to address it? How do courts engage with the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? Can judicial…
Rachel Killean and Lauren Dempster: Gaza, Environmental Damage and Green Transitional Justice
How can the damage inflicted by Israel on Palestine’s natural environment be framed as a violation of international law? When responding to conflict, how can nature be properly valued in the delivery…
Colin King: Following the Money – Does Financial Crime Law Deliver Justice?
Governments spend billions each year fighting money laundering and terrorist financing, but do these regimes actually make the world fairer or simply more complicated? In this episode, LLB Student…
David Kinley: Asbestos, Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility
How can we hold corporations to their human rights obligations? When it comes to multinational asbestos-mining corporations such as Cape and James Hardie, do arguments of forum non conveniens and…
Natalie Silver: Foreign Aid, Private Philanthropy and Global Justice
As governments like Australia and the US scale back their commitments to international assistance, what power structures are left in place when billionaires and foundations step in? How do tax laws…
Tim Stephens: Unpacking the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
In July, the International Court of Justice delivered its landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. What, though, did the Court actually say? How are states legally obliged to address the urgent…
Rosemary Lyster: Justice in Climate and Disaster Law
What is climate justice? How do we compensate those affected by climate disasters, particularly in the developing world? How are states failing to properly respond to the climate crisis, and how can…
Ben Saul: Sanctioning Israel for Violating International Law
Why has Australia placed so few sanctions on Israel? Why are we still exporting fighter jet parts to a state that, over the past two years, has systematically attacked civilians in Palestine and…
Carolyn McKay: Digital Technologies in the Criminal Justice System
What implications do videolink technologies bear for the criminal process? What threat do remote proceedings pose for access to justice? How might emerging technologies be adopted by criminal courts…
Rachel Killean: Victim Participation in International Criminal Law
What does justice look like for victims of atrocity crimes? How can they participate in the criminal process? Are international criminal tribunals even the best means of addressing violations? How…
Lisa Burton Crawford: Complex Legislation, Accessibility and the Rule of Law
Did you know there are currently over 18,000 pieces of legislation in Australia? Do you think you could easily explain what they all say? How did legislation become so voluminous and complex, and…
Tamer Morris: International Humanitarian Law and Civilian Protection
As the dire humanitarian crisis in Palestine continues to intensify, international law as a field has seemed powerless against the mounting civilian casualties and widespread famine caused by…
Professor Barbara McDonald: Unpacking Australia's New Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy
Just Cause is back for Season 3! Get ready for a wide-reaching dissection of social justice and its intersection with the law, with Sydney Law School students and professors broaching topics such as…
Fleur Johns: Pro-Bono Legal Practice, Data Governance and Guantanamo Bay
In this episode of Just Cause, LLB II student, Reeyaa Agrawal, and final year LLB V student, Sarah Oh, are joined by Professor Fleur Johns, the incoming Dean of Sydney Law School, to explore the…
Liz Snell: Casework and Law Reform through Community Legal Centres
How can community legal centres best support those in need? How can their activist role lead to progressive law reform, improving the criminal legal system so that it works more effectively? How can…
Jeanette Kennett and Allan McCay: Poverty, Agency and Blame
Discussions about poverty are often marred by pervasive myths that lead us to blame impoverished individuals for their own circumstances. In this episode Juliette Marchant talks to Jeanette Kennett…
Julia McLean: Supporting Complainants in Sexual Offence Matters
How can the law best address sexual offences in an appropriately sensitive way? How can complainants be properly supported despite the adversarial nature of our legal system? In this episode, Just…
Simon Rice: A Future for Human Rights in Australia?
Have you ever wondered why Australia is the only Western democracy without a justiciable Human Rights Act? What are the current challenges in the legal education system, and how can it be improved?…
Arlie Loughnan: Pleading Self-Defence as a Victim Survivor
Self-defence has a complicated role in the prosecution of victim-survivors of domestic violence who use force against their abusers. In this episode, LLB student, Indigo Crosweller, chats with…
Kevin Walton: The Ethics of Obedience
Do we have a moral obligation to obey the law? How do we navigate the tensions between authority and personal morality? When – if ever – is breaking the law justified? In this episode, Just Cause…
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Just Cause has published 44 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in Society & Culture.
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