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Call for Paper: Private International Law and Business Compliance in Asia Pacific

Conflict of Laws

This national conference will be held on 21 February 2024 at The University of Sydney Law School in Australia. The event will take place at the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney Law School in Sydney, Australia, on February 21, 2024 in a hybrid format (in-person or online presentation).

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Queensland Government invests $95M in forensics services in response to DNA Inquiry

JURIST

The state government pledged $95 million to improve their forensics services and proposed possible plans to reform double jeopardy laws. The Queensland government Thursday accepted the findings of a DNA Inquiry regarding “maladministration” in a Queensland forensics laboratory.

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Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration calls to raise Australia’s age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

JURIST

President of the AIJA Jenny Blokland highlighted the disproportionate representation of indigenous youth in detention centers across Australia. She said that indigenous youth make up half of children in detention, but only 6% of Australia’s population aged 10 to 17 years old.

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Australia’s first coercive control offense comes into force

JURIST

Laws criminalizing coercive control came into force in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on Monday. Section 54D of the NSW’s Crimes Act 1900 criminalizes coercive conduct and abusive behavior against intimate partners by attaching a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment upon conviction.

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South Korea ambassador to Australia returns home amid allegations of investigation interference

JURIST

South Korea’s ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-seop returned to South Korea on Thursday after facing allegations of interference in the investigation of the July 2023 death of Sergeant Choi Su-geun. However, the same month, President Yoon Seok-yeol appointed Lee as the ambassador to Australia.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”. 7] Gourab Banerji, Third Party Funding In International Arbitration: An Indian Perspective , International Arbitration and the Rule of Law 407–423 (2021). [8] 12] Union of India v.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

For Dan Canon, author of Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates A Permanent Criminal Class , the connection between plea bargaining and the deplorable state of the American criminal justice system, which has resulted in the highest incarceration rate in the world, is no accident. The Crime Report: Why did you write this book?