
Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 44 Pt 4
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following articles: “Is There Any Prospect of a Model Provision for Similar Fact/Propensity Evidence or the Coincidence/Tendency Rules in Australia?” – Andrew Hemming; “Memory Science in the Pell Appeals: Impossibility, Timing, Inconsistencies” – Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Natalie Martschuk and Mark Nolan; and “Bail in the Time of COVID-19” – Dr Brendon Murphy and Tahlia Ferrari. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “COVID-19 and Early Global Decarceration Trends”; Phillip’s Brief: “The Wrong Side of the Road – Australia’s First Driver Convicted of Felony Murder: The State of Western Australia v King [2020] WASCSR 20” – Dr Kerry King; and Digest of Criminal Law Cases.
Criminal Law Journal update: October 2015
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following content: “Misconduct in public office and directors of public entities in Victoria” – Dr Marco Bini; “Towards coherent co-presentation of expert evidence in criminal trials: Experiences of communication between forensic scientists and legal practitioners” – Loene Howes; Phillips’ Brief: “Patriarchal terrorism and burning women at the stake: The petty treason of Elizabeth Herring 1773” – Heather Douglas and Simon Bronitt; and Digest of Criminal Law Cases.
Criminal Law Journal update: August 2015
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following content: “Issues for the defence in trials with pre-recording of the evidence of vulnerable witnesses” – Scott Corish; “Prosecutors’ perceptions of the utility of video-evidence for adult complainants of sexual assault” – Nina J Westera and Martine B Powell; “The limited impact of Facebook and the displacement effect on the admissibility of identification evidence” – Paul McGorrery; Phillips’ Brief: “The special jury in Australia” – Alana Piper; Book review: Power of Persuasion: Essays by a Very Public Lawyer by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, reviewed by Gilles Renaud; and Digest of Recent Criminal Cases.
Criminal Law Journal update: June 2015
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following articles: “Please mind the gap: An assessment of fatal “one punch” provisions in Australia” – Dr Andrew Hemming; and “A comparative study on the offence of “maintaining a sexual relationship with a child” in the Northern Territory and Queensland” – Alannah Brown. Also in this Part is an editorial about the capital punishment debate; a Phillips’ Brief section about criminal responsibility of a “failed cadet soldier”; a book review of “Crime and Justice in America 1975–2025” edited by Michael Tonry; a digest of criminal law cases; and an obituary for Fiori Rinaldi AM.
Criminal Law Journal update: December 2014
The last Part of the Criminal Law Journal for 2014 includes an editorial on drug law reform, an article by David Lusty which presents a comprehensive analysis of the common law offence of misconduct in public office, drawing upon historical precedents and contemporary case law from around the world, a sentencing review for 2013-2014 by Kate Warner, a Digest of Criminal Law Cases, a comment on the animal cruelty case of New Zealand Police v Heka and a Phillips’ Brief section.
Criminal Law Journal update: February 2014
The first Part of the Criminal Law Journal for 2014 includes the following articles: “The High Court on crime in 2013: Analysis and jurisprudence” – Stephen Odgers; “The Thomas Kelly case: Why a “one punch” law is not the answer” – Dr Julia Quilter; and “Retrospective on Ridgeway: Governing principles of controlled operations” – Brendon Murphy. There is also an Editorial by General Editor Mirko Bagaric about the need to increase to penalties for “king hit” killings and wider implications for the sentencing system, a digest of criminal law cases and a Phillips’ Brief section.
Criminal Law Journal update: August 2013
The latest Part of Crim LJ includes the following: Editorial: “Biffing with impunity: Reflections on boxing, rugby and State of Origin” – Simon Bronitt; Articles: “Jurisdiction over criminal acts on cruise ships: Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps?” – Kate Lewins and Nick Gaskell; and “Involving juries in sentencing: Insights from the Tasmanian jury study” – Kate Warner and Julia Davis. Case and Comment: Field v The Queen – Anita Killeen; Phillips’ Brief: The severest provocation – Amanda Nettelbeck; and Digest of Recent Criminal Cases.
Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 41 Pt 5
The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following articles: “Proposed Changes to the Tendency Rule: A Note of Caution” – Jill Hunter and Richard I Kemp; and “Can Sentencing Be Enhanced by the Use of Artificial Intelligence?” – Dr Nigel Stobbs, Dan Hunter and Mirko Bagaric. Also in this Part is an Editorial on “Abolishing the Crime that is the Incarceration of White-Collar Offenders” by Professor Mirko Bagaric; Contemporary Comment: “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” – Michael Heath; Case and Comment: “Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd [2017] UKSC 67: Test for Dishonesty in the United Kingdom Brought into Line with Australian Common Law” – David Lusty, “Gant v The Queen [2017] VSCA 104, Gant v The Queen [2016] VSCA 340, McBride v Christie’s Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1729: Criminal Law and Art Fraud” – Dr Chris Davies; Phillips’ Brief: “The Third Degree” – Mark Finnane; and a Digest of Criminal Law Cases.