{"id":7092,"date":"2014-12-01T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/?p=7092"},"modified":"2014-12-01T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:38:19","slug":"criminal-law-journal-update-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/2014\/12\/01\/criminal-law-journal-update-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Law Journal update: December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Please note that the links to the content in this Part will direct you to Westlaw AU.<\/p>\n<p>The latest issue of the <em>Criminal Law Journal <\/em>(Volume 38 Part 6) contains the following material:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1CjcKY1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDITORIAL<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Drug law reform<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1FtJVo1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Revival of the common law offence of misconduct in public office <\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c David Lusty<\/p>\n<p>The ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office has recently enjoyed a major resurgence in many jurisdictions, including New South Wales and Victoria, yet it has received relatively little attention from academics and commentators. This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the offence, drawing upon historical precedents and contemporary case law from around the world. It is submitted that this 800-year-old offence has stood the test of time and continues to provide a crucial mechanism for preserving the integrity and fidelity of public officials, including Members of Parliament and Ministers of the Crown.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase this article, complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/subscribe-or-purchase\/individual-article-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Individual Article Sale<\/a> order form and email it to <a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1uJLSXb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Sentencing review 2013-2014 <\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kate Warner<\/p>\n<p>To purchase this article, complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/subscribe-or-purchase\/individual-article-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Individual Article Sale<\/a> order form and email it to <a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zYQmOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CASE AND COMMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New Zealand Police v Heka <\/b><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anita Killeen<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Cjd5tZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHILLIPS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 BRIEF<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The scales of justice <\/b><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dr Alana Piper<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rwympO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIGEST OF CRIMINAL LAW CASES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the pdf version of the table of contents, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/12\/WAU-Crim-LJ-Vol-38-No-6-Dec-14-Contents.pdf\">WAU &#8211; Crim LJ Vol 38 Pt 6 Contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rwxtOb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to access this Part on Westlaw AU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217; Brief section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,39],"tags":[5323,3498,236,220,2541,892,5324,5325,1151,2194,5326,899,5327,1154],"class_list":["post-7092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-law-journal","category-update-summaries","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-anita-killeen","tag-common-law","tag-crim-lj","tag-david-lusty","tag-digest-of-criminal-law-cases","tag-dr-alana-piper","tag-drug-law","tag-kate-warner","tag-misconduct","tag-new-zealand-police-v-heka","tag-phillips-brief","tag-public-office","tag-sentencing-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}