My personal view on capital punishment.

An essay on the use of plea bargaining in the legal system.

What is the future of dispute resolution? Will “alternative” dispute resolution (ADR) processes dominate the courts system, or will the later "absorb" the former. This essay answers the above by identifying a dialectic between ADR and the law reminiscent of that between law and Equity. The essay revisits the meaning of justice and the role of dispute resolution processes in society. It concludes that only a strong form of legal plurality will lead to real benefit from ADR.

I oppose the death penalty. But I think we should do away with this law because we, as citizens, think it unjust not because research studies say that it is not equitably applied.

The election win of Barack Obama will not automatically cancel the struggles and challenges that black Americans continue to face in the spheres of education, civil rights, decent housing, and adequate health care and the like.

Everything from Abuse to Vour Dire – the 150 criminal justice terms everyone should know and the explanations for these terms. This will increase your knowledge of crimes and about the US legal system.

Australia’s current legal system has limited scope for human rights. The Constitution provides several express gaurantees; the common law system has protected some fundamental human rights too. However, these “protections” are insufficient. The common law system is shackled to the chains of precedent and are subject to change at Parliament’s discretion. The Constitution has stood the test of time but its formulation prior to Federation has made it a product of its time – entrenching only the values deemed important at its formulation. In response to these limitations, both statutory and Constitutionally-entrenched bill of rights have been put forward. Should we follow the United States of America with a Constitutionally-entrenched Bill of Rights or should we follow Victoria and Canada with the (Victorian) Charter of Rights?

Justice should be a process that victims, criminals, and the community can participate in, while respecting the dignity of all parties. The process should bring about as much recovery as possible for the victim and community, while rehabilitating the criminal.