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Breaking legal stories across Australia and overseas, analysing law reform, legal education, test cases, miscarriages of justice and examining legal culture. The Law Report is clear, jargon-free information about the law and those who make it, break it, and have to comply with it.
4 Podcasts:
 1. lrt_20080805.mp3 (played 1 times)
2. lrt_20080812.mp3 (played 1 times)
3. lrt_20080819.mp3 (played 1 times)
4. lrt_20080826.mp3 (played 1 times)
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Law Report 2008-08-26
Juvenile offenders and adult prisons
Juvenile offenders -- once they're 18 should they be shipped off to the Big House? When judges sentence kids who commit serious crimes the sentence often extends well past their 18th birthday.
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Law Report 2008-08-19
Retiring Chief Justice Murray Gleeson
A conversation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson. After 10 years as the country's top judge he's due to retire later this month. In his only interview with the electronic media he tells how lawmaking has changed in recent years and how that has transformed the work of judges. And he also answers the question: can you label a judge as activist or black-letter?
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Law Report 2008-08-12
Genetic profiling
It seems that almost every week scientists announce the discovery of a gene connected to an illness or disease. But should access to insurance, employment, or even a mortgage be determined by someone´s genetic profile?
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Law Report 2008-08-05
New Chief Justice; disclosure of risk; charity in the 21st century
Justice Robert French has recently been announced as the new Chief Justice of the High Court.
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