Law in Context

Send us a text message with feedback For centuries there have been restrictions on suing a judge who has heard your case if you think they got it badly wrong. You could appeal against the decision or...

14 Jul 202510min

Send us a text message with feedback No criminal justice system is perfect. Sometimes it "miscarries" and innocent people are convicted. The consequences can be devastating for those involved, and s...

30 Jun 202515min

Send us a text message with feedback Being the victim of a crime can be highly traumatic. Some argue that the criminal justice system can make the victim re-live that trauma all over again. In this ep...

22 Apr 202513min

Send us a text message with feedback Everyone agrees that Crime and Punishment go together. But that's where the agreement ends. There are multiple aims of punishment: to inflict retribution (an eye f...

16 Mar 202514min

Send us a text message with feedback Most people are fascinated by crime, at least if they are at a safe distance from it. It is the stuff of popular culture and serious scholarship. Theories abound...

2 Mar 202521min

Send us a text message with feedback Like many countries in the world, Australia is a federation; it has more than one tier of government. In this nail-biting episode, the Two Steves explain how our ...

31 Jan 202510min

Send us a text message with feedback All legal systems of previously colonised countries have grappled with the idea of land rights for the original peoples of those countries and the claims of settle...

22 Jan 202517min

Send us a text message with feedback You might think the idea of property is straightforward. In a way, it is. Almost anything tangible and many things intangible are capable of being property, unde...

4 Jan 202512min