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Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley is a former Dean of Law at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has written books and articles on Corporations law, a subject he taught for several decades. Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker AO is a former Dean of Law at Monash University in Melbourne. He has written books and articles on lawyers’ ethics and family law. He wrote, played and recorded the theme music for the Law in Context podcast series.

Episode 7 – Lawyers

August 3, 2025May 30, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Lawyers have a very particular role in the adversarial system, and a corresponding set of ethical requirements.  In the 2000s in Victoria, Nicola Gobbo, a … Read more

Tags barristers, lawyers, legal ethics, solicitors

Episode 6 – Access to Justice

August 3, 2025May 19, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

The Rule of Law may be a great ideal, but does it mean anything if in practical terms many people do not have access to … Read more

Tags access to justice, legal aid, mediation, tribunals

Episode 5 – The Jury

August 3, 2025May 3, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Juries make for great books and movies, but what really is their role in the adversarial system?  Do they lead to fair decisions?  Are they … Read more

Tags common law, juries, jury, trials

Episode 4 – Judges

August 3, 2025April 19, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

How can we ensure that those who judge between government, citizens, or businesses are impartial?  All Rule of Law systems have protections for judicial independence, … Read more

Episode 3 – Where Does Law Come From?

August 3, 2025April 7, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Parliaments make laws. But so do judges. International treaties may also be a source. And it gets even more complicated. Transcript EPISODE 3 – WHERE … Read more

Episode 2 – The Adversarial System

August 3, 2025April 7, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

The adversarial system of justice came from the English common law and spread. It is contrasted with the inquisitorial system found in non-Anglo democracies. Transcript … Read more

Tags adversarial system, courts, inquisitorial system, trials

Episode 1 – The Rule of Law

May 30, 2024April 7, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Welcome to the very first episode of the Law in Context podcast by The Two Steves. The Rule of Law is central to understanding legal … Read more

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