Episode 18 – Federal/State – How It All Works
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 … Read more
Law in Context podcast series
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 … Read more
All legal systems of previously colonised countries have grappled with the contest between land rights for the original peoples of those countries and the claims … Read more
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 … Read more
It’s well known that for someone to be found guilty of a crime, the decision-maker must be persuaded “beyond a reasonable doubt”. This is the … Read more
Who should I trust? If your answer is no one, the world would be a more difficult and expensive place. Wherever someone does something on … Read more
In this episode we look at the body of judge-made law called Equity, which emerged in England as a separate body of case law from … Read more
We keep hearing about “the common law”, but what exactly is it? In this episode, we look at three separate meanings. First, the common … Read more
Any competent lawyer should be able to say what is the law on a given topic in their area of expertise. However, most lawyers find … Read more
In this episode, not daunted by their previous challenge to explain basic legal concepts clearly, the Two Steves take on the big one: What is … Read more
Myths abound about crime rates and law-breaking. In fact, some kinds of crime are going down and others are probably going up. A more interesting … Read more