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With respect, that is a pretty silly argument. You're considering that females are going to let their gender influence their decision making. But there are SEVEN males on the current bench! The exact same argument can be said about them - they are letting their men's perspective influence...

Chill people! You're both smart, no need to fight about it. We're all people interested in law here. Instead of slanging each other can we slang someone worthy? Like say, the AG...

<3 Cathy! She's the best lecturer since David Braddon-Mitchel in the USYD philosophy department..

A number of the current High Court judges have commented that Justice Mary Gaudron (as she then was) brought a feminine perspective to the bench, a slightly different way of thinking about things. But it's also important to have a diverse judicial body within those skilled enough for the...

Erm, not really. I don't know what your idea of "tough on crime" is, but I can assure you the current laws do not need to be any tighter. I hope you haven't fallen prey to the age-old crime wave rhetoric. Something related and funny --

McHugh loves women... he's made some rather quirky comments in the past about it lol Get Chief Justice Gleeson's daughter :) There are a number of senior female judges though. High Court positions should ideally come from the best judges, not just from the top barristers. Judges to the...

hehe oops They said not to worry about it much though... so I didn't go through it for the exam

Hmm That came as completely unexpected news to me. I wonder what the implications are for Brogden now

I wonder what equity books you're reading? You're quite eager, that's third year material. We covered tracing in property but we didn't actually look at secret trusts beyond basic awareness of their existence. For extra law readings I mostly read advocacy/litigation/evidence books

Haha coconuthead Didn't your mother ever tell you, "Don't make faces, the wind will change and it'll stay that way..."

The Rogers from Rogers v Whittaker? Haha how random!

Make another thread This news article is offbeat but interesting :)

As much as I hate advertising, it sounds quite ingenious

(Note that of course very few scientists in the realm of intelligence and psychology actually agree on what intelligence is and how to measure it.) Most believe that it is a combination of environment and genetics. It is a major controversy in psych as to the actual extent of genetic...

Agh! I thought I had seen the last of that cursed thing

haha yeh I have Steel

Sounds good... and gory I'm sure the Crim teachers will use their wonderful imagination and come up with some diabolical fact scenario as usual

Eh.. since I'm about to launch into Crim 2 a bit of research is probably good for me It's covered by s 5, Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW). Children under 10 are incapable of committing criminal offences. Also until a child reaches 14, it is presumed they are incapable of...

oops how careless of me

CRIMES ACT 1914 - Section 4M: Children under 10 A child under 10 years old cannot be liable for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.