A considerable amount of research has now been undertaken in response to the emerging phenomenon of self-represented litigants in the Family Court. Some of this research has been concerned with the impact of legal aid cuts. Other studies have documented how the presence of self-represented litigants impacts on participants in Family Court processes. A third...

The High Court is divided about the status of many thousands of British nationals living in Australia who have not formally become citizens of this country. At stake is the right of such people to freely remain in Australia. The federal government is currently attempting to deport a British migrant who has lived here since...

Transcript of Michael Coper's paper to UNSW 2003 Constitutional Law Conference discussing the successes and failures of the High Court over the past 100 years.

In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, new legislation, the Drug Court Act 1998, was enacted to enable a trial to be conducted of an adult drug court program as an alternative to jail for the increasing number of criminal offenders who were addicted to elicit drugs. One of the questions the trial was established to...

Over the past 25 years in Australia many laws affecting marriage have been instituted by the Commonwealth. However, there remains intact one major limitation, namely, that prohibiting marriage between persons of the same sex. This Research Note details the Hight Court of Australia's interpretation of the term 'marriage' in s. 51(xxi) of the Australian Constitution.