A 1987 report consisting of a review of the law of evidence in federal courts and the courts of the territories, and the preparation of a uniform evidence law for those courts.
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The ALRC's Issues Paper on the (uniform) Evidence Act 1995. It inquires into the experience gained from almost a decade of operation of the uniform Evidence Act scheme, and the desirability of achieving greater clarity and effectiveness and promoting greater harmonisation of ...
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The Australian Law Reform Commission and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission have carried out a comprehensive inquiry into children and the legal process. Australia's children are the nation's future. Australia's legal processes have consistently failed to ...
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The major recommendation of the report is that uniformity should be sought in the evidence laws applied by all tribunals sitting in this State. To this end, the Commission has set aside many of the reservations it had with the ALRC draft bill in order to achieve a uniform ...
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Report no. 23, 2001 by the NT Law Reform Committee on appropriate reform of the laws in relation to the privilege against self-incrimination particularly in relation to Coronial Inquests.
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1999 report by the NT Law Reform Committee on appropriate reform of the laws in relation to the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault in the Northern Territory.
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Report upon whether or not the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act (UK) provides an appropriate model for reform of the “right to silence” in the criminal justice system of the Northern Territory.
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The privilege against self-incrimination (which applies to both documents and oral testimony) is sometimes abrogated by statute. The Queensland Law Reform Commission recommends whether there is ever justification for the abrogation of the privilege and, if so, in what ...
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In Australia, children appear more frequently in criminal proceedings than in civil proceedings. The issues associated with children giving evidence as complainants in criminal proceedings are examined.
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