The backstory to amazing court cases you need to know about. Lawyers and legal scholars become storytellers andĀ give you the inside scoop on what makes these ca...
Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward?Ā This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean. Special guest Mark Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia. Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) (2014)Guest: Mark Dreyfus KC MP
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Face Off: Clearview AI v The World
In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology.Ā Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals. But is there a catch?A series of legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time.Show NotesGuest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics)Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released this Statement on Clearview AI (21 August 2024).Ā The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill (The New York Times, 18 January 2020)Clearview AI breached Australiansā privacy: Statement by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (3 November 2021)ACLU v. Clearview AI case summary (American Civil Liberties Union, 11 May 2022)Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit (AP News, 22 June 2024)
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USA v David Hicks: Dan Mori
It's 2003. An Australian man is captured by US forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on terrorism charges. The prisoner's defence lawyer is a United States Marine Corps lawyer named Dan Mori. He's about to be thrust onto the world stage in a fight against his own country's military and political establishment. (Update: The US government has revoked a plea deal with the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi.)Show NotesGuest: Dan Mori, Legal Consultant, Shine Lawyers; LtCol, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)Case: David M. Hicks v United States of America, CMCR 13-004 (2015) (PDF)Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006) (PDF) Sworn charges: Providing Material Support for Terrorism; and Attempted Murder in Violation of the Law of War" , Military Commissions: David M. Hicks. US Department of Defense (1 March 2007) (PDF)
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COMING SOON - Grave robbers! AI law enforcement!
Grave robbers, AI law enforcement, international diplomatic beefs!Introducing Case In Point, the stories behind some of the most amazing court cases you need to know about.Each episode a special guest picks a weird and wonderful court case with an epic backstory.Ā Hosted by Melissa Castan (Professor of Law at Monash University) and James Pattison (the guy who's not a Professor of Law at Monash University).
The backstory to amazing court cases you need to know about. Lawyers and legal scholars become storytellers andĀ give you the inside scoop on what makes these cases so extraordinary.
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