The hardship stemming from prison goes well beyond the pain experienced by offenders. The family and dependants of prisoners often experience significant inconvenience and hardship. Family members of prisoners have not engaged in wrongdoing and hence arguably their suffering should be a...

This article examines the operation of the “best interests” test in relation to life and death decisions involving very young children. It is in this context that the best interests standard operates most acutely because it is not clouded by other considerations, especially individual...

The United States is experiencing a mass incarceration crisis. More Americans are imprisoned per capita than any other people on earth, and by a large margin. The financial toll of current rates of imprisonment on the American community is no longer sustainable, and the hardship inflicted by...

Legal regulation is the most coercive and effective behaviour modifying tool in our community. As a general rule, law relates to the areas of human activity which are viewed as important to the human condition. It follows that the content of the law; that is, legal rules and principles, are...