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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 30 August 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 18 minutesIntroduction In the first part of my paper (see the preceding post) I outlined the findings of studies of the incidence of psychological distress and mental illness among law students and legal practitioners. I...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 26 August 2017 · Last modified 23 July 2019
Reading Time: 4 minutesHighest Level of Psychological Distress The incidence of psychological distress and mental illness among Australian lawyers and law students is significantly higher than that affecting the general population and those in other professions or...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 August 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 6 minutesAn interesting (if not altogether important) Australian political/legal issue will play out over the next few days. It concerns several federal parliamentarians, who in the past month discovered that they may hold dual citizenship,...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 12 August 2017 · Last modified 27 March 2019
Reading Time: 14 minutesReligious conservatives opposed to marriage equality in Australia, routinely cite sacred texts that they claim support their position. However, such references to biblical endorsement of marriage appear to be little more than sanitised spin,...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 25 July 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe same sex marriage debate has already produced the most passionate, hurtful, and divisive views that I can recall. Australians have not yet managed to respectfully discuss whether the legal definition of marriage should...
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