Undermining Justice
Last updated 7 December 2022
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This page has been created to support Year 9 HASS students with their task on Principles of Justice.
Some note making sheets with focus questions to direct your research.
Digital PDF
Here is some background information on the ways justice can be undermined.
Darryl Beamish
Blackburn, E. (2005). Broken lives. Hardie Grant Books. eBook
This is an excerpt from the book and contains what happens when Rosemary Anderson is knocked down and John Button’s confession.
Bowles, R. (2011). Rough justice: unsafe outcomes from the Australian courts. F.U.N. & K.Y. eBook
Page, W. (Director). (2002). Murder he wrote [Video file]. Clickview
Roseanne Catt (Beckett)
This website is written by a journalist covering the case. It is a very comprehensive site as it features a timeline with articles for each event.
Bowles, R. (2011). Rough justice: unsafe outcomes from the Australian courts. F.U.N. & K.Y. eBook
This is a transcript of a TV programme aired on Channel 7 in 2012.
Dale, A. (2015, August 29). Malice Cost Mother Her Basic Rights. The Daily Telegraph.
Lindy Chamberlain
The disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. [Video]. (n.d.). ABC.
This provides information about the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. Click on “play the video in your default media player” to watch the short video with archival footage.
Creighton, R. (2018). Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton. https://lindychamberlain.com/
Dingo blamed over missing baby. (1980, August 19). The Canberra Times, 7.
This is an article from the time of the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain.
Evidence of ‘human role’ in disappearance (1980, December 16). The Canberra Times, 1.
This article discusses the original evidence they ‘found’.
This website provides very detailed information about the case and the trial.
This video provides an excellent summary of the case and how it was perceived by the general public.
This includes pictures of the some of the original evidence that was used to convict Lindy Chamberlain.
Gene Gibson
This page gives information about legally providing interpreters. This will be helpful in understanding why the case was ruled as a miscarriage of justice.
This article shows how the case was originally reported in the media.
If the link doesn’t work, try the document here.
Farah Jama
If this link doesn’t work, try the document here.
Rout, M. (2010, May 14). How the `CSI effect’ sent an innocent man to prison. The Australian, 29.
If this link doesn’t work, try the document here.
Henry Keogh
This video looks at the evidence presented that was used to convict Henry Keogh.
Bowles, R. (2011). Rough justice: unsafe outcomes from the Australian courts. F.U.N. & K.Y. eBook
Henry Keogh [Video]. (2016). ClickView.
Andrew Mallard
This report looks at the case of Andrew Mallard. It is very detailed.
Page, W. (Producer). (2019). Australian story: The wronged man [Video]. ClickView.
Mickelberg Brothers
Gordon Wood
Burling, S. (Producer). (2012). The trials of Gordon Wood [Video]. ClickView.
Doyle, M. (Producer). (2011). Trial and error? [Video]. ClickView.
This article gives information about the original court case.
This article provides a timeline of the case.
References
Law banner [Image]. (2017). https://study-bridge.co.uk/course/llb-law/llb-law-banner/