That this law may be a direct encroachment on fundamental human rights and principles of justice has been discussed elsewhere (Sullivan, Mullen, & Pathe, 2005). (1) These ethical, moral and political arguments aside, the specific nature of the Victorian Serious Sex Offender Monitoring Act leads to considerable debate about its appropriateness and creates a number of issues on public policy, theoretical, practical and clinical levels. [read post]

October 12, 2007Re: Although The Conventional Wisdom Of The Pols And The Mainstream Media Have Now Anointed Him A Hero, In Truth Jack Goldsmith Stands Convicted Out Of His Own Mouth As Well As By Recent Events.Dear Colleagues: By Thursday, October 4th, I had been doing preparatory work for roughly three weeks in order to write about Jack Goldsmith's new book, The Terror Presidency ("TP"), which deals mainly with Goldsmith's work as head of the Office of Legal Counsel of the… [read post]

Since you talk about it so much at parties and in bars, it's high time you read it. [read post]