LAW REVIEW VICE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the winter edition of the 2022 USQ Law Review. This is the second year that the law review paper has been published and I hope every reader carefully considers and thoroughly reads the ideas reflected and discussed in every article within this edition.

This year’s edition will focus on many different areas involving the law and is separate into three parts focusing firstly Australian law, then international law and finally touching on legal theory and literature. Overall, this edition of the law review will consider many different topics concerning the law from the ever-changing legislation in various areas of the legal sphere including statutes from evidence and criminal law. The law review will also touch on thelegacy of the indigenous native title and move on to discussing changing nature of international law and how the complexities of the global political sphere have influenced countries foreign policies and the legitimacy of certain global conflicts. The law review will then move on to consider legal realism and its applicability in everyday legal work and finally will consider the impact of law in pieces of literature.

I would like to thank the 2022 Editorial board and my editor in chief, Bon Arribas whose enthusiasm and positive energy pushed the board to put many a late hour into creating this edition of the law review. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the 2022 USQ Law Society executive board and the University of Southern Queensland’s Law School for their continued support of the law review. Without all of your help, this edition of the paper would not be possible, and I look forward to working with the editorial board on the next edition. I would also like express gratitude to the talented writers who created the marvel that is the paper. I hope that you are very proud of your amazing efforts.

I now invite you, the reader, to now read the knowledgeable articles found within the pages of this paper, thoughtfully consider the competing ideas and ideals found within the contents of the law review and enjoy reading them thoroughly. I wish you well on your reading journey.

Yours faithfully,

Jaidyn Paroz Vice President - Law Review USQ Law Society Law Review