Academic

Anton & Urbas on Assange, Wikileaks, and the Australian Criminal Code

By Lawrence Solum

Donald K. Anton and Gregor Urbas (Australian National University (ANU) - College of Law and Australian National University (ANU) - College of Law) have posted Why Julian Assange May Have a Case to Answer in Australia, Despite What the AFP Says (or, Why Julia Gillard Might Be Right) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

Despite a finding by the Australian Federal Police that it has been unable to identify any breaches of Australian law by Julian Assange, the apparent leader of Wikileaks, we submit that such a finding is far from certain. While we are not in a position to second-guess the AFP on the strength of the evidence available, we highlight that there are matters of public record and a legal background that suggests that Assange and Wikileaks may have come close to committing an offence/s under the Australian Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) relating to telecommunication services.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).