The Justice Game: resources

Suggestions for collecting related material:

• Flags of Our Fathers, dir. Clint Eastwood

A photograph of the American flag being raised over the island of Iwo Jima is one of the iconic images of the American effort in World War 2. This film examines the arguments behind the raising of that flag which detract from the image and its cultural status..

• Letters from Iwo Jima, dir. Clint Eastwood

This film, made as a companion piece to Flags of our Fathers, looks at the battle for Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective. It is in Japanese with English subtitles.

• Although dated now, this Four Corners report analyses the 'Children overboard' crisis as a part of the growing refugee problem. It looks at the issues raised in this Elective.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/archives/2002a_Monday4March2002.htm

• Although shocking in many ways, the Diane Brimble inquest deals with issues of 'telling the truth'.

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1632470.htm

• John Button went to jail for murder but was later acquitted. These two episodes from Australian Story examine the case and bring the sides in the case together in the last episode. You can download the transcripts of these two episodes.

http://abc.net.au/austory/archives/2002/05_AustoryArchives2002Idx_Monday29July2002.htm

http://abc.net.au/austory/archives/2002/05_AustoryArchives2002Idx_Monday5August2002.htm

• Four Corners looks at Schapelle Corby, the Bali 9 and Michelle Leslie:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1602113.htm

• Sydney's Cross city tunnel has been contentious and expensive:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1573824.htm

•  Australian Story examines both sides in a fatal collision investigation.

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/collisioncourse/default.htm

• The title of this Australian Story series of three programmes is Beyond Reasonable Doubt:

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1686115.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1692653.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1698813.htm

The Trials of Oz

• An outline with links from the online Encyclopaedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(magazine)

• Deals with the Rupert Bear/OZ controversy

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~fa1871/rupage.html

• What are those involved in the case doing now?

http://www.dellabarkley.id.au/tsblog/2006/03/where-are-they-now-oz-magazine-crew.html

 

Michael X on Death Row

• Who was Michael X?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_X

The Romans in Britain

• An account by Peter Hall, famous director, who commissioned the work for performance at the National Theatre:

http://members.aol.com/actorsite2/gh/ntromans.htm

• A really brief reference but it contains links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romans_in_Britain

• A biography of Mary Whitehouse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse

• A commentary of her li8fe's work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/763998.stm

The Prisoner of Venda

• What is Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International

• Some background on Venda

http://countrystudies.us/south-africa/48.htm

• Images of apartheid in South Africa

http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/apartheid.htm

• An examination of violence in south Africa

http://www.csvr.org.za/articles/artmobs2.htm

Show Trials

• These sites provide a brief description of Stalin's show trials:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Trials

http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2383

• Some original documents on the Karel Srp case:

http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/23-5-1.shtml

• A review of a book on Lee Kuan Yew and dissent in Singapore:

http://www.sfdonline.org/Link%20Pages/Link%20Folders/Press%20Freedom/mjohnbkreview.html

• An entry on Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spectrum

• The Catholic Church in Singapore

http://www.singapore-window.org/sw01/010521m3.htm

Diana in the Docks

• A press release regarding the Court case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/9/newsid_2515000/2515739.stm

• A discussion of Diana's relationship with the media

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/

• An examination of Diana and privacy

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/princess.htm