Commentaries by Greg Barns & Lisanne Adam

Assange and the Myth of Due Process

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Assange and the Myth of Due Process

Greg Barns & Lisanne Adam

December 9, 2019 11:40:21 pm

Myths, often ancient traditional stories that are designed to prescribe moral or traditional values, are fantastical but also highly rational. That is because myths describe a commonly manifested belief on the way we view the world. In 1992, Professor Jane Rutherford utilised the myth of Robin Hood in order to make a point about the [...]

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