“There are a numbers of parallels between laws passed during COVID and laws passed during the first world war.” – Associate Professor Catherine Bond

Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust present:

On this podcast, Cat Woods interviews author Catherine Bond about her book ‘Law in War’, which looks at the dangerous consequences of legislation passed for the purpose of winning a conflict. ‘Law in War’ primarily looks at laws relating to freedoms and restrictions in Australia during World War 1, but its themes are relevant to any time when people are affected by laws created in the name of victory.

Law in War author Catherine Bond is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney. In 2016 she published her first book ‘Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law’. As part of that work Catherine became interested in the little-considered topic of how law affected the Australian community during the First World War leading to this, her second book.

Cat Woods is a Melbourne based freelance journalist, who has written on books, music, arts and travel for various publications and websites.

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