Legal Studies
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Academics in the Discipline of Legal Studies at Flinders University teach and research the social, historical and philosophical contexts of contemporary law reform, socio-legal phenomena and public policies and practices.
Legal Studies research interests include:
Comparative legal services policy; Comparative Legal Culture; Comparative Family Law; Multiculturalism and the Law; Group litigation mechanisms; Cultural Heritage and Cultural Property Protection; Law and Art; Sumptuary Law; Crime Victims; Workplace Regulation; Sex and Gender; Regulating Technology; Law and the Family; Juvenile Justice; Youth and the Law; Child Protection; Restorative Justice; Court Diversions; Social Welfare
News
<a href="http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/legalst/">Discipline of Legal Studies</a> </p> You can visit the <a href="http://www.altlj.org/"target="_blank"> Alternative Law Journal </a> and the <a href="http://www.federationpress.com.au/journals/journal.asp?issn=08115796"target="_blank"> Law in Context </a> journal websites for more articles focussing on socio-legal issues.
Sub-communities within this community
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Cheryl Simpson
Cheryl Simpson is a lecturer and researcher in Legal Studies at Flinders University -
Jenny Burley
Dr. Jenny Burley is a Research Associate in Humanities at Flinders University
Recent Submissions
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How and Why is Pro Bono Flourishing? A Comparison of Recent Developments in Sweden and China.
(Federation Press, 2001)The pro bono activity of the private legal profession in a given society can best be understood as part of a partnership between the profession and government. The purpose of that partnership is for the profession, together ... -
Falling in love with litigation: The difficulties of reconstructing China's legal system.
(Law Faculty, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 2003)China has undertaken a program of widespread legal reform since the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. From the chaos and lawlessness of that period China has in the space of a quarter of a century ... -
Whatever happened to Legal Expense Insurance? Recent successes and failures of legal insurance schemes in Australia and overseas
(Law Faculty, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 2001)Legal Expense Insurance (LEI) is one of the ‘access to justice’ mechanisms that was considered in many societies in the 1980s and 1990s. Governments, legal professions and legal reformers in rich western societies ... -
Rolls Royce or Rundown 1970s Kingswood? Australia's legal aid in comparative perspective.
(Law Faculty, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 1997)The Commonwealth Attorney-General, Daryl Williams’ comment earlier this year that Australia’s legal aid was a ‘Rolls Royce’ scheme was surprisingly ill informed and created an unfortunate perception that legal aid ... -
Lawyers, lawyers and more lawyers: Can the profession cope with the growing numbers of law graduates?
(Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative, Law Faculty, Monash University, 1996)We are often reminded of the startling fact that there are more students currently studying to be lawyers in Australia than there are lawyers practicing law. And the expansion of law schools over the past 10 years means ... -
Education v Casework: A Losing Battle: Some SA solutions.
(1991-10)Community legal education (CLE) has traditionally been the poor relation of case work in the allocation of resources designed to improve access to justice in Australia. Against the many odds, community legal education has ... -
"Gender, 'Race' and International Relations: Violence against Filipino women in Australia" by Chris Cunneen and Julie Stubbs. [review]
(1998-08)In the past two decades there has been anecdotal evidence that young Filipino women brought to Australia as fiancées or spouses of, usually much older, Australian men, are being exploited as 'sex slaves' and suffering from ... -
"If Divorce is the Only Way" by John D. Bieber. [review]
(1998-12)Usually divorce manuals lead the reader through what they need to know about family law and the legal process. This book does more. In addition to providing sound legal advice, it engages with the emotional experiences of ... -
"Making Sense of the Family Court" by Leonie Star. [review]
(1998-10)The "Family Law Act 1975" has been subject to multiple and ongoing reforms since it came into force more than 20 years ago and it is no easy task to steer a clear path through all its provisions. This book, however, is a ... -
Public Health Law.
(2004-08)Public health is a matter of concern at all levels of government. The effective management of public health starts with local government. It is at this grass roots level that a proactive approach to potential public health ... -
Anzac heritage or Anzac history: Truth or Fiction?
(2000)In recent years, the protection of heritage has been discussed in many parts of the world. In Australia, new laws have been passed, such as "The Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1998 (Cth)", "The Heritage Act ... -
The Vietnamese and the law.
(1990-10)This article examines the unique barriers which exist between Vietnamese refugees and the Australian legal system. -
Multiculturalism in the law: Ethnicity overlooked?
(1993-08)The recently completed "Multiculturalism and the Law" report from the Australian Law Reform Commission has thoroughly canvassed the issues of access and equity which arise in connection with the administration of the ... -
Legal aid and family law reform in Ireland.
(2000-08)While Australia and the rest of the western world were restricting both funds and eligibility for civil legal aid during the 1990s, Ireland, whose civil legal aid is 97% devoted to family law matters, was expanding. At ... -
Cultural Heritage on the Move: Significance and Meaning.
(1996)This article appears in a special issue of 'Law in Context', entitled "Law and Cultural Heritage", edited by Martin Chanock and Cheryl Simpson. As Australians' 'cultural cringe' has diminished in recent years there has ... -
Which Truth? Australian identity - culture and politics.
(2002)Is it true to say that Australia is a tolerant, multicultural and open society? Or does it retain vestiges of a past steeeped in the idea of a 'white Australia'? Or is there truth in both images of the country? Perhaps the ...
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