Staff seminars 2008
To be held from 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm on Tuesdays in rm 2.18 LWCM blg
4 March Show and Tell research
Chair: Tina Dolgopol
11 March Andrew Alston ‘Wrongful Detention of mentally ill persons by immigration authorities.’
Chair: David Bamford
18 March Tina Dolgopol “Gender and the ICC prosecutor’s discretion not to prosecute in the ‘interests of justice.’”
Chair: Grant Niemann
25 March Natalie Fowell ‘A new global history of copyright law? The uses (and abuses) of legal history in contemporary debates about the public character of intellectual property rights.’
Chair: Derek Dalton
1 April Mark Halsey: ‘Young men and high speed pursuits.’
Chair: Andrew Goldsmith
Wednesday 9 April Rebecca Bailey Harris (to be advised)
Chair: David Bamford
29 April Associate Prof Wendy Lacey, UniSA ‘Constitutional Implications and the Rule of Law'
Chair: Elizabeth Handsley
6 May Michele Slatter, Kathy Mack, Sharyn Roachanleu, Emma Baker, Jo Baulderstone ‘Multidisciplinary panel show and tell.’
Chair: Mark Halsey
3 May Mark Israel, brief presentation ‘How do we determine what constitutes a ‘quality” output?’
Chair: Margaret Davies;
20 May Judith Bannister: ‘Journalists' experiences of freedom of information in South Australia.’
Chair: David Clark
27 May Gary Davis ‘The CALD / Carrick Discipline Based Initiative in Law’
Chair: Mary Heath.’
3 June Rachel Spencer and Dr Dymphna Lonergan (from the Dept of English) title TBA
Chair: Michele Slatter
10 June Show and Tell Teaching
Chair: Elizabeth Handsley
2007 Seminars
27 February Dr Alison Wakefield, City University, London ‘Cultural characteristics of private security.’ To be held in rm 3.18
Chair: Mark Israel
6 March Professor Leslie J. Moran, Birkbeck College London 'Researching sexual diversity and the judiciary: The cultural lives of the judiciary.’
Chair: Derek Dalton
13 March 'FUFYE 2007: What? Why? So?' Round table discussion seeded by members of the Project Planning Group.
Chair: Bibi Sangha
Monday 19 March Professor Clark Cunningham, W Lee Burge Professor of Law and Ethics, Law School, Georgia State University ‘Smart Without Purpose: The Carnegie Foundation Critique of American Legal Education.’
27 March Kathy Mack & Sharyn Roach Anleu ‘National Court Observation Study: Preliminary Findings.’
Chair: Rachel Spencer
3 April Margaret Davies, Andrew Goldsmith and Kathy Mack ‘Research Grants - getting started; developing your ideas and working with research assistants.’
1 May Dr Craig Taylor, Philosophy, 'Morality and the Lawyer's Professional Role.'
Chair: Margaret Davies
Wednesday 9 May David Palmer, Amercian Studies ‘Atomic bomb victims and World War II era Korean forced laborers: A history of interconnected legal cases in Japan.'
Chair: Tina Dolgopol
15 May Roderick O'Brien ‘Legal Ethics in the People’s Republic of China.’
Chair: Grant Niemann
22 May Lesley Petrie ‘”The Port. What’s Happening?” Legal Mechanisms for the Redevelopment of Port Adelaide, South Australia.’
Chair: Michele Slatter
29 May Bibi Sangha "Post Conviction Reviews".
Chair: Andrew Goldsmith
5 June Rachel Spencer and students - Magistrates Court Legal Advice Clinic. ‘Access to Justice in Clinical Legal Education: Bringing meaning to what pro bono publico really means.’
Chair: Grant Niemann
12 June Anne Gallagher 'The Law and Politics of Human Trafficking'.
Chair: Andrew Goldsmith
25 July Jason Harris Faculty of Law University of Technology Sydney ‘The role of shareholders in corporate governance.'
1 August Show and Tell (Teaching)
Chair: Mary Heath
8 August David Clark ‘ Australian Ballot Laws in 1856-58: Myths and Reality.'
15 August Mercedes Bertus from Thomson Legal ‘Get to know FirstPoint: the major online research tool for Australian case law.'
Chair: Heidi Savilla
Monday 20 August Deborah Hensler ‘Private Litigation as (a form of) Governance which considers private litigation as a substitute for public ordering, and includes discussion of transnational litigation and human rights litigation.'
Chair: Kathy Mack
22 August Caroline Hunter, Sheffield Hallam University ‘Tribunals and other dispute resolution mechanisms: the way forward for housing dispute resolution in England .'
Chair: Michele Slatter
29 August Rachel Spencer ‘” Your Place or Mine?” Evaluating the perspectives of the Practical Legal Training work experience Placement through the eyes of the supervisors and the students.'
Chair : Jane Knowler
5 September Andrew Goldsmith ‘ Pitfalls in Pacific Policing.'
Chair: John Dawes 12 September Lisa Kennedy ‘Crime Prevention: Policy and Politics.' (Presenters note : The seminar will look at evidence based policy development in crime prevention and why politicians don't rely on evidence to make policy to reduce crime. I use cost benefit analysis to look at the evidence about outcomes from various crime prevention programs such as early intervention with mothers and young families through to boot camps for young offenders.
3 October Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu "The National Surveys of the Australian Judiciary 2007: A Progress Report"
10 October "Working with the media - tips for academics" Presenter to be confirmed.
Chair : David Bamford
17 October Michele Slatter 'Hoarding your treasures and losing your house.'
Chair : Lesley Petrie
24 October Derek Dalton ‘Encountering Auschwitz: a personal rumination on the possibilities and limitations of witnessing trauma in memorial spaces.'
Chair : Marinella Marmo
31 October – Tina Dolgopol ‘Should the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC supervise the exercise of Prosecutorial discretion?'
7 November Lesley Petrie ‘ The Regulation, Use and Impact of Community Titles on Housing Standards and Affordability .'
Chair: Michele Slatter
14 November Show & Tell (Research) session
Chair: Mark Israel
2005 Seminars
2006 Seminars
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