Publications

Cunneen, C & Libesman, T 1995, Indigenous People and the Law in Australia, Butterworth-Heinemann.
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One in the 'Butterworths Legal Studies' series, this introductory text for students has been written to meet the requirements of the legal studies syllabus.

Fineman, M 1995, Mothers in Law Feminist Theory and the Legal Regulation of Motherhood.
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This collection of essays presents an examination of many facets of the status of motherhood and the position of mothers in our society.

Biber, K 1995, 'The Emperor's New Clones: Indiana Jones and Masculinity in Reagan's America', Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 67-86.

Carney, T 1995, 'Judging the Competence of Older People: An Alternative?', Ageing and Society, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 515-534.
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AbstractOnly a minority of adults of all age groups experience difficulty with their finances and affairs, due to the combined effect of their diminished competence and their social circumstances in placing them at risk, from themselves, or from family, friends or others (well-meaning or otherwise). If unable to manage independently or with informal assistance, formal intervention (guardianship) may be required. Neither the traditional formality of courts, nor the tests and clinical processes of medicine are well equipped to judge this in the abstract. Informal (family) models have their place but they (and other options) pose ethical difficulties. A more practical approach is that taken by Australia's multi-disciplinary panels.

Carney, T 1995, 'M. Wicclair, Ethics and the Elderly, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, 245 pp., £35.00, ISBN 0 195 05315 X.', Ageing and Society, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 428-431.
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Dorsett, SG 1995, 'Civilisation and Cultivation: Colonial Policy and Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Australia', Griffith Law Review, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 214-238.

Greenleaf, G, Mowbray, A & van Dijk, P 1995, 'Representing and using legal knowledge in integrated decision support systems: DataLex WorkStations', Artificial Intelligence and Law, vol. 3, no. 1-2, pp. 97-142.
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There is more to legal knowledge representation than knowledge-bases. It is valuable to look at legal knowledge representation and its implementation across the entire domain of 'computerisation of law', rather than focussing on sub-domains such as 'legal expert systems'. The DataLex WorkStation software and applications developed using it are used to provide examples. Effective integration of inferencing, hypertext and text retrieval can overcome some of the limitations of these current paradigms of legal computerisation which are apparent when they are used on a 'stand-alone' basis. Effective integration of inferencing systems is facilitated by use of a (quasi) natural language knowledge representation, and the benefits of isomorphism are enhanced. These advantages of integration apply to all forms of inferencing, including document generation and casebased inferencing. Some principles for development of integrated legal decision support systems are proposed. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Hitchens, LP 1995, 'Fit to Broadcast? Fit to Decide?', Journal of Media Law and Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 115-122.

Hitchens, LP 1995, ''Get Ready, Fire, Take Aim': The Regulation of Cross Media Ownership - An exercise in policy-making', Public Law, vol. Winter, pp. 620-641.

Maher, AB 1995, 'From the editor', Orthopaedic Nursing, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 6.

Opeskin, B 1995, 'Allocating Jurisdiction in the Federal Judicial System', Public Law Review, vol. 6, pp. 204-220.

Opeskin, B 1995, 'Federal Jurisdiction in Australian Courts: Policies and Prospects', South Carolina law review, vol. 46, pp. 765-817.

Opeskin, B & Rothwell, D 1995, 'The Impact of Treaties on Australian Federalism', Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 27, pp. 1-59.

Stuhmcke, A 1995, 'For love or money: the legal regulation of surrogate motherhood.', E Law, vol. 2, no. 3, p. E4.

Tait, D & Carney, T 1995, 'TOO MUCH ACCESS?: THE CASE FOR INTERMEDIATE OPTIONS TO GUARDIANSHIP', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 445-461.
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Guardianship bodies appoint substitute decision makers for adults who cannot make their own decisions, and have a current ‘need’ which cannot be met by less restrictive options. These bodies are cheap, accessible and user‐friendly, leading to large numbers of applications. Less restrictive options to guardians and managers include identifying a person to provide substitute medical consent, service planning mechanisms, advocacy and informal arrangements. We argue that an effective guardianship system requires a systematic series of ‘filters’ providing a sequence of intermediate interventions. Without these filters, guardianship, the opportunity for one person to exercise the civil rights of another, can too easily become a first option. This has important consequences for the civil liberties of people with disabilities.

Thomson, M 1995, 'Woman, medicine and abortion in the nineteenth century', Feminist Legal Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 159-183.
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Dorsett, SG 1970, 'Towards a Reconsideration of the Doctrines of Tenure and Estates', Bond University.

Stuhmcke, AG 1970, 'Fetal Tissue Transplantation: A Legal and Ethical Conundrum', Australian Law Teachers Association, Australian Law Teachers Association, Hobart.

KIRKBY, D 1995, 'SUFFRAGE AND BEYOND - INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES - DALEY,C, NOLAN,M', UNIV AUCKLAND, pp. 231-232.