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Monthly Archives: June 2013
How a crackdown on 457 visas could work – Dr Joanna Howe reports in ‘The Age’
Dr Joanna Howe is a lecturer at Adelaide Law school. Last month she presented a joint submission on behalf of Adelaide Law School to the inquiry into 457 visas by the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee. To read about what Dr Joanna Howe recently said in ‘The Age’ newspaper, please read How a crackdown […]
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Commonwealth-State relations heat up over schools
Australians are well accustomed to the often infantile politicking that goes on between the Commonwealth and the States, particularly when it involves governments of different political persuasions. In this post, Dr Gabrielle Appleby considers an incident in Queensland last week where the Queensland Liberal-National Government refused to allow federal Labor Education Minister Peter Garrett access to […]
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National OLT funding awarded to support Adelaide’s ‘Smart casual’ project
On 7 June 2013 the Minister for Higher Education and Skills announced Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Grants for 38 research teams across Australia. One of the grant recipients of this highly competitive grant funding was Adelaide Law School academic Anne Hewitt, whose project ‘Smart casual: towards excellence in sessional teaching in Law’ received […]
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Queen’s Birthday Awards – Warm Congratulations from Adelaide Law School
The Adelaide Law School congratulates its alumni on their Australian honours. The following alumni were honoured in the Queen’s Birthday announcements. Professor James Crawford, AC For eminent service to the law through significant contributions to international and constitutional legal practice, reform and arbitration, and as a leading jurist, academic and author. Mr Robert Lunn QC, […]
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Stop the Chop! Circumcision of Underage Boys Should be Discouraged
The circumcision of young boys is a culturally accepted practice in Australia, although circumcision rates have dropped dramatically since the 1950s. In an Opinion Piece published in the Adelaidean, Adelaide Law School’s Cornelia Koch argues that underage circumcision should be discouraged because it constitutes an infringement of boys’ personal autonomy. In her view, it should […]
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Justice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics Conference
7-9 June 2013 Registrations are now open for “Justice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics, a conference being co-organised by The University of Adelaide Research Unit for the Study of Law, Religion and Society (RUSSLR). The Brochure and Registration materials are available here.
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Australia failing on child labour commitment – Media Release
University of Adelaide law experts say Australia is lagging behind much of the developed world by not signing an international convention on a minimum age for workers, while South Australia is also lagging behind the rest of the nation because it does not have adequate child labour laws. Speaking in the lead up to World […]
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Human Rights and Video Games – Upcoming discussion with Adelaide Law School Academic Associate Professor Melissa de Zwart
A lively panel discussion examining the relationship between human rights and video games is scheduled for Thursday 13 June at the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney. Hot topics up for discussion include racial stereotyping and the depiction of women in video games, the associations made between games and violence, and bullying in online gaming. […]
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The Comparative Law class visits the South Australian Courts
Last week the postgraduate Comparative Law students followed the Honourable Justice Gray’s invitation to visit the South Australian Courts. Justices Gray and Sulan welcomed the students, showed them part of the Supreme Court Building and explained the work of the courts to them. The group then saw a witness examination in a trial heard in […]
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Innovative Law School Teaching Recognised
Adelaide Law School’s Dr Matthew Stubbs has been invited to give two presentations within the University about an innovative teaching project in which he used small group discussions and voting to engage students in his lectures in Principles of Public Law. Dr Stubbs recently presented to the invited audience at the Learning@Adelaide Masterclass, and will […]
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